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Gimme Fiction! (And Nonfiction.) (And Poetry.)

Tin House’s Outdoor Summer Readings Deliver It All

Joshua James AmbersonJuly 8, 2015 4:20 pmJuly 12, 2022 8:02 pm

Tin House’s outdoor summer readings deliver it all.

Books

Keep It Simple, Stupid

Brevity Is Everything for David Shields and Elizabeth Cooperman

Santi Elijah HolleyApril 1, 2015 4:20 pmJuly 12, 2022 8:00 pm

Brevity is everything for David Shields and Elizabeth Cooperman in their anthology.

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Fightin’ Words

David Shields’ New Book Takes on Discord, Or Does It?

Joshua James AmbersonJanuary 14, 2015 4:20 pmJuly 12, 2022 7:59 pm

David Shields and Caleb Powell quarrel in their new book—or that’s what they say.

Books

Girls

New Memoirs from Elissa Washuta and Lena Dunham

Megan BurbankOctober 15, 2014 4:00 pmJuly 12, 2022 7:57 pm

New memoirs from Elissa Washuta and Lena Dunham explore young women, the body, and mental illness.

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Realer than Fiction

Reality Hunger‘s Post-Narrative Future

Tony PerezApril 1, 2010 4:00 amJuly 12, 2022 7:35 pm

David Shields has seen the future of the written word, and it ain’t the novel.