THE MASSES DEMAND A REALISTIC AND CONSTRUCTIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE GENERAL...
A gypsy once told my mother I would reach the pinnacle of fame and fortune, but would never know happiness, and perhaps her prediction was correct. There is never enough sleep or enough love in the...
View ArticleField Notes from a Fulbright Scholar: The Eye
On a Fulbright to Montréal, fiction writer Cam Terwilliger will be reporting, expounding, fulminating, and otherwise commenting on his adventures in Canada. While he’s there, he’ll be writing a novel...
View ArticleField Notes from a Fulbright Scholar: In Kahnawà:ke Territory
Since I arrived in Montréal, I’ve been doing research for a novel called Yet Wilderness Grew in My Heart, a book set in 1757 during the French and Indian War. In a nutshell, it explores the panoply of...
View ArticleCelebrated Novelist E.L. Doctorow Dies at 84
E.L. Doctorow, the acclaimed author of Ragtime and Billy Bathgate, has died at the age of 84 due to complications from lung cancer. Doctorow rose to prominence during the 1970s, with the release of...
View ArticleMidweek Links: Literary Links from Around the Web (February 3rd)
Looking for some interesting reading to get you through the week? Here are some literary links from around the web to check out: A week with a new short story from George Saunders is a good week Does...
View Article10 Gothic Gems of Historical Fiction
I made a couple attempts at historical novels throughout my twenties. The first of these was called The Immaculate Birth of Concepta Obregon, a magical realist epistolary novel set alternately in...
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