Josh Galarza, who is in his third year of the MFA in Creative Writing program at VCU, returned to adolescence for his debut novel, “The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky.” (Photo contributed by Josh Galarza) The MFA candidate shares the inspiration for his young adult title and the lessons he has learned. Share […]
Image credit: VentureBeat with DALL-E 3 Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The rise of generative AI tools like ChatGPT has sparked debate about their impact on creativity and the creation of novel ideas. A new study by researchers from the University […]
Here’s something you don’t hear from most writers: I absolutely hated writing as a kid. HATED with a capital “hated”. It always felt like a punishment. And when you grew up starving for attention and getting into all the trouble possible to try and get it like I did, writing usually WAS a punishment. Most […]
Here to help … (from left) How to Write a Book hosts Sharmaine Lovegrove, Elizabeth Day, Nelle Andrew and Sara Collins. Two novelists, an agent and a publisher each share their top three golden rules for publishing a book Does everyone really have a book in them? And if you want to write one, where […]
Image credit: VentureBeat with DALL-E 3 Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The rise of generative AI tools like ChatGPT has sparked debate about their impact on creativity and the creation of novel ideas. A new study by researchers from the University […]
Emily Nussbaum’s latest book, Cue the Sun , chronicles the rise and fall of reality television. In chipper prose, the rigorously researched history explores how certain networks have managed to seize our collective attention span with a spate of “real” programming. From Survivor to The Bachelor and beyond, what is it about this narrative model […]
The author’s brother and the Toyota FJ Cruiser, on Route 23. Photograph by Thom Sliwowski. “I want to wrap / my face tight with a silk scarf and spiral down / a Cinque Terre highway in an Alfa Romeo,” writes Olivia Sokolowski in her poem “ Lover of Cars ,” which appeared in the Fall […]
Josh Galarza, who is in his third year of the MFA in Creative Writing program at VCU, returned to adolescence for his debut novel, “The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky.” (Photo contributed by Josh Galarza) The MFA candidate shares the inspiration for his young adult title and the lessons he has learned. Share […]
Credit…Ali Cherkis for The New York Times Bibliophiles and film fans leafed through hundreds of books that once belonged to the eminent editor Robert Gottlieb. Credit…Ali Cherkis for The New York Times New Listen to this article · 5:29 min Learn more July 23, 2024 Robert Gottlieb didn’t just edit books. He voraciously read and […]
Suzanne Scanlon’s book, Committed: A Memoir of Finding Meaning in Madness , is a memoir unlike any I’ve read. Scanlon returns to the landscape of the past, reflecting on her experience of being committed in the New York State Psychiatric Hospital while a student at Barnard in the late 1990s. Scanlon explores her own history […]
