The Top Five: As widely as my tastes ebb and flow, these five remain, stalwarts, five friends I want with…
A Sequence on Sequence, An Appendage: Matthew Salesses
Matthew Salesses (whose month-long stint as Writer-in-Residence at Necessary Fiction has already been mentioned here) contributes a few thoughts…
A Sequence on Sequence, Part 4: Nathan Huffstutter
[A guest post from Nathan Huffstutter. Nathan Huffstutter’s work can be found at The Nervous Breakdown, The Collagist, and…
A Sequence on Sequence, Part 3: Amber Sparks
[Wisdom from Amber Sparks.] Warning: my thoughts on ordering stories will almost certainly be incredibly unhelpful to you in…
A Sequence on Sequence, Pt. 2: Matt Dube
[A guest post from Matt Dube, fiction editor for the online journal H_NGM_N. He teaches creative writing and American lit…
A Sequence on Sequence, Pt. 1
Those notecards? My book, in sum. On each ruled side [not pictured], the first and last sentence of a…
Challenging your patience for thematic effect
“You can never not write about you.” By way of addendum to my post of April 6, “Your Basic…
The Dividing Line, the Defining Meals: Kafka Sermon Final
For a few days here on Big Other, now while we’re still in soul-shot of Passover and Easter, I’ve been…
The Sister, the Lover, & Skepticism: Kafka Sermon #2
A couple of days ago, here on Big Other, I posted my first round of thoughts on one of Kafka’s briefest…