Jakob Guanzon has landed on the National Book Award longlist for fiction with his debut novel ABUNDANCE! It's an astonishing moment for a book and author that is equal to it. If you haven't read it, you owe it to yourself to check it out....
I've just signed as a client of Willenfield Literary Agency. I'll be working on my debut novel with the brilliant Akin Akinwumi, who is not just a keen literary mind and agent, but also has great taste in music. When I first met him several years...
Recently, I had an interview with the Loft Literary Center and it is now up on their site. This was done in conjunction with a course I taught this spring, "Self-Editing for Writers," which focused on discussing and learning some of the core elements and concepts...
Jakob Guanzon's debut novel Abundance is out now—and what a debut it is! Organized by the amount of money in the main character's pocket, the book is tightly wound and propulsive from start to finish. And the bravura Walmart scene near the end of the book is...
Tsitsi Dangarembga, author of This Mournable Body, has won the PEN Award for Freedom of Expression. Dangarembga was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2020, and this honor recognizes the extraordinary contribution she's made beyond the literary world. Dangarembga is a filmmaker and activist as well, and...
After a long November I had a week-long residency in Door County, WI, thanks to the fine folks at Write On, Door County. The weather was strangely crisp—no snow—as if the whole place had been preserved in an icebox. That meant I had the run of...
Before the pandemic broke over us like a tidal wave and swept away any form of normalcy, Complexes dropped a new single, "Pleasure Privilege."It's got a catchy chorus, a fuzzed out riff, and relentless drums. What more could one ask for in a song?It's a...
Anna Burns has won the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award for Milkman. This comes after she won the Booker Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and was shortlisted for the Women's Prize. The longlist is nominated by librarians from all across the world. The judges...