The night I met up with novelist Glen Duncan
By Alicia AnsteadThe writers in this issue are known for the power stories they write and the powerful ways they pull us toward their ideas. Sherman Alexie. Jean Kwok. James Joyce. Tom Robbins. Glen Duncan. We travel with them to worlds beyond our own imaginations. And sometimes to worlds buried deep in the recesses of our imaginations.
Features
Divided nature
By Alicia AnsteadGlen Duncan takes a final bite into his vampire and werewolf trilogy.
Swinging from vines
By Julie KrugNovelist Tom Robbins creates a hybrid of storytelling and autobiography.
Touching base
By Aubrey EverettA grandson gives a baseball legend a new inning through memoir.
Jean Kwok: Your own rules
By Megan KaplonHow to find the story between cultural pressure and personal desire.
Departments
A speaker in the dacha
By Marina ChetnerHow one writer mastered Russian translation
Less legal
By Jack HamannWriting by lawyers has changed, dude.
Ask the kids
By Elizabeth FishelEven “digital immigrants” can master book publicity in the Internet age.
Going postal
By Ronald KovachA new book helps writers achieve success after an MFA.
Alaskan treasure
By Hillary CasavantEowyn Ivey’s tips for getting an agent at a conference
Unsprawling Terrain
By Melissa HartA place-based journal merges traditional lit with the nabe.
June 1994
By Hillary CasavantAn author of legal thrillers combats “non-writer’s block.”
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From the Editor
Take Note
Tips for getting away from the desk, Sherman Alexie, advice on dystopian fiction, tools for marathon writing, prompts, a tip o’ the hat to Bloomsday, and more.
Markets
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How I Write
Ayana Mathis: "I'm not always entirely sure how characters arrive. It’s mysterious to me.”