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Brian Kiteley has nice ideas about how to teach fiction writing with exercises–which he does at the University of Denver–and he makes some of his exercises available here. If you’re…    read more

With the announcement of the Pushcart nominations, I felt I’d mention some of the wonderful literary rediscoveries that are currently going on in the publishing world. We readers and writers…    read more

I’m finishing my review of Toni Morrison’s new novel, Love, for The Missouri Review, and throughout the process the question of necessity has dogged me–what purpose do reviews of new…    read more

I admit it. I’m a bibliophile with a particular weakness. That’s right – after perusing the poetry shelves, contemplating the hot/young/new talents, and delving into the one clearance rack designless…    read more

While perusing Fusion, the most recent issue of The Missouri Review, I came across the story “Emeritus” by Jill Marquis. I laughed as I read the adventures of a research…    read more

To any literary snobs out there, prepare to turn up your nose, sniff, and look away. Prepare to lament the commercialization of our society. Not only will I graduate with…    read more

[By Charlie Green] Cowboys, dragons, orcs, and hunks: I see these character clichés in introductory fiction workshops often, the signs of genre fiction. Teachers of fiction writing commonly prohibit such…    read more

This semester promises to be interesting. My only non-literature class is Spanish, which I have five days a week. The rest of the time I’ve kept busy with reading from…    read more

Until last Monday, I had a strict policy of running only when chased. Running for exercise was a concept that barely registered on my “things I would even remotely consider”…    read more

I had a writing teacher not long ago who, on the first day of our class, set out a small, tarnished incense holder with a vented lid on the table…    read more