Thrilled to be teaching a class on revision at the @northbrookpl on March 16th! Here's a print out of a very, very early draft of my story, "M&L," which was later anthologized in The Best American Short Stories (below). It was barely a story at first, a mere five pages long. Revision really is everything, you guys. Register for this class at: https://tinyurl.com/y63wfww9 #BASS #thebestamericanshortstories #Northbrookpl #bookstagram #northbrookwrites
I love hearing about people's literary fantasies, whether it's winning a Pulitzer or making it to Obama's reading list. My wildest, most self-aggrandizing literary fantasy is publishing a book and having it make a cameo in a Pedro Almodóvar film. Here's Alice Munro's Runaways (Escapada) in The Skin I Live In. Where do you dream of seeing your book? #alicemunro #pedroalmodóvar #literaryfantasy
Very excited to be teaching a writing class @storystudio_chicago this spring! I'll be sharing a ton of creative, playful writing techniques, including the one pictured here. Registration link in bio.
"Make of yourself a light." —Mary Oliver Safe travels, dear poet.
The first draft is just notes