The World’s on Fire. Can We Still Talk About Books? | Electric Lit
I wrote about the role of literature in a year when every week brought a new atrocity, and you can read it here.
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Rebecca Makkai on the Most Underutilized Tool in Fiction: Setting | LitHub
I wrote about the plastic party favor of a compliment, doled out to any writer who’s made decent use of setting: “Your setting is so alive, it’s almost a character!” and you can read it here.
Guest blogger Rebecca Makkai on “Literary Mansplaining” | READ HER LIKE AN OPEN BOOK
I wrote about (among other things) Rebecca Solnit’s 2008 essay “Men Explain Things to Me” that indirectly gave rise to the term “mansplaining,” and you can read my thoughts on this issue here.
Light Years | Guernica
I wrote
about a kiss on the lips that might as easily have been a kiss on the forehead, and you can read it here.
The Power and Limitations of Victim-Impact Statements | The New Yorker
I wrote about the power and limitations of victim-impact statements, and you can read about it here.
Lost & Found: Rebecca Makkai on George R. Stewart | Tin House
I wrote about George R. Stewart’s Ordeal by Hunger, and you can read about it here.
Children of the Fifty-Sixers: Growing Up in Hungarian Chicago | Newcity
I wrote about growing up with pockets of Hungary all around me and you can read about it here.
Curating a New Literary Canon | Electric Lit
I wrote about who (and what) deserves to be in America’s first museum dedicated to writers, and you can read about it here.
The Delicate Art of Character Folding | The Masters Review
I wrote about character folding for the Masters Review, and you can read it here.
ADHD Redefined: ADDitude Profile
Click here to read my profile in ADDitude magazine this October! Next month, the publication will publish their profile of me, as well as others in the creative arts who have ADHD, and how it impacts our work.
