Aline Kaminsky-Crumb’s Art Bows to the Writing
Underground comics artist Aline Kominsky-Crumb discusses the relationship between story and art in her work.
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Craft Corner: The Millions Interviews Christopher Beha
"Setting out to write a "big" book feels like a very male—or maybe Mailer-ite—ambition, in the worst possible way."
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Writing Sideways: Edith Wharton, the Postmodernists, and Social Satire
Familiarity may breed contempt, but in fiction it is a productive contempt.
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Edith Wharton Will Teach You Everything You Need to Know About Naming Characters
Her 1905 classic The House of Mirth offers a masterclass in the art of character naming, from heroine Lily Bart to the seriously laughable Mrs. Peniston.
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The Horror, The Horror: Rereading Yourself
Here is a secret about writers, or at least most writers I know, including me: we don’t like to read our published work.
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The Craft of Jennifer Clement’s ‘Gun Love’
I am always interested in how language can bring beauty to ugliness and despair. Language can enlighten the divine within the profane.
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