Fifty authors, editors, and publishers, including Year in Reading alumnae Rachel Cantor and Julia Alvarez, have come together to discuss their favorite fictional women at Brooklyn Magazine.
50 Favorite Fictional Women
Jumping Ship
How do you explain the recent “shit storm” at Granta? Let Full-Stop EIC Alex Shephard do it for you.
Tree of Desire
At Granta, revisit an essay from Seamus Heaney on trees and desire in literature. Pair with Trent Morris’s reflections after the poet’s passing.
Let the Wild Rumpus Begin
Dave Eggers shares the skinny on his forthcoming Where the Wild Things Are project - including an excerpt of the novel and the killer trailer for the movie version - with The New Yorker.
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Out of Service
Recommended viewing: Katrina Whalen's short film adaptation of Charles Portis's “I Don’t Talk Service No More." Pair with our own Bill Morris's review of Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany.
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“I’ve escorted two e-partners to the edge of the grave”
Pulitzer winner Tony Horwitz describes – in incredibly depressing fashion – his experience publishing Boom, a digital short representing his first foray into “the brave new world” of digital publishing. Two takeaways for aspiring writers that are not explicitly mentioned, however: don’t write without a contract, and be sure to use an agent from the get-go.
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Literary Real Estate
Test your knowledge of famous settings and / or fantasize about living in a "secluded picturesque manor with history" or a "palatial long island home" perfect for parties: "Classic Houses in Literature Go on the Imaginary Real Estate Market - a Quiz."