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Giving the Lie to Literary Boundaries

…sharp sci-fi, with aliens and dystopian forebodings. Then it turns into something less conventional: a satirical gateway to notions that defy simplistic classification. It’s a character-driven story as opposed to…

Strength in Vulnerability

…small measure of comfort, perhaps. Chapter 16: Given the vast volume of work you’ve produced, what continues to surprise and inspire? When do you feel complete? O’Brien: There’s no end…

Poet for the People

…And they’re all here in Prine on Prine, a collection of interviews (with a man who hated to be interviewed, not that you can tell) and “encounters,” as the subtitle…

Taking Back the Narrative

…the older adult she can’t yet fully conceive. Carrière has had no models, no mentors, no unconditional love, neither emotional scaffolding nor steadiness. There are moments of bracing sexual frankness…

Love Changes a Person

Emily Habeck’s debut novel, Shark Heart, is a wild book: an idiosyncratic, even fantastical, allegory that includes cinematic dialogue, poetry as prose, many chapters so short they could almost fit…

The Path to Authentic Voice

…Draft a list of creative, engaging questions for that person.” More than 100 pages later, one of the writing prompts at the end of the section on research reads, “You…

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