American Writer Spotlight: Jane Johnston Schoolcraft
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, or Bamewawagezhikaquay (The Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky), was [...]
Jan
Minimalism vs. Maximalism
Since the mid 20th Century, American writing has been broadly divided into two schools, minimalism [...]
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Reading About Writing
As a young man trying to become a better writer, I’ve received many bits of [...]
Salinger At Princeton – Part 1
Last year I made an unusual pilgrimage. I flew from Chicago to New York, took [...]
Jan
Common Threads: Stories of Female Friendship
We are living in an age where female friendship is “in” – between Taylor Swift’s [...]
Created Worlds, Part 1
The act of writing fiction is essentially an act of creation. When putting together a [...]
Dec
American Literary Playlists – Part 2
The creative processes of literary writing and songwriting have always been intertwined. Musicians such as [...]
American Writer Spotlight: Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald
Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald is a complicated woman, no matter how you slice it. She’s been [...]
Dec
Grammar Rules
Grammar rules rule—or do they? They certainly did in my day. As a grade school [...]
The Iceberg Man
In the pantheon of great American writers, Ernest Hemingway is probably the only one whose [...]