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More Lydia Peelle3 comments

kristyn wrote 4 months ago: I’ve mentioned Lydia Peelle recently, and I can’t help myself from writing more. Yesterd … more →

Tags: Books, Fiction, Reading, Short Stories, Lydia Peelle, Best New American Voices 2009, the still point

Eugenides Adaptations and the Coppolas1 comment

kristyn wrote 4 months ago: The Millions writes about an upcoming HBO series based on Jeffrey Eugendies’ Middlesex.  Oh, t … more →

Tags: Books, Commentary, Art, Culture, Middlesex, the virgin suicides, Jeffrey Eugendies, Sofia Coppola, HBO

Infinite Summer

kristyn wrote 5 months ago: Join me and all the others at Infinite Summer in reading Infinite Jest this summer, between June 12 … more →

Tags: Books, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Infinite Summer

Short Stories, Young Writers, and Literary Magazines

kristyn wrote 6 months ago: Take a look at what Laura van den Berg writes about publishing in literary magazines at The Review R … more →

Tags: Books, Fiction, writing, Reading, Short Stories, Literary Magazines, one story, Young Writers, Emerging Writers Network

Short Story Month1 comment

kristyn wrote 6 months ago: The Emerging Writers Network is celebrating the short story during the month of May.  Little did I k … more →

Tags: Fiction, Short Stories, Emerging Writers Network, Short Story Month

Growing Up3 comments

kristyn wrote 6 months ago: One of the blogs over at The New York Times broaches the topic of growing up too fast.  This seems t … more →

Tags: Commentary, Culture, Television, technology, Parenting, Growing Up, kids, School

Practice3 comments

kristyn wrote 6 months ago: Here’s an article about genius, the crux being that genius is a result of practice rather than … more →

Tags: Commentary, Work, Discipline, Culture, time, Malcolm Gladwell, Success!, Practice, Genius

Young Writers

kristyn wrote 6 months ago: The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2009 comes out on Tuesday and includes a story by Paul Yoon.  Their w … more →

Tags: writing, O. Henry Prize Stories, Paul Yoon, Young Writers, Tony Tulathimutte, PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories

Once the Shore

kristyn wrote 7 months ago: I think I forgot to post this link to a review of Paul Yoon’s story collection Once the Shore. … more →

Tags: Fiction, Short Stories, Paul Yoon, Once the Shore

This is Water

kristyn wrote 7 months ago: There are a few subjects and people I return to constantly.  This time it’s David Foster Walla … more →

Tags: David Foster Wallace

Another Review

kristyn wrote 7 months ago: The Guardian has a review of Brad Gooch’s Flannery here.  Their blog also questions whether O … more →

Tags: Books, Flannery O'Connor

Stray Questions

kristyn wrote 7 months ago: The New York Times Paper Cuts blog asks “stray questions” to various writers on a regula … more →

Tags: Books, rivka galchen, Paul Yoon

Literary Links

kristyn wrote 7 months ago: Yesterday was a full day.  Among everything else (and the last week): the 2009 Pulitzer Prizes were … more →

Tags: Books, Fiction, nathan englander, Pulitzer Prize, Short Story, Isaac Bashevis Singer

Columbine, 10 Years Later3 comments

kristyn wrote 7 months ago: It’s hard to believe that ten years separate us from that day.  You can read about the vigil h … more →

Tags: Commentary, News, Culture, Columbine

Reading for the Week3 comments

kristyn wrote 7 months ago: Lately, I’ve been trying to stay away from the internet, or at least the distracting, time-con … more →

Tags: Books, Culture, Marriage, O. Henry Prize Stories, Joyce Carol Oates, meghan mccain, david sedaris, dictionary

Wealthy Writers3 comments

kristyn wrote 8 months ago: Some writers do get rich.  Read about this $5 million advance. … more →

Tags: Books

Describing a Generation?1 comment

kristyn wrote 8 months ago: This blog post from The New Yorker’s Book Bench considers some qualities of the generation who … more →

Tags: Commentary, Culture, Politics, generation, Vampires, Rebellion, Literacy

Lorrie Moore on Donald Barthelme

kristyn wrote 8 months ago: Check it out. Then listen to the podcast. … more →

Tags: Books, donald barthelme, Lorrie Moore, Raymond Carver

American Religion Identification Survey4 comments

kristyn wrote 8 months ago: There are several articles floating around the internet the last few days reporting on the American … more →

Tags: Religion and Spirituality, American Religion Identification Survey


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