Hermaneutics of Various Kinds
It was National Coming Out Day yesterday, and I was too busy to observe it any particular way except to think about how impossible it feels now to be closeted.
Iris At Last
I remember a former classmate back at Wesleyan recommending I read Iris Murdoch–her novel The Good Apprentice. “I think you’d like her, based on what you’re writing,” he said. I
The NYTBR Map to Fictional Characters from Manhattan (and Their Novels)
In 2005, Randy Cohen proposed the creation of a map of Manhattan created from the many novels written about the city, with entries crowdsourced from readers of the New York
Bibliomane
I’ve been slowly alphabetizing my books and discovered there are a few books I own three copies of. 1. Voyage in the Dark, by Jean Rhys 2. The White Album,
On Reading The Great Gatsby Now
No one was more surprised than me, probably, when I began reading The Great Gatsby as an adult, first out of curiosity–what was that book I read as a child?–and then for
“Heaven”
Roughly a year ago, TriQuarterly asked me for a story, and so I went into my files for something unfinished that I could perhaps finish and send to them. I
On Fiction Vs. Nonfiction, Briefly
A friend and colleague writes: I have a question for you. I have a former student, a good writer, who’s applying to _______. She’s applying in fiction, but she’s writing
Some Favorite Longreads From the New Yorker Archive.
The New Yorker asked me for a favorite Longread from their archive, along with Dwight Garner, Maud Newton, Sloane Crosley and Laura Miller. It was an almost overwhelming task but I immediately thought
Some Reinventions
I’m rebooting Koreanish, thus the appearance. You can also follow me at Tumblr, at Cheemobile, in the meantime. More soon.
One More Thing
Houghton had its launch meeting for my new novel, The Queen of the Night. I think it went well.
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