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Here's the thing. I just graduated. (And by "just," I mean many months ago in December.) I studied Writing, Literature and Publishing at Emerson College. I loved it. In the months before finishing my...
View ArticleThe Start of a Beautiful Friendship: Jincy Willett
"Julie in the Funhouse" from Jenny and the Jaws of Life I received this collection of short stories along with the strong recommendation and endorsement of a good friend whilst still reading The...
View Article"The Haunting of the Linguards"
One thing about me, whether annoying or endearing, is I am constantly being reminded of one thing by another. I enjoy linking books and stories I've read to one another, often confusing their meanings,...
View Article"Nine" by Aryn Kyle
Browsing the internet for internships at literary magazines, I stumbled upon this fantastic story by Aryn Kyle, as published in The Atlantic. From a distance, it follows Tess, an almost-nine-year-old...
View ArticleSo, it's official.
I'm going to Costa Rica in September, right after uprooting from my two-year home at 20 Lopez. It's going to be a crazy couple of weeks. I will be on my first vacation as a real, live adult, and as...
View Article"Under the Bed" by Jincy Willett
I've said this before, and I'll say it again without fearing redundancy: this woman is brilliant. I can do so because each time I say it, I've discovered it anew. In this, the eighth story of the...
View ArticleIt isn't that at all
I've been MIA. Like the band but without the accent. It isn't that I haven't been reading, it's that I haven't been writing. There, I said it. It's out, and like I imagine it is in AA, the first step's...
View ArticleOne Small Step For Publishing, A Giant Leap For Bad Authors?
We've all seen them: the sketchy ads lining the margins of websites or the grainy back pages of the free dailies that serve as street decor rather than news sources. They tell us: "Get published!"...
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Reading Now: So Many Things
Of those many things is David Foster Wallace's short story collection Oblivion. However, the description "short story collection" seems ill-fitting and dismissive, considering Wallace is a master of...
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Satire Is Not Dead
It seems there are more things than ever to criticize these days, which is why when an old professor said there are no writers left like Mark Twain, it seemed to be a bleak forecast of unchecked...
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Reading Now: "assorted fire events" by David Means
It was in a pile outside Harvard Bookstore in the Remainders section. Several things go into the purchasing of an unknown title by an unknown author (to me, of course):1. The cover. Listen, we all know...
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Being Inspired By Now: Letters to a Fiction Writer
Alas, I'm in love with a book again. Granted, I'm only 22 pages in, but like so many young married kids say on their Facebook pages,"When you know, you know."Frederick Busch's collection of letters...
View ArticleMoving On
Hello my faithful readers!So I've actually moved! To thethingstheyread.wordpress.com! Come visit and follow me there!Also, check out my professional website: meljaney.wordpress.com!Thanks so much, hope...
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