Archive - Woman of Letters

Random House offered me a deal

Last week, I accepted an offer from Random House to publish my debut story collection: The Payoff includes my self-published novella, “Money Matters…

Feb 18 • Naomi Kanakia

The latest avant-garde literary trend

Freddie DeBoer’s debut novel, The Mind Reels, is about a girl, Alice, who slowly goes crazy, gets medicated, goes crazy again, gets medicated again…

Feb 10 • Naomi Kanakia

The future of literature belongs to amateurs

Reviews have started to arrive for my forthcoming non-fiction book, What’s So Great About The Great Books?

Feb 3 • Naomi Kanakia

January 2026

The New Yorker offered him a deal

Two months ago, I read a seven-hundred-page collection of short stories by John Cheever.

Jan 27 • Naomi Kanakia

Monster Romance

Charlie had flaming eczema that showed up, angry and red, all across his neck and face.

Jan 15 • Naomi Kanakia

A cool new literary journal

I have a bias against cool New York-based magazines.

Jan 13 • Naomi Kanakia

Playground games

After picking up his daughter from school, a father asked:

Jan 8 • Naomi Kanakia

A manipulative masterpiece

A Little Life is one of literature’s greatest traps.

Jan 6 • Naomi Kanakia

December 2025

The moment when your career begins

+ some very brief paywalled Jacob Savage thoughts

Dec 30, 2025 • Naomi Kanakia

Is it viable to self-publish your short fiction?

Alexander Chee is a well-regarded literary author who posted recently about the importance of submitting your stories to literary journals. He wrote:

Dec 16, 2025 • Naomi Kanakia

During my twenties, my friends would circle constantly circle around the same topic.

Dec 9, 2025 • Naomi Kanakia

Some people are bad writers, and they should be discouraged

There was once a very famous workshop that was taught by a very famous writer.

Dec 4, 2025 • Naomi Kanakia

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