A great little interview with Megan Mayhew Bergman, whose first book - a collection of stories called Birds of a Lesser Paradise - I’ve just picked up and am currently falling in love with. The interview is published at Iowa State University’s Flyway journal.
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Publicity bigwig Paul Bogaards spilled the beans on Twitter Thursday night: Lorrie Moore has a new short fiction collection in the pipeline....
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“There is no simple formula for the relationship of art to justice. But I do know that art—in my own case the art of poetry—means nothing if it simply...”
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“I have to take a deep breath before I start the first full revision. I used to hate myself for procrastinating, but now I see it might be wise. You...”
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“San Francisco’s the farthest-flung point in
the country, the end of the line, the point in extremis, after the gold rush. The mythic... -
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A cartoon by Matthew Diffee. For more cartoons from the issue: http://nyr.kr/166DD1i
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this actually makes me feel a little sadhappy
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“Renowned author Dan Brown got out of his luxurious four-poster bed in his expensive $10 million house and paced the bedroom, using the feet...