It Ain’t Math
In 2016, days after iconic songwriter Guy Clark died, a posse of his peers converged on Terry Allen’s house in Santa Fe. Their last names speak to the caliber of…
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The Uncanny Valley
Bodie Kane, the narrator of Rebecca Makkai’s I Have Some Questions for You, knows firsthand that media and audiences have insatiable appetites for stories about the deaths of attractive women….
Giving Hope a Trellis
FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: This review originally appeared on October 4, 2023. *** “Zippo with a carving of a whale, / proud ship in the distance.” Zippo. A common,…
The Depth of Sisterhood
…readers, agents, editors. Here, too, is the author’s thanks to friends and loved ones, with the last words usually considered the place of highest honor. Consider then how Vanderbilt M.F.A….
Power in the Story
FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: This review originally appeared on August 15, 2022. *** Sidik Fofana’s Stories from the Tenants Downstairs, a debut collection of linked stories, emerges from a…
In Praise of Regulation
…Vanderbilt University Law School professor details how the airline industry has gone awry and what can be done about it. “Tens of thousands of flights are delayed and canceled each…
