This will be my last Bread Loaf post. Probably. I think. I feel I should post detailed accounts of what happened, what I heard, what I learned, and so on and so forth, but I’m too exhausted. I still see yellow when I close my eyes. I’m still digesting all I learned. I’m still a […]

Literary Consultant: “Hello, everyone. I’m here to help you get published.” Jennifer Egan: “In a way my writing career — my commitment to my career — began here. Goon Squad began here, too.” Writer: “If I hear one more person say they have to ‘fall in love with a book’ to take it on, I’m […]

Is there a name for the phenomenon where you travel to a new place and keep believing you recognize people you know among all the strangers? Like my semester abroad in London, where for weeks I thought I recognized people in the tube stations, in the museums, in the little Tesco at the end of […]

Making art is not a luxury or a decoration … The practice of imagination through making art is fundamental to us as human beings. Failure of imagination is at the heart of the worst things we do. What we do here as writers and readers is central to our identity, our nature, and our best […]