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One Year In—Writing The Novel
After one year of writing my novel, I took stock of what I’d accomplished—which seemed like very little. Would writing always feel like flailing? How do novelists find their way through? For guidance,...
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Novelists, You’re Doing It Right
There’s a novel in here somewhere… You’re trying to write a novel. Sometimes, it’s exhilarating: characters wake you in the night, yammering, springing into action. Sometimes, it’s excruciating: you...
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The Millenial-Gen X Rift And The Trouble With Latina/o Letters
“Hector Tobar is our new hero,” a close friend of mine, a well known Chicano writer, proclaimed to me last week. I was back home in Austin. We were at the Whitehorse. He said it as if it were up for...
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There Are Children at the Border
All across America this month, parents have been cutting their kids all sorts of slack. If you asked them why, they might not be able to explain it. Why was it suddenly acceptable to wake up in the...
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