When I met Meagan Macvie, during the first minutes of our three-year MFA program, she was buried in a book, occasionally peeking up through her glasses to observe us all getting to know each other. An introverted bookworm, I thought, and I was right about the bookworm part. Just check out her answer below when …
During my four residencies at the Rainier Writing Workshop, the MFA program at Pacific Lutheran University, I attended upwards of twenty-five excellent morning craft talks by our faculty. Only once did the audience simultaneously rise to give a standing ovation to the speaker – when Ann Pancake spoke about the importance of infusing art with …
I met with Peter Brown Hoffmeister in his element, on an overcast summer Monday at the Columns, the basalt rock climbing area of Skinner Butte Park in Eugene, Oregon. You can find Hoffmeister there upwards of one hundred days a year, either with his family or the students he teaches in the Integrated Outdoor Program …
Dropping words like “gadabout” and “pulchritude” to set the mood, Denis Johnson brings the daily grind and grit of early twentieth century life in rural replica rolex watches Idaho into sharp focus in this miniature masterpiece.
“It’s a good thing Scott Nadelson has a sense of humor; otherwise his stories could really bum you out. All eight of the stories in Aftermath begin, as you might expect, with things falling apart. Six involve romantic break ups; the other two explore parental abandonment and fallout from an accident. We sympathize with his …
Chris Saxton, the protagonist of Jason Skipper’s debut novel, Hustle, reminds me of the young man from a classic Twisted Sister video. When called out to explain what he wants to do with his life, the answer is simple: “I wanna rock.” For Chris, becoming a rock star is the most feasible path to saving …
