By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘The Cone’ is a short story by H. G. Wells (1866-1946), first published in Unicorn magazine on 18 September 1895. The story is one of Wells’s few works of fiction to be set in the Potteries in Staffordshire, England: a part of the country in which he lived for […]
Photo by Elias Vidal on Unsplash Growing up, I often thought of my mother as a collector of people. She collected people the way other people collect things. So it was never just us five—my parents and their three girls. Instead, people appeared, staying for various periods and disappearing: the live-in helpers; teens and young […]
From “Pepper & Me.”Credit…Beatrice Alemagna A story of gross beauty from David Sedaris and Ian Falconer, a scabrous tale from Beatrice Alemagna, and more. From “Pepper & Me.”Credit…Beatrice Alemagna Bruce Handy is the author of three picture books: “The Happiness of a Dog With a Ball in Its Mouth,” “The Book From Far Away” and […]
The Creative Independent is a vast resource of emotional and practical guidance. We publish Guides , Focuses , Tips , Interviews , and more to help you thrive as a creative person. Explore our website to find wisdom that speaks to you and your practice… Prelude Claudia Dey Claudia Dey ’s third novel, Daughter (FSG […]
Listen to this article now00:0009:36 Overview: In Peninsula sci-fi and fantasy author Mike Chen’s newest novel, “A Quantum Love Story,” strangers brought together by supremely bizarre circumstances at a mysterious Bay Area particle accelerator find that their relationship can develop even as time stands still. Peninsula author Mike Chen’s latest novel is “A Quantum Love […]
FIU alumni are authors of acclaimed books and poetry collections. Above are just four outstanding Panther grads. Left to right, clockwise: Dennis Lehane; Ana Menendez; Richard Blanco; and Ashley M. Jones To celebrate Florida’s Literacy Week, we share the success of FIU authors and poets changing the world with their words and feeding our love […]
Photo by Curology on Unsplash When I heard Venita Blackburn had a novel coming out, my desire to read it was palpable, a hunger. Her work is distinctive—it’s sharp, smart, and imaginative, often pushing voice and form—and her debut novel, Dead in Long Beach, California , is no exception. The novel follows Coral, a lonely […]
The following is from Balsam Karam’s The Singularity . Karam (b. 1983) is of Kurdish ancestry and has lived in Sweden since she was a young child. She is an author and librarian and made her literary debut in 2018 with the critically acclaimed Event Horizon , which was shortlisted for the Katapult Prize. The […]
Writer-director Cord Jefferson on the set of ‘American Fiction’ On Tuesday, writer-director Cord Jefferson received his first Oscar nomination for American Fiction in Writing (Adapted Screenplay). Based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett, American Fiction straddles the line between drama and satire to depict social commentary on microaggression and pigeonholing of Black creatives in […]
Brad Neely When I found out that Brad Neely grew up in Fort Smith, I kind of freaked out. He’s not a public-facing celebrity by any means, but among my group of friends he’s something of a god. The reason we’re so smitten with Neely is “Wizard People, Dear Reader,” his wickedly funny voiceover dub […]
