Recent articles
May 24, 2026
"Indian Camp," Part 3
A discussion of Part 2 and the text for Part 3
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May 21, 2026
Some Updates
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May 20, 2026
"Indian Camp," Part 2
A discussion of Part 1 and the text for Part 2
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May 17, 2026
A New Story
...and a new approach to studying it.
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May 14, 2026
A Sentence is a Way of Being in the World
More on style/voice
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May 10, 2026
Surprise, Surprise...
...since we last spoke, I crossed the country.
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May 3, 2026
Let's Think About Style
By way of Henry Green
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April 30, 2026
Odds and Ends
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April 26, 2026
"The First Full Thought of Her Life"
In which Deb Olin Unferth answers our questions.
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April 19, 2026
"The First Full Thought of Her Life"
A (harrowing, brilliant) story by Deb Olin Unferth
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April 16, 2026
On Taking Ownership
And a tribute to the great Michael Silverblatt
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April 12, 2026
A New Story for Us
As in, contemporary (!)
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April 5, 2026
Some Process Stuff on "Vigil"
The (so-called, by me) "Meaning Outline."
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March 30, 2026
"The House with the Mezzanine"
My response to my own assignment...which, as in my real college days, is late.
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March 26, 2026
"Lose the quotation marks?" he asked. Sure, why not, I replied.
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March 22, 2026
Why Do We Think What We Think of Him?
That is, of the narrator of "The House with the Mezzanine?" Or, for that matter, any first-person narrator?
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March 18, 2026
A Daily Show Appearance
...last night!
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March 15, 2026
A Chekhov Surrogate
On becoming obsessed after second reads
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March 12, 2026
What is "Comfort," Anyway?
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March 8, 2026
Back to Work!
By way of an experiment.
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March 1, 2026
"Wait, What Did You Just Say to Me?"
A painful lesson from my youth...
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February 26, 2026
What's Up With All the Theme Parks?
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February 26, 2026
George Saunders on America now
A recording from George Saunders and Anand Giridharadas's live video
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February 25, 2026
Live event today!
Hi all - just wanted to quickly let you know that I’m going live with Anand Giridharadas on The Ink today at 1:30pm EST / 12:30pm CST.
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