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Booker Prize-winning fiction writer whose Story Club Substack teaches the craft of the short story to hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

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“Rude Awakenings”

My chat with Samuel Bercholz: Full Video.

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Join me today....

...for my interview with Samuel Bercholz

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A Slight Change of Plans....

..and some thoughts on that which shall not be named (i.e., blurbs)

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“Expanding a Restrictive Paradigm”

Office Hours

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"The Illumination of Santiago"

Let's discuss this beautiful thing.

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"The Illumination of Santiago"

A new story for us, by Nona Fernández

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On the Perils of Self-Assessing...

...too early, too roughly, too preemptively.

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Sudden Cheers and Whoops

In which we step through five pages of "Al Roosten," in service of the Platforms and Stepladder model of the short story.

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Happy Sunday

Platforms, stepladders, Orwell

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Seams

What does a good idea feel like?

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If a Ghostly Cow Shows Up, Maybe Leave it Alone

Thoughts on “The Legend of Lough Gur”

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A Simple Irish Story

From which much can be learned.

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The Natural-Born Artist.

Is there such a thing? (Office Hours)

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A Note from the Road

With a bad cold, but nevertheless enthusiastic.

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Getting to Know You Redux

In which you tell us a little something about you.

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Tickets on Sale TODAY (now)...

for Lincoln in the Bardo at The Met

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In Which Ruth Answers Your Questions

A Seminar in Generosity

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Sad News

What a beautiful soul.

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Office Hours

On Believability as an Editing Polestar

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"Feelings"

First session, with a lovely note from Ruth Ozeki

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A New Story For Us

by Ruth Ozeki

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Story Club: An Historical Overview

Hello, beloved Story Club,

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"Three Shots"

A PDF

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"Indian Camp"

DIscussing Part 4 and the ending.

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Indian Camp, Part Four

A discussion of Part 3 and the text for Part 4 (the ending).

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"Indian Camp," Part 3

A discussion of Part 2 and the text for Part 3

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Some Updates

Office Hours

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"Indian Camp," Part 2

A discussion of Part 1 and the text for Part 2

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Surprise, Surprise...

...since we last spoke, I crossed the country.

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Let's Think About Style

By way of Henry Green

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Odds and Ends

Office Hours

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"The First Full Thought of Her Life"

In which Deb Olin Unferth answers our questions.

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"The First Full Thought of Her Life"

A (harrowing, brilliant) story by Deb Olin Unferth

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On Taking Ownership

And a tribute to the great Michael Silverblatt

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A New Story for Us

As in, contemporary (!)

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Some Process Stuff on "Vigil"

The (so-called, by me) "Meaning Outline."

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"The House with the Mezzanine"

My response to my own assignment...which, as in my real college days, is late.

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"Lose the quotation marks?" he asked. Sure, why not, I replied.

Office Hours

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Why Do We Think What We Think of Him?

That is, of the narrator of "The House with the Mezzanine?" Or, for that matter, any first-person narrator?

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A Daily Show Appearance

...last night!

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A Chekhov Surrogate

On becoming obsessed after second reads

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What is "Comfort," Anyway?

Office Hours

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Back to Work!

By way of an experiment.

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"Wait, What Did You Just Say to Me?"

A painful lesson from my youth...

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What's Up With All the Theme Parks?

Office Hours

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George Saunders on America now

A recording from George Saunders and Anand Giridharadas's live video

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Live event today!

Hi all - just wanted to quickly let you know that I’m going live with Anand Giridharadas on The Ink today at 1:30pm EST / 12:30pm CST.

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A Significant P.S. to the "Lincoln in the Bardo" Movie Announcement

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