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Nobody Puts Granny in the Corner
“Every story is about coming of age.” – Antonya Nelson, Tin House Summer Workshop My mother-in-law recently complained that so many of the books I recommend concern young people. Because I am writing...
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Red Sky in Morning, by Paul Lynch
Paul Lynch’s debut novel, Red Sky in Morning (Little, Brown and Company), is a visually stunning, verbally luscious book. It reads like the love child of a painter and a poet. Say, Van Gogh and Dylan...
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Faith, Karma, and Patience: An Interview with Virginia Pye
Virginia Pye’s debut novel, River of Dust (Unbridled Books), was an Indie Next Pick for May 2013. Carolyn See, in the Washington Post, called it “mysterious, exotic, creepy—everything ignorant...
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Kids These Days, by Drew Perry
Lots of novels that call themselves funny turn out to be playful or witty or perhaps casually clever in a quiet way. But Drew Perry’s Kids These Days (Algonquin) is a genuinely funny book. One that...
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Kyle Minor’s second story collection is one of the most aptly titled books I’ve read. So much about Praying Drunk (Sarabande Books) feels like a tipsy, dizzy spiritual pleading. The deity invoked in...
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An Interview with Kristen-Paige Madonia
I met Kristen-Paige in 2008, when I moved from New York City to Charlottesville, Virginia. She had recently arrived from San Francisco and was teaching at our local literary center, WriterHouse. She...
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FWR at AWP
Though FWR won’t have a table at this year’s AWP Conference, we wanted to highlight some wonderful panels, readings, and events that our contributors will be participating in. Here are a few that...
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The Question of Fate: An Interview with Sharon Harrigan
I met Sharon Harrigan last fall, during a couple of unusually chilly November weeks at the Virginia Creative Center for the Arts, the artists’ residency in the rural hills outside of Lynchburg. As we...
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It Adds Up: A Conversation with John McNally
I first met John McNally when he joined the faculty at Pacific University’s MFA program. I was in my second year, and though I didn’t get to study directly with him there—we would later work together...
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