22+ min ago   (490+ words) TRIGGER WARNING: This post mentions a character attempting suicide. Proceed with caution. In a sense, I appreciated the narrative basically saying that someone like Iori was in dire need of professional help. Making new friends doesn’t magically do away with…...

2+ hour, 22+ min ago   (780+ words) When, in 2001, you opened your own literary agency, you already knew the profession very well. If I understand correctly, your first steps were with Mercedes Casanovas. How come you studied philology? Do you remember your first trip to the Frankfurt…...

14+ hour, 2+ min ago   (1180+ words) The impending 50th literary anniversary of Ordinary People, prompted me to propose this series for Classic Chicago Magazine. In previous issues, I’ve analyzed the novel, released by Viking in the summer of 1976, and the 1980 Best Picture Oscar-winning movie version, directed by…...

6+ hour, 58+ min ago   (897+ words) On September 7, Tomato released new rules. I was lurking in several writers’ groups. Messages came one after another. Some posted screenshots. Some cursed. Some said, “I’m done writing.” I checked my own dashboard. August earnings: 100 yuan. Around Chinese New Year,…...

4+ hour, 6+ min ago   (524+ words) This article is part of a larger literary and research project: The article you have just read is one point within a larger constellation. I have passed through here. Give me the first, and I will give the second. Seeing…...

15+ hour, 17+ min ago   (1277+ words) SOME friends and I decided we wanted to get away for the summer between leaving school and starting university, so I stuck a pin in a map and found Nairn. We got jobs in the Royal Marine hotel, learned silver…...

11+ hour, 6+ min ago   (495+ words) I am learning a lot during this time of transition. As my marriage comes to an end, I am realizing there is a particular kind of loneliness that comes after spending years …...

20+ hour, 54+ min ago   (36+ words) I’m curious if she will get a completely different death. After reading the entire portion of House of the Dragon in the …...

23+ hour, 59+ min ago   (37+ words) When I started writing on Medium, I thought I had nothing to say. Somehow, the journey gave me more than I ever expected. When I first started …...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (168+ words) We chat with author Emily Zinnikas about I Am the Monster Under the Bed, which is a beautiful blend of supernatural horror and mystery, and proves it’s not the monsters under the bed we need to fear—it’s the humans…...