Curtis Smith Has the Utmost Respect for Causality
This week, The L Mag Questionnaire for Writer Types is careful not to step on a butterfly or anything.
Dear Everybody
In Michael Kimball's novel, a suicidal weatherman tells his side of the story, in letters to everyone he ever knew.
Can Electric Literature Save the Short Story?
Electric Literature editor Andy Hunter thinks the short story was made for the digital age. Because yes, Carver on an iPhone.
Joanna Rawson Wants to Wrestle You
This week, The L Mag Questionnaire for Writer Types gets unexpectedly frisky.
Sitches
David Small's illustrated memoir examines (with great visual detail) the emotional and physical pain of his unfortunate childhood.
The Interrogative Mood: A Novel?
Padgett Powell's playful new novel(?) asks many questions. Literally.
Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip
Nevin Martell treads nervously around our treasured memories in this critical biography.
Nov 9, 2009
Douglas A. Martin Is Like Gertrude Stein, with One Crucial Difference
This week, The L Mag Questionnaire for Writer Types parses the finer points of anatomy and influence.
Nov 5, 2009
God Says No
The trials and tribulations of a gay Christian are the subject of this anguished novel.
Nov 2, 2009
Marie Mockett Will Have None of Your "Teachable Moments"
This week's respondent to The L Mag Questionnaire for Writer Types doesn't quite buy the starving-artist myth, either.
Oct 29, 2009
