Writing-related resources, news, and reflections to enjoy over the weekend.
In which Eric Bennett argues that–and explains how, in his view–“Iowa flattened literature.”
Love this piece by Michael Piafsky on what he learned from his time working at The Missouri Review.
A handy guide to pronouncing “tricky author names.”
Ellen Meeropol has been thinking about blurbs. (As I’ve done in the past.)
If, like me, you missed the chance to see the Elif Batuman/Gary Shteyngart double-feature at the 92nd Street Y earlier this month, you can catch the video here.
Happy weekend, everyone.
The pieces by Bennett and Piafsky were really, really good, for very different reasons, obviously. The Bennett thing creeped me out entirely just a few paragraphs in and had me gasping at the next one.
Yes, quite a variety here! I’m always so grateful for your comments. Thank you.