ICYMI, J.J. Abrams (of Lost and Star Trek fame) will release a novel — conceived by Abrams and written by Doug Dorst — in October with the enigmatic title of S. Last month, he released the first half of a teaser trailer; this week, he released the second half.
The S Monster
Jesse Eisenberg’s Brain
Recommended Reading: Jesse Eisenberg's stream of conscious New Yorker short story, "A Short Story Written With Thought-to-Text Technology." "When he was younger he used to stay late after school on Fridays and come in early on Mondays, a pattern his mother referred to with equal parts admiration and disdain as 'studying overtime.' Jesus, I’ve written another loser."
“That shit was too white.”
The introduction Junot Díaz wrote for Dismantle: An Anthology of Writing from the VONA/Voices Writing Workshop has been adapted as a contribution to the ongoing conversation (of which The Millions has been a part) about writing programs at large and about MFA vs. NYC specifically. At issue is Díaz’s (rightful) assertion that an important topic – diversity – hasn’t been adequately addressed in evaluations of the supposed program and publishing dichotomy thus far. (Related: Sandra Cisneros’s “I Hate the Iowa Writer’s Workshop.”)
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Dificil
Growing up, Judy Bolton-Fasman watched her mother study Don Quixote, propping the book up on their kitchen counter while studying for her Master’s in Spanish literature. Her mother was a native speaker, but Cervantes was still a tough writer to figure out, especially if you were reading his work while trying to cook dinner in the background. The author looks back on her mother’s education in a Saturday Essay for The Rumpus.
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Heti and Didion, Chatting It Up
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Creative Slump
We have some bad news, writers. People actually dislike creative thinking. Despite how society celebrates creativity, most people are too risk averse to appreciate it, studies indicate. What's the upside? Social rejection can bolster your creativity, but most writers probably knew that already.
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Scream for ‘The Scream’
A recent study by the American Psychological Association finds "people are more likely to be moved and intrigued by abstract paintings if they have just experienced a good scare."
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“An exile among exiles”
82-year-old Cuban poet Lorenzo Garcia Vega reflects upon his years of exile in the Latin American Herald Tribune.
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Tuesday New Release Day: Elton; French; Michell; Merwin
Out this week: Time and Time Again by Ben Elton; According to Yes by Dawn French; The Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell; and What Is a Garden? by W.S. Merwin.
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J.J. Abrams didn’t “write” anything. The other guy on the cover wrote the book. J.J. Abrams just supplied him with the basic outline of the story. Doug Dorst wrote “S.”
Thanks for catching that, M. I’ve edited the text to make this clear.