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Welty’s “Why I Live at the P.O.” to illustrate the unreliable narrator
D. T. Max • Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
Some editors are put off by brilliant but idiosyncratic manuscripts and some, such as Perkins, are enticed by them.
A. Scott Berg • Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
I’ve finished my war book now. The next one I write is going to be fun. This one is a failure, and had to be, since it was written by a pillar of salt. It begins like this: Listen: Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time. It ends like this:
Kurt Vonnegut • Slaughterhouse-Five
Examines Octavia Butler's portrayal of black female protagonists as "captive maternals," highlighting their resilience and agency in speculative fiction, contrasting with mainstream science fiction narratives that often marginalize or erase their experiences.
LinkEarly Work — Andrew Martin, author of Early Work and Cool for America
andrewmartinauthor.com
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.
Steven Kotler • Last Tango in Cyberspace: A Novel
The MANIAC
