The following is from Jessie Gaynor’s debut novel The Glow . Gaynor’s work has appeared in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The New Yorker, WSJ Magazine, and elsewhere. She is a senior editor at Literary Hub and she has an MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she was a Rona Jaffe fellow. She lives […]
My mother trained as a costume designer and is a self-made cinephile, so the background noise of my childhood and adolescence was the classic films channel. My sister and I grew up to the scratchy deadpan of Bette Davis; the swell of strings under Fred Astaire’s feet; the rapid-fire sniping of Katherine Hepburn and Cary […]
Hemingway quotes Writing is often a lonely endeavor requiring self-motivation and creativity from within. Even the most committed writers require a dose of inspiration from now and then. It’s times like these the words of others are particularly helpful. Today we’ll share 20 Ernest Hemingway quotes to give that much-needed boost! Table of Contents Ernest […]
Geiger , Ph.D., is assistant professor in the Department of Communication, Halicioglu Data Science Institute and Institute for Practical Ethics at UC San Diego. He lives in City Heights. I teach several courses at UC San Diego in communication and data science about the use and abuse of data, digital platforms, algorithms, personalization and artificial […]
Life writing is a genre conventionally reserved for only the perspective of and the life of human beings. The genre is a form of self-expression that is exclusively accessible to humans. In the age of the Anthropocene where humans have had a significant impact on the planet and still have, the restriction of life writing […]
New York Magazine’s Sex Diaries series asks anonymous city dwellers to record a week in their sex lives — with comic, tragic, often sexy, and always revealing results. The column, which began in 2007, is the basis of a new docuseries on HBO . This week, a woman goes on a string of dates while […]
Written by Kristian Bush Videos by American Songwriter Lauren Alaina Makes A TRUE Country Record Every story has a similar shape: The beginning, middle, and end. The beginning sets a goal. The middle includes attempts to achieve that goal. And the end reveals whether or not the goal is reached. Also, like life, during the […]
messy story One way to change the ending to any story that may be messy is simply to first address WHY it is messy. HERE lies the biggest challenge really – THIS is where people tend to turn and run. Because FEAR is and always will be a liar. FEAR KEEPS US RUNNING We don’t […]
With the pandemic putting a halt to the release of new music, Hannah Ellis is making up for lost time. A follow-up to “Country Can” and “Someone Else’s Heartbreak,” Ellis is readying for summer with the release of “ Wine Country, ” a musical elixir that transports listeners to a place where the boundaries between […]
Photo courtesy of Emily Wells. This is OPEN BOOK, a monthly column in which we ask debut authors about their reading and writing habits. Last month, we spoke with Amelia Possanza , whose book Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir in Archives tracks lesbian romance narratives across history. For this installment, we spoke with Emily Wells […]
