Matthew Salesses (whose month-long stint as Writer-in-Residence at Necessary Fiction has already been mentioned here) contributes a few thoughts…
The Fatal Sip
The first time happened in summer 2007. I was…
“Ploughshares’ Questionable Judgment,” by Ravi Mangla
Last month, Ploughshares blogger Sean Bishop was removed from his post after several of his pieces were deemed too controversial…
Feature Friday: “Sans soleil” (1983)
[Note: Some number of previous Feature Friday films—7/20, I think—have since disappeared from YouTube. Such is the nature of gray…
Creative Engagement with Hugh and Mary Behm-Steinberg’s Good Morning! (Dusie, 2012)
Dusie chaps are always exciting to receive. They come in spurts, sometimes swelling the mailbox, and then nothing is heard…
Feature Friday: “Richard Feynman, The Last Journey of a Genius” (aka “The Quest for Tannu Tuva”) (1988)
A friend gave me a VHS copy of this after learning that Richard P. Feynman was one of my childhood…
Comics Works: The Keys to KING CITY
Brandon Graham’s King City is a futuristic, highly corporatized ethnic jumble of a metropolis, lined with hidden passageways and shaded…
Guest Post by Laura Szumowski
In The New York Stories, I came up with 40 illustrations to go along with Ben Tanzer’s collection of short stories. Each…
The Unbearable Mittness of Being
I have an image in my mind: Mitt Romney, in neon rain, being stalked by Harrison Ford. Ford’s about to…
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There is a very curious passage at the start of William Boyd’s latest novel, Waiting for Sunrise. We are introduced…