by Ben Fountain
Am I any smarter now? I dread the prospect of finding out, though at some point I’ll probably have to; that kind of risk is part of the deal any time we undertake a long piece of work. Second question: Were those years wasted? My sense is, yes and no. Continue reading
by Tricia Khleif
Mystery and ambiguity, expressed in musical, finely wrought prose, form the core of Fountain’s fiction. Continue reading
by Joseph M. Schuster
I was struck often by how the race for the South Pole is an appropriate metaphor for writing a novel. Continue reading
Bloom 