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Why I'll never write a kid's book
Periodically, I think, “I should write a children’s book!
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Results of the Literary Reputation Poll!
The survey revealed unexpected fissures between autodidacts and English majors
Mar 3
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February 2026
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
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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
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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
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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
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Monster Romance
Charlie had flaming eczema that showed up, angry and red, all across his neck and face.
Jan 15
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A cool new literary journal
I have a bias against cool New York-based magazines.
Jan 13
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Playground games
After picking up his daughter from school, a father asked:
Jan 8
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A manipulative masterpiece
A Little Life is one of literature’s greatest traps.
Jan 6
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December 2025
The moment when your career begins
+ some very brief paywalled Jacob Savage thoughts
Dec 30, 2025
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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
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