“Drink up,” the man said to his daughter. “I don’t want to,” the girl said. “You need to understand how this feels,” said the man.
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DIY MFA Reading List: “Collected Stories” by Raymond Carver
The tortured collaboration between Raymond Carver and Gordon Lish produced a masterpiece in American short fiction.
Continue readingFight Night
The recent Pacquiao-Márquez boxing bout was full of lust, anger, calculation, sport—the same as what’s occurring in Zuccotti Park, in Congress, in every household across America. Boxing is the sport of the now, and its lessons will be useful tonight.
Continue readingDIY MFA Reading List: “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien
Truth is stranger than fiction in Tim O’Brien’s brilliant meditation on the Vietnam War.
Continue readingDIY MFA Reading List: “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek” by Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard’s “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek” dares us to open our eyes.
Continue readingDIY MFA Reading List: “Suttree” by Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy’s tragicomic “Suttree” is fueled not by a love of life, but an obsession with the certainty of death.
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