If you are a child of the ’80s and ’90s, writer and producer Alan Burnett is the man behind some of your fondest entertainment memories. He wrote for Disney, scripting episodes of Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers , TaleSpin , and Gummi Bears , along with the screenplay for Ducktales: Treasue of the Lost Lamp […]
Screenshot from “The Bear” Season 2, Episode 3 In “Sundae,” the third episode of the recently-released second season of Hulu’s The Bear , chef Sydney Adamu, played by Ayo Edebiri, spends a day-long culinary journey around Chicago as a palate “reset” for the menu she and her business partner, chef Carmine Berzatto, are developing for […]
I gravitate toward fiction that some might call strange. I like stories that are free from the logic that governs our reality. Who says time—in fiction—must move forward smoothy and in one direction? Who says effects must follow clear causes? I also love when writers innovate with structure, stretching what a storyteller can do with […]
As it turned out, on that day they didn’t finish the work in the morning and afternoon sessions. In fact they were still there at ten o’clock at night, the point in the evening when Abbey Road neighbours were inclined to complain, particularly if a band was using the echo chamber on the outside of […]
Some people buy jewelry or pay down student debt with a book advance. Though I love Cartier as much as the next guy and Biden had yet to forgive my loans when I got my check, I bought a photograph instead. Or rather, I was the successful bidder at one of the always-anticipated sales held […]
On the first anniversary of her death I am thinking, as I often do, of Melissa Bank, author of The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing and The Wonder Spot . She and I met in graduate school in 1985, while pursuing MFAs in fiction. When we weren’t struggling over our writing, we read and […]
The following is from Daniel Magariel’s Walk the Darkness Down . Magariel is from Kansas City. One of the Boys, his first novel, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and Amazon Best Book of 2017, was translated into eight languages and shortlisted for the Lucien Barrière Prize. He has a BA from Columbia […]
Ever wondered how to spark your student’s imagination and make writing an adventure for them? Picture writing prompts are the key as they invite students to embark on a journey filled with extraordinary characters and whimsical settings. From magical maps and friendly monsters to enchanted forests and time-traveling cars, each of the images in our […]
