Nearly everyone could be undone by an old woman's displeasure..

People who move to New York always the same mistake. They can't see the place..

Jesmyn Ward is an alchemist. She transmutes pain and loss into gold. Men We Reaped illustrates hardships but thankfully, vitally, it's just as clear ….

The poor aren't defeated. We're domesticated..

There are really only two ways to react to the extraordinary. The first is to ponder the grand purpose until all the fun is sucked away, the second i….

No matter where you go, poor people have the capacity to endure. Some people even compliment us on it, as if endurance is all we can achieve..

Doubt is the big machine. It grinds up the delusions of women and men..

I’m always looking for the monster. Not even just in horror. I want them in everything. Just give me the monsters. Logical conclusions don’t satisfy.….

William Kowalski is the kind of storyteller you don’t see quite enough these days. The yarn spinner with a generous soul. The Hundred Hearts is a mov….

Why do any of us act the way we do? Is it our beliefs or our biology that shapes us? Lauren Grodstein considers this eternal question through the sto….

Men always want to die for something. For someone. I can see the appeal. You do it once and it’s done. No more worrying, not knowing, about tomorrow ….

The person you are (in total, at that moment in time) is what creates the story you're writing. It's infused in every piece of punctuation, in the pl….

Empathy is what separates human beings from teenage boys..

I have my teachers who tell me what to do. I'm not quite old enough yet to be truly independent..

The best writing deadlines are poverty and death..

A little style is a good thing, but you can’t trust a person who won’t be ugly in front of you..