I Can Walk Through Walls But I Can’t Find Love Tunneling The man can pass through solid walls. To do so, he only has to jostle and vibrate the particles in his body. That’s it. This then frees them from the confines of the man’s emotions, specifically the failures (which he has extensively catalogued) and […]
DCU President Daire Kogh, Anne Tannam, new poet in residence, Poetry Ireland Director Liz Kelly and Mary Shine Thompson The first boy I ever loved quoted poetry. Walking side by side into town by Gardiner Street, he ensnared me with softly spoken lines: Nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands. READ MORE Informal […]
It used to be a debate during days when game consoles only had so much memory of whether a game’s story really mattered. After all, when cutscenes threaten to take up the space where there could be an entire level, it limited just how far a narrative could really go. RELATED: RPGs With The Best […]
In “Yellowface,” R.F. Kuang satirizes the publishing industry with a tale of a struggling writer who passes off her recently deceased friend’s book as her own. Credit…Marella Moon Albanese When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. YELLOWFACE , by R.F. Kuang An unreliable narrator is an invitation […]
Playwright Arthur Miller (pictured here in 1963) wrote some of his most iconic works in this small shed. Efforts are underway to restore and preserve the shack, which fell into disrepair after Miller’s death. In the waning days of his life, Arthur Miller, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, insisted on being at his Roxbury home as […]
The author R.F. Kuang at the Boston Public Library this month. She knows “Yellowface” might make some readers uneasy: That’s the point. “Reading about racism should not be a feel-good experience.”Credit…Sophie Park for The New York Times Everything about R.F. Kuang’s novel “Yellowface” feels engineered to make readers uncomfortable. There’s the title, which is awkward […]
The series adaptation of Garth Risk Hallberg’s bestselling novel, City on Fire , premieres on Apple TV+ today, so we asked Hallberg about the uncanny experience of seeing his book come to life, handing over the creative reins (with “a license to kibitz”), ingenious acts of translation, and more. * How does it feel to […]
ChatGPT has far-reaching uses for many writing tasks, including informative and academic essays, copywriting, social media posts, and much more. It’s also an excellent resource for playing with poetry, short stories, and even personal essays and memoirs. Here’s how to use ChatGPT as a tool to help energize your creative writing and even overcome writer’s […]
Readers like you help support MUO. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More. ChatGPT has far-reaching uses for many writing tasks, including informative and academic essays, copywriting, social media posts, and much more. It’s also an excellent resource for playing with poetry, short stories, […]
Gone are the days when writing was considered an art form, mastered only by a chosen few who possessed the elusive talent of weaving magic with words. Now, with the power of AI and language models like ChatGPT, it seems that anyone can pick up a quill (or keyboard) and write their way to literary […]
