Elise Juska on Finally Learning the True Story of Her Namesake
The novelist on her grandfather's very unusual romantic relationship (a 52-year engagement) and how it led, in a roundabout way, to her own name.
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Another September: Creating Life and Art in a Terrifying World
I was already seven weeks. If the story were fiction, I would dismiss the ending as unrealistic. A deus ex machina. Contrived, overly convenient.
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The Keep Pile
And of course, there are my stories. They overwhelm the boxes—hundreds, thousands of pages. As a kid, I was always writing, clacking furiously on the manual typewriter in my room after school.
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