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Τα Χειρότερα Πράγματα που Έχουν Ζητηθεί Κατά τη Διάρκεια Συνέντευξης για Δουλειά
«Μας ζητήθηκε να κάνουμε παιχνίδια αυτοσχεδιασμού σε μια ομαδική συνέντευξη. Η δουλειά αφορούσε απασχόληση σε μπαρ».
Stoya on the Importance of Accurately Writing About Sex Work
On-camera sex scenes are often edited and stitched together to create a final product that barely resembles what happened on set. Similarly, accounts of sex work can be altered through writing and editing to give people the wrong idea about the...
Teju Cole is Way Better at Twitter Than You
Teju Cole has gained notoriety as a champion of the artistic merits of Twitter. He has a series of tweets that are about as vital as any I’ve encountered, and has also spoken regularly about the impact Twitter will have on the novel.
Junot Diaz Says, Writing Is a Lot Like Basketball
The best interviews are the ones when you can talk about girls, white supremacy, and video games. Junot Diaz is an authority on all those things.
Anton Chekhov Versus Jeffrey Dahmer
For some reason I think about the cannibalistic serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer every time someone mentions Anton Chekhov, a forefather of the contemporary short story. I can’t help but want to draw them out, to put them together in a cage and watch their...
A Black Flag Kid Wrote a Book of Poems
By now you've probably heard about the Black Flag reunion that everyone is creaming themselves over. What you might not have heard, however, is that Chuck Dukowski's stepdaughter, Mira Gonzalez, is publishing her first book of poetry, and it's the bee...
Prelude to 'Solo Piano Music'
Like much of the literary elite in Syria, Fawwaz Haddad has watched his country disintegrate over the past 20 months. His stories explore the limits placed on Syrian society, zig-zagging between high-minded principles and the dirty business of everyday...
Room Service with Tracey Emin and Gary Indiana
The following is a conversation between Gary Indiana and Tracey Emin at the Standard Hotel. In it, the pair discuss everything from writer's block to the fucking habits of the young and old. Somewhere along the line they order room service, too.
James Greer: Making the World His Bitch (and Elephants)
Talking to the former Guided by Voices guy about kicking life's challenges in the dick, his new collection of short stories, and something about Steven Soderbergh and Broadway.
All Advice Is Bad
The arbitrary brain feed of writerly legends who could easily be the faceless guy at the bar crying into his shoulder bag.
BizarroCon Is the Writers’ Retreat From Hell
Eraserhead Press hosts the most insane literary minds this side of Ted Kaczynski's shack.
Written in the Writing
Sheila Lowe has been analyzing handwriting for over 40 years. She looks at one scribbled line and can tell you all kinds of secret stuff about yourself. It’s scary.