Click here to watch and read the story behind a video of George Orwell’s 1984 performed [...]
Who are America’s best voices?
By Emily HomrokTuesday, December 1st, 2009
Doors part with a hydraulic hiss. Steam billows. Behold! The emerging voices of the nation have [...]
Brian Evenson
By Jordan SchillingMonday, November 9th, 2009
I wanted to take a minute to recommend Brian Evenson. I’ve come to admire his writing [...]
Ending the era of the tweet
By Emily HomrokThursday, July 16th, 2009
…at least, for myself. I have no illusions about the narcissism-fueled ADD conglomo-giant that is Twitter [...]
The Paris Review spring 2009
By Jordan SchillingMonday, July 13th, 2009
The Paris Review‘s recent spring 2009 issue features an amazing fiction peice entitiled At the Zoo, [...]
She’s my favorite Canadian recluse
By Emily HomrokThursday, July 2nd, 2009
Emily Dickinson. Robert Frost. Allen Ginsberg. These are famous poets (not an oxymoron, for better or [...]
Yeah dude, Gatsby 2: Gatsby In Jail
By Emily HomrokThursday, June 4th, 2009
So the other night– (I swear, this isn’t the beginning of a bad joke. Bear with.) [...]
Fun places to go be a cliché
By Emily HomrokThursday, May 7th, 2009
Okay, we’ve all seen them: there they sit, compressed into the very deepest and darkest corners [...]
Narrating
By Lydia SmithThursday, April 23rd, 2009
When I read James Joyce’s “Araby” I did not delve into the depth or craft of [...]




