Notes From Class
Writing Our Pandemic Stories: May & June
In this three-installment column, Chloe Caldwell and her 12-month essay generator students write about their daily life during the Covid-19 crisis
Writing Our Pandemic Stories: April & May
In this three-installment column, Chloe Caldwell and her 12-month essay generator students write about their daily life during the Covid-19 crisis
Writing Our Pandemic Stories: March & April
In this three-installment column, Chloe Caldwell and her 12-month essay generator students write about their daily life during the Covid-19 crisis
Against Fame: On Publishing, Popularity, and Ambition
“The problem with fame is not its rarity; it’s that it is out of our control.”
What I Think of the Fact That You Keep Asking Me What My Family Thinks of My Writing
When men create characters based on themselves, they are innovative; when women do it, they’re shaming their families.
Breaking Taboos and Loving the Characters We Fear
“I turned to Toni Morrison and Jamaica Kincaid. Their work documenting sexuality, especially female sexuality, gave me permission to write my own.”
Reading for an Audience
“The closest my chosen literary life comes to the stage.”
On Serving Knausgaard Coffee and an Omelet
“It’s hard to say why this work means so much to me. You sense the cost of it. It is vulnerable. It feels necessary.”
Books I Read in 2015
A complete list of books I read this year, and some of my thoughts