Quick Hits
January 10, 2011
My Resolution for 2011: Stop Blaming the Internet 7
by Kevin Hartnett
The Internet was the big bogeyman, the great scapegoat of 2010.
November 22, 2010
Internet Stunts Vs. Blurbs: Is There a Difference? 1
by Buzz Poole
Marketing a book is more of an uphill battle than ever in our forget-me-now culture of constant media noise. And so were born internet literary stunts.
October 30, 2010
If You Don’t Read “Cul de Sac,” You Really Probably Should 1
by Jacob Lambert
The comic is vibrant, warm, and beautifully drawn; unlike its staggering peers, it’s outrageously alive.
October 20, 2010
On Reading Snow in Turkish 3
by Lydia Kiesling
I ride to school and whisper words like “threshold,” “doomsday,” and “willow tree.”
October 19, 2010
Hemingway, Michaels, Bellows: The Art of the Episodic Short Story 5
by Bezalel Stern
Finishing a story – a good, well-written story – about a character both well developed and personally intriguing, and knowing that another story about that very same character is out there somewhere, has become, for me, one of the best feelings in the world.
September 30, 2010
When I’m in the Mood for Fiction 12
by Kevin Hartnett
Fiction can be depressing, of course, but there’s something intrinsically optimistic about the process by which tragedy and frailty are turned into art.
