The title of this post is something of a misnomer, for there is more than one challenge inherent to the creative writing of trauma. The most frequent claim in trauma theory is that trauma resists representation because it is, by …
The Politics of Writing: Guest Post by John Tesarsch
My third novel, Dinner with the Dissidents, is set mainly in Soviet Russia in 1971. It is about a struggling young novelist, Leonid Krasnov, who is approached by the KGB with the promise they will make him a literary …
I was included in The Guardian’s Bookmark This monthly section talking about Imperfect on 3.2.19.…
Starting. Again. A Guest Post by Andrew Hutchinson
Self-assessment is a critical skill for any writer, and it’s something that I’ve worked hard to develop, to find ways to establish a distance from the content, in order to see things as another reader would. But practicing this skill …