Tag: story

Deion Sanders Still Believes in ‘The Little Engine That Could’
Fiction

Deion Sanders Still Believes in ‘The Little Engine That Could’

Credit…Rebecca Clarke That kids’ classic “completely changed my life,” says the former football star, now the University of Colorado’s “Coach Prime.” His new book is “Elevate and Dominate: 21 Ways to Win On and Off the Field.” Credit…Rebecca Clarke Describe your ideal reading experience (when, where, what, how). Peace! I need my peace. I usually

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A Murderer in the Family
Fiction

A Murderer in the Family

Credit…Carlo Giambarresi WOLF AT THE TABLE by Adam Rapp It is not uncommon for novelists to deal with speculation about how much of their own lives makes its way into their fiction. The typical response is to deflect, with some version of how we are in all our books, and leave it at that. Adam

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On Publishing My Memoir of Grief As My Father Lays Dying
non-fiction

On Publishing My Memoir of Grief As My Father Lays Dying

“My job as a parent isn’t over until your book gets published,” my father said, years ago. I don’t remember the circumstances of this statement—where we were, what we were doing. I want to say it had something to do with his body, maybe the deterioration of his lungs to COPD, his breathing so labored

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A Memoir of a Marriage Cut Short and the Secrets Left Behind
non-fiction

A Memoir of a Marriage Cut Short and the Secrets Left Behind

Molly Brodak was a poet, baker and memoirist who died in 2020. MOLLY , by Blake Butler The first sign that “Molly” is not going to be a typical memoir arrives on Page 20. That’s when the author, Blake Butler, finds himself on his hands and knees in agony beside his wife, whose body he

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Sparks Fly in Spicy New Romances
Romance

Sparks Fly in Spicy New Romances

Credit…Michela Buttignol Our columnist reviews saucy new books by Rebecca Ross, Rebekah Weatherspoon and Felicia Grossman. Credit…Michela Buttignol Olivia Waite is the Book Review’s romance fiction columnist. She writes queer historical romance, fantasy and critical essays on the genre’s history and future. March 24, 2024Updated 9:22 a.m. ET Romantasy loves to gild its protagonists with

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A Summary and Analysis of ‘Dialogue with the Mirror’
Creative Writing

A Summary and Analysis of ‘Dialogue with the Mirror’

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘Dialogue with the Mirror’ is a 1949 short story by the Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez. Published when he was just twenty-two years old, it is an early work written when Márquez was still finding his way towards his mature style. In the story, a man looks at himself

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Lisa Ko: How Writing a Novel is Like Wandering a Flea Market
Novel

Lisa Ko: How Writing a Novel is Like Wandering a Flea Market

This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter— sign up here . I never start a novel knowing where I’m going. I don’t write linearly, and not in clear, numbered drafts, from a beginning to an end. I gather and cut and gather some more. I call it the flea market process of

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