Fiction

Friday Talking Points [90] -- Obama To Switch Parties

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Ted Kennedy is putting both his legacy and his sense of entitlement to his office before the interests of his constituents.

Age, Writing and Workshops

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living


Marcia DeSanctis

Any idea that I was still a young woman was temporarily dispelled the first few days of the annual Tin House Writers Conference at Reed College in Portland Oregon.

Please, Dear Novelists - Get Real

Johann Hari | Posted 08.24.2009 | Media


Johann Hari

The Slumdog Kill-ionaire is back, and he is reminding us how exhilarating fiction can be when novelists finally leave their seminar rooms and dive into the real world.

Why I Love Self-Help Books (Even Though They Don't Work)

Christina Patterson | Posted 08.18.2009 | Living


Christina Patterson

Don't you just love those exclamation marks? Well, maybe you don't, but I do. I love the perkiness. I love the confidence. I love the lack of ambiguity.

Curry is Thicker Than Water Says Canadian-Indian Author, Jasmine D'Costa

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 08.12.2009 | Living


Naazish YarKhan

A book of short stories allows for variety, completion in short bursts of creativity and also captures thoughts between times of writing a novel.

The Shelf Talker: Ramen Noodles, Harold Bloom, and Poisonous Plants.

Kevin Smokler | Posted 07.04.2009 | Media


Kevin Smokler

Home Safe, is by Helen Ames who is recently widowed and having a tough time with her daughter, her missing retirement money and herself. It doesn't scream originality to us.

The Eroticization of Equality and Social Justice

Hillary Rettig | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics


Hillary Rettig

What do conservatives -- and repressive regimes and ideologies the world over -- have against romance, love and sex? Why do they need to control them so much?

Moonshadows: Part 2

Grant Whitney Harvey | Posted 06.06.2009 | Living


Grant Whitney Harvey

All day he had been readying himself for an encounter with her. But now, in the suddenness of it all, every bit of preparation was out the window.

Moonshadows: Part 1

Grant Whitney Harvey | Posted 05.30.2009 | Living


Grant Whitney Harvey

I Never in his twenty three years of life had Billy Gladsten made so much money. It afforded him a roomy one-bedroom apartment in Westwood, of all p...

Can Movies Save the Day?

Dan Glickman | Posted 05.22.2009 | Entertainment


Dan Glickman

I'm proud of the starring role that movies play bringing joy and inspiration to people worldwide. The real-world role we play at the heart of our modern, creative economy is often overlooked.

"Jailhouse Talk"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living


Jerry Zezima

I knew it was only a matter of time before my journalistic crimes landed me in jail. I just didn't think I would end up on Rikers Island.

The Difficulties Of Disconnecting

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 04.16.2009 | Living


Arthur Rosenfeld

I often worry that those things that are most important to me -- spending time with my family, doing my martial arts practice -- are slowly under assault by the very gadgets that I bought to make my life easier.

Adventures in Modern Eating: Had Enough Of Your Plate?

Carol Maric | Posted 03.27.2009 | Living


Carol Maric

  " Are you hungry? " " No.   I am tired of eating.   It is so high maintenance and costs too much.   I am tir...

Scandalous Sex on Campus

Joanne Rendell | Posted 03.06.2009 | Style


Joanne Rendell

Grisham is just the latest in a line of authors who've written university stories featuring sex scandals -- or, at the very least, stories of sexually inappropriate relations on campus.

Flashback: The First Black (Fictional) President

David Wallechinsky | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics


David Wallechinsky

In 1964, my father, Irving Wallace, wrote a novel, The Man, about the first black president. For this, my father received both accolades and death threats.

In Praise of Fiction -- A Gentle Reminder

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 02.11.2009 | Living


Arthur Rosenfeld

Unlike passive varieties of entertainment, the good novel does not leave us numbed up, dumbed down, mentally impoverished, weakened or intellectually dead.

Truth or Fiction: Voting by Memoir

David Henry Sterry | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media


David Henry Sterry

McCain didn't even write his memoir. And the book reads like it was written by the captain of the football team who had the smart kid do it for him.

First Time Novelist Breaks All Rules with a Winner

Cynthia Kling | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media


Cynthia Kling

"How Far is the Ocean from Here," by Amy Shearn has to be the weirdest, funniest saddest road novel I've ever read. A single 20-something agrees to surrogate for a pair of cozy yuppies.

Political Fiction on Economic Crisis, 9-11: Slattery's Liberation and DeLillo's Falling Man

Jeff VanderMeer | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics


Jeff VanderMeer

"The collapse was a tsunami, and all of us and the American dream had been on the beach, eyes closed, chairs angled at the sun, too close to the water to get away."

Serena: This Fall's Most Dangerous Novel

Jeff Biggers | Posted 11.07.2008 | Media


Jeff Biggers

As unforgettable as a haunting mountain ballad, Serena unfolds like a brilliantly conceived cautionary tale and mediation on the dark corners of unbridled lust to profit at any cost.

The Meritless Nobel Prize?

Scott Tomford | Posted 11.06.2008 | Media


Scott Tomford

Thursday morning, somebody will be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature... and that somebody probably won't be American.

Storstad

Ben Lear | Posted 11.01.2008 | Living


Ben Lear

Ever since I started diving, I've been fascinated by the interaction between man and nature. Immediately after man abandons a structure, nature begins the excruciating process of taking it back, piece by piece.

Publishing Is Dead. Long Live Publishing

Hugh McGuire | Posted 10.30.2008 | Media


Hugh McGuire

There's going to be a shake-up, no doubt. It'll be ugly for publishing companies that don't adjust.

Resurrecting Literature: Sustenance for the Progressive Soul

Jennifer Nix | Posted 08.06.2008 | Living


Jennifer Nix

I once again see the potential and power of literature, and hope to tell new and necessary stories. As activists, we must not lose sight of art. Here are some questions I posed to Aleksandar Hemon.

Dream Eco Couples

Green Daily | Sea Stachura | Posted 06.20.2008 | Green


But in this latest round of imaginary Barbie Doll match making, we've chosen Al and Tom, together forever. Can't you see it? Al would take Tom under ...