Snapper by Brian Kimberling
Brian Kimberling reads from his debut novel, Snapper, published in April by Pantheon...
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The Third Son by Julie Wu
Julie Wu reads from her debut novel, The Third Son, published in April by Algonquin Books.
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My journey began when the Americans bombed us, in 1943, because it was during the bombings that I met the girl.
I was eight years old. In...
This Close by Jessica Francis Kane
Jessica Francis Kane reads from her short story collection, This Close, published in March by Graywolf Press.Lucky BoySomething about New York City makes a lot of people understand you should try to look your best...
Superstar by Susan Steinberg
Fiction writer Susan Steinberg reads from "Superstar," the opening story from her collection Spectacle, published in January 2013 by Graywolf Press. SuperstarI once hung out with this shit group of kids and they were just ...
Pilot, Copilot, Writer by Manuel Gonzales
Fiction writer Manuel Gonzales reads from the story "Pilot, Copilot, Writer," from his debut short story collection, The Minature Wife and Other Stories, published in January 2013 by Riverhead Books.
Pilot, Copilot, Writer...
Safe as Houses by Marie-Helene Bertino
Marie-Helene Bertino, the winner of the 2012 Iowa Short Fiction Award, reads from her debut short story collection, Safe as Houses, published October 1 by University of Iowa Press. Free HamGrowing up, I have dreams that my...
Serious Monkey Business
One of the few existing literary magazines in translation, Monkey Business is a new journal of Japanese writing, translated into English by founding editors Motoyuki Shibata and Ted Goossen and published annually in the United States and Canada by the Brooklyn-based A Public Space.
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Don't Look Back: The Problem With Backstory
Fiction writer Benjamin Percy cautions beginning writers to avoid overusing backstory in their fiction, offering strategies for moving the story forward by slipping a character’s history into the dramatic present.
Four New Messages by Joshua Cohen
Joshua Cohen reads from the first section of his latest short story collection, Four New Messages, published in August by Graywolf Press. EmissionThis isn’t that classic conceit where you tell a story about someone and it’s...
Rescuers of Skydivers Search Among the Clouds by Patrick Lawler
Patrick Lawler reads the first chapter of his novel, Rescuers of Skydivers Search Among the Clouds, the winner of Fiction Collective Two's Ronald Sukenick/American Book Review Innovative Fiction Prize, and published September 3, 2012, by...
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