Leaving It All Behind: A Conversation with Makenna Goodman August 20th, 2020 Makenna Goodman on leaving New York publishing behind for the farms of Vermont, and why publishing her first novel was difficult.
On Becoming an American Writer April 19th, 2018 My generation of writers—and yours, if you are reading this—lives in the shadow of Auden’s famous attack on the relevance of writing to life, when he wrote that “poetry makes nothing happen.” I had heard the remark repeated so often a…
Sex and Salter June 24th, 2015 In memory of James Salter, who died last week, the Daily is republishing a series of essays from 2011, when Salter received The Paris Review’s Hadada Prize. In today’s piece, Alexander Chee looks at Salter’s approach to sex in A Sport and a Pastime. …
Sex and Salter December 28th, 2011 We’re out this week, but we’re re-posting some of our favorite pieces from 2011 while we’re away. We hope you enjoy—and have a happy New Year!When I try to write about sex, I think back to when I was just out of college and, handy with a makeup br…