Author Sarah Manguso on Men, Marriage, and Writing Out of Rage
LIT July 24, 2024 Sarah Manguso, photographed by Lisa Locascio Nighthawk. There’s a note on my phone that contains 24 phrases cut and pasted from Sarah Manguso ’s new novel, Liars . Some representative selections: “I grew up half crazy”; “Penetrative session”; “Slimy panties”; and “He’s the engine by which I learn what is left […]
Show up, love the process, don’t follow trends: insider tips on how to write a book
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 […]
Show up, love the process, don’t follow trends: insider tips on how to write a book
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 […]
Vacation Mode: On the Literary Relationship Between Travel and Madness
In the opening scene of season two of The White Lotus , the camera perches above the Sicilian coastline. Rows of blue and white umbrellas are placed exactly the same distance apart. We see Daphne, a lithe blonde woman in a printed one-piece bathing suit. An Aperol spritz sits on her side table. A Louis […]
Author Sarah Manguso on Men, Marriage, and Writing Out of Rage
LIT July 24, 2024 Sarah Manguso, photographed by Lisa Locascio Nighthawk. There’s a note on my phone that contains 24 phrases cut and pasted from Sarah Manguso ’s new novel, Liars . Some representative selections: “I grew up half crazy”; “Penetrative session”; “Slimy panties”; and “He’s the engine by which I learn what is left […]