This past year was a year of big novels and long texts. It's taken a bit of time for me to come around to appreciating longer works. more »

Joel pointed me to this delightful interview with William Gass over at the Believer from 2005. Gass seems particularly sharp in his assessment of MFA programs: WG:...For example, after Stanley Elkin died, I took over his fiction writing workshop. I re… more »