Poets & Writers Theater
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“If you’ve never read my work before, then I would hope when you read it, that you felt the way you did when you were a kid, that you felt a sense of wonder.” Kelly Link, a 2018 MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship recipient, talks about her literary influences and why she incorporates the fantastic into stories of contemporary life.
Tags: Fiction | Kelly Link | MacArthur Fellowship | 2018 | Get in Trouble | Random House | short story -
"The point of fiction is to cast a spell, a momentary illusion that you are living in the world of the story." In this TED-Ed animated video, author Nalo Hopkinson highlights examples from Kelly Link and Tiphanie Yanique, and shares ideas on how to get readers immersed into stories that engage the senses.
Tags: animation | Kelly Link | TED-Ed | Nalo Hopkinson | Tiphanie Yanique | Fiction -
Kelly Link discusses the reasons and options for the title of her new story collection, published by Random House last month, with author and book critic Lev Grossman. Get in Trouble is featured in Page One in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Random House | Page One | talk | March/April 2015 | Kelly Link | Lev Grossman | Word Bookstore | Get in Trouble | Fiction
