Whiting Award winner Adam Johnson says the aspiring writers in his classes these days are being a little too cute with the subtleties. “‘What happened? What was it about?’ he asks hi… more →
Mark Athitakis' American Fiction NotesAmy Steele wrote 1 week ago: My friend Adam is a huge fan of Jonathan Safran Foer who is reading from Eating Animals tonight for … more →
Mark Athitakis wrote 2 weeks ago: Whiting Award winner Adam Johnson says the aspiring writers in his classes these days are being a li … more →
smithereens wrote 1 month ago: My love affair with Tom Perrotta’s… books (no spicy revelation here) goes back to the movie Little C … more →
Nish wrote 1 month ago: The Wishbones by Tom Perrotta I first heard of Tom Perrotta when I saw the movie Election (loved the … more →
bakerkline wrote 2 months ago: The inside scoop on what makes a successful book cover – and why it matters. Several weeks ago I wro … more →
Marshall wrote 3 months ago: The new feature that I hyped up (OK, I briefly mentioned in a post that no one read) is here! The F … more →
Cathryn wrote 5 months ago: In my on-going pursuit of seeing how supple narration is achieved by writers who I admire, revere an … more →
Weston Cutter wrote 5 months ago: Does it seem like you can’t turn around lately without seeing Joe Meno’s nam … more →
swashbuckled wrote 6 months ago: My head had been hurting on and off for a while after spending too many hours squinting at this tiny … more →
Jai Britton wrote 8 months ago: So after the anger-inducing, depression-mongering Anne Sexton biography, I’m taking a stab at … more →
rosiemolinary wrote 8 months ago: I had a lovely invitation last week from Writers Read to share with their readers what I’ve b … more →
Peanut wrote 8 months ago: I went in the library last week looking for something that was like chick lit but with substance. I … more →
Jordan Richardson wrote 8 months ago: One of the great gifts of the cinema is that of a fearless assessment of human motivations. Great fi … more →
Ryan Michael Williams wrote 9 months ago: As far as contemporary fiction writers go, Tom Perrotta is extremely famous. He’s written seve … more →
kittykittykitty wrote 9 months ago: a grown up book. … more →
wamfest wrote 9 months ago: Legendary Critic and Biographer Dave Marsh and John Wesley Harding/Wesley Stace discuss "The Wo … more →
brevity wrote 1 year ago: Opium’s 500-Word Memoir Contest–judged by author and Oscar-nominee Tom Perrotta. The rul … more →
drawkward86 wrote 1 year ago: Little Children (2006) ★★★★1/2 Directed by Todd Field Written by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta Based … more →
honeythief wrote 1 year ago: I think this is going to be a regular section here in my anonymous blog: Things that hurt. I feel th … more →