Jennifer Schaffer
The Nation
United Kingdom
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How the Hell Do We Fix the Creative Writing Workshop?
Matthew Salesses’s Craft in the Real World proposes a new way to educate young writers without the baggage of the often biased and bland MFA pedagogy. → Read More
The Roving Mind of Rachel Kushner
Her new collection of nonfiction—exploring life, death, motorcycles, land art, experimental film and much more—is exhilarating. → Read More
Susan Taubes’s ‘Divorcing’ Asks: How Far Can the Novel Take You?
The sole book she released during her life was a work of ahead of its time in terms of style, irreverence, and experimentation. → Read More
The Sad Sex Lives of Overeducated Millennial Malcontents
Andrew Martin’s characters in Cool For America aren’t having much fun. Instead, they are restless and self-defeating. → Read More
Ghost Stories From Our Coming Tech Dystopia
Mary South’s You Will Never Be Forgotten is set in a world that blends yesterday’s tech-induced indignities with those on the horizon. → Read More
Watching other people do it
In times of crisis, the love affairs of strangers remain endlessly absorbing. → Read More
Certain Unflattering Truths
It’s clear that Anna Wiener is canny enough to see behind the curtain, but it can seem, at times, like she still wants to believe in the Wizard. → Read More
Alicia Florrick Is A Woman Among Men
In “The Good Wife,” all of the real adults are women. → Read More
It's Not Your Imagination, Single Women: There Literally Aren't Enough Men Out There
We talked to author Jon Birger about the shortage of educated men, where women should go if they really want to land a husband, and why boys aren't going to college in the first place. → Read More
A Tête-à-Tête about Women, the Internet, and Jonathan Franzen's 'Purity'
Two VICE editors discuss Franzen's latest lightning rod of literary controversy. → Read More
Hey Men, Maybe You Should #GiveYourMoneyToWomen
"This is how you literally shift capital. You hand it over for all of the things that we expect women to do that they are unpaid for. Talk about capitalism and the exploitation of labor: This is it." → Read More
Chinese Government Spoils Internet's Fun, Arrests Stars of Uniqlo Sex Tape
Apparently amateur sex tapes aren't up to "socialist values." Whatever. → Read More
Nell Zink's Plan for World Domination
We met with the suddenly prominent 'Mislaid' author for a frank talk about money, sex, marriage, and the Great American Novel. → Read More
I'm Glad Big Bird Didn't Die in the Challenger
An interview with the voice of America's childhood, Carroll Spinney. → Read More
A Chess Genius and an Erotica Publisher Are Making the Perfect Dirty Talk Chatbot
"It must be better to have a robot who appears to love you than to have nobody." —Dr. David Levy → Read More
What Would Happen If We All Stopped Paying Our Student Loans, Together?
Yeah, defaulting on student loans leads to a world of pain. But what if we all kamikazeed our credit scores <i>together</i>? → Read More
Christian Ted Cruz Supporters Released an Insane Rap Song
Sometimes, you have to use the Devil's tools to fight the Lord's cause. → Read More
Through Flaws in the Machine, Robots May Develop "Souls": An Interview with John Gray
We spoke to John Gray a few days before his latest book, <i>The Soul of the Marionette</i>, is set to drop in the United States. → Read More
'The Road Home' Is a Reminder That We're All in This Together and We're All Going to Die
Author Ethan Nichtern is out to introduce younger generations to secular, relevant, and modern Buddhist practices. → Read More
A Woman Found Ten Mr. Rights in New York, Then Got Arrested for It
A serial seductress has been indicted on felony charges after allegedly marrying ten different men over the course of 11 years. → Read More