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David Rakoff's Last WorkDavid Rakoff, Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish (Doubleday, 2013) Here's a thought experiment for you writers out there: Imagine you were dying...
Original post made by Nick Taylor on Nov. 25, 2013There are no comments yet. 8398 Views
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2013 Holiday Book Gift Guide (Part 1)The year-end lists are upon us. Over the weekend, the New York Times published its Best 100 Books of 2013, followed this afternoon by its Best 10. Squawk all you...
Original post made by Nick Taylor on Dec. 4, 2013There are no comments yet. 7430 Views
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The Interestings by Meg WolitzerI just finished reading (belatedly) Meg Wolitzer's 2013 bestseller The Interestings. I want to break the long silence...
Original post made by Nick Taylor on Jul. 7, 2015There are no comments yet. 6506 Views
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2013 Holiday Book Guide (Nonfiction Picks)Last week I listed three of the best works of fiction I read in 2013. Here...
Original post made by Nick Taylor on Dec. 8, 2013There are no comments yet. 6443 Views
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It Depends... Disguising Real Characters in FictionIn my MFA writing workshops at SJSU, I allot a chunk of class time every few weeks for free-form discussion. This gives students the opportunity to ask important...
Original post made by Nick Taylor on Aug. 28, 2014There are no comments yet. 7413 Views
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Every Day Is for the Thief by Teju ColeI love this time of year, not because of the holidays per se, but because I get to buy tons of books without feeling guilty about it. Over the next couple of weeks...
Original post made by Nick Taylor on Dec. 8, 2014There are no comments yet. 6343 Views
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Three Centuries of Humor AnthologiesI'm teaching a class in American humor writing this semester, and the first decision I had to make was where to start, chronologically. Most observers believe that...
Original post made by Nick Taylor on Aug. 31, 2014There are no comments yet. 7242 Views
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One More Draft: The Story of a Novel, Part 4==I Note: Nick Taylor (as T.T. Monday) will be appearing at Kepler's Books in Menlo...
Original post made by Nick Taylor on Mar. 5, 2014There are no comments yet. 7039 Views
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Dock Ellis "Dockumentary" Debuts This WeekLast month I wrote a piece about Dock Ellis, the former major-league pitcher...
Original post made by Nick Taylor on Sep. 4, 2014There are no comments yet. 6305 Views
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Publicity! The Story of a Novel, Part 5==I Note: Nick Taylor (as T.T. Monday) will be appearing at Kepler's Books in Menlo Park on Tuesday, March...
Original post made by Nick Taylor on Mar. 10, 2014There are no comments yet. 8194 Views
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Vikram Chandra's "Geek Sublime" and 10/3 event at Kepler'sIn July I wrote about the Bombay gangster novel ==I Sacred...
Original post made by Nick Taylor on Sep. 21, 2014There are no comments yet. 6209 Views
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Looking for the Humor CodeThis fall, at San Jose State, I will be teaching a seminar on American humor writing. It's the first time my department has offered this course, so I have to construct...
Original post made by Nick Taylor on Jun. 22, 2014There are no comments yet. 7229 Views
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Blood in the Fields: Ten Years Inside California's Nuestra Familia GangEvery year, the Steinbeck Fellows program at San Jose State honors three emerging writers with a ten-thousand-dollar stipend...
Original post made by Nick Taylor on Sep. 29, 2014There are no comments yet. 7533 Views
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What to do when half your book is dead(continued from "A Pantser Brought to Heel") In an hour-long phone call, my...
Original post made by Nick Taylor on Jan. 19, 2016There are no comments yet. 6191 Views
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Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra: The Best Show Not on CableI know I promised to read shorter books, but the novel I picked up after
Original post made by Nick Taylor on Jul. 2, 2014There are no comments yet. 8958 Views
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Junipero Serra and the Gold Retirement WatchNext week, during his visit to Washington, DC, Pope Francis
Original post made by Nick Taylor on Sep. 16, 2015There are no comments yet. 5293 Views
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Forget You're Reading ThisMy wife was skeptical when I showed her the Advance Reader Edition of my new novel,
Original post made by Nick Taylor on Feb. 9, 2016There are no comments yet. 26609 Views
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