Weekly News Roundup
Chapter 16 has an interview with Appalachian poet Jesse Graves — the poet and the interview are both well worth checking out. An argument against funding MFAs. Interesting, because the guy who donated...
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Best book cover bio statement ever?
That’s the inside back flap of an early edition hardback of Portnoy’s Complaint. Even DeLillo and Pynchon jacket flaps offer a complete sentence as a bio statement. I love that Roth’s just lets the...
View ArticleEpisode 17: Wild Card 2
Episode 17 is another wild one. Among the topics on the WITTScasters’ minds are the rapid decline of civilization, Jon’s attempt to delay the cultural apocalypse (and how he may have given rise to the...
View ArticleEpisode 20: Storytelling
What starts as a perfectly civil discussion of the role of storytelling in contemporary fiction devolves into an aesthetic dispute between Jon and Ben. Brian, emulating his favorite pro wrestling...
View ArticleEpisode 69: Don’t Know Shit About Shit
The WITTScasters discuss how, if they were to return to the classroom, they would teach introductory fiction to undergrads now that they are old and wise (in contrast to young people who, according to...
View ArticleEpisode 87: OOPS! Hiatus.
As you may have gathered from our infrequent posting, we’re taking something of a hiatus. We’re going to have a few special episodes in the coming months, with the goal of getting back into our regular...
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