Coming of age a recent trope in fiction
In the recent past, young adult novels–John Green’s “The Fault in Our Stars,” Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger Games” series, and earlier, J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series–have experienced a swell of…
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Bestselling author Prose named Vassar’s writer-in-residence
After stumbling across an old photograph taken in 1932, bestselling author and former PEN president Francine Prose knew she had found something [...]
NaNoWriMo: now or never for some budding novelists
Its a Saturday in November, the sun is barely poking its way out of the outcast sky and a light mist covers the ground, and today is the day, the…
Gone Girl a thrilling, unpredictable ride
With Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn has established herself as the master of creepy. Her first two novels, Sharp Objects and Dark Places, both thrillers, were met with high critical acclaim.…
Sisterland unearths themes of twinhood
At the outset of Sisterland, Curtis Sittenfeld’s newest novel, twin sisters Violet and Kate have an argument over lunch, a typical sibling squabble. Vi—a single, queer psychic—criticizes Kate for a…