October 24, 2013 Jocelyn Sears Carve Staff and Community "Customer of Size" by Mary Jones October 24, 2013 Jocelyn Sears Carve Staff and Community Mary Jones’s “Customer of Size” is a story of the pervasive indignities and cruelties large Americans face in a culture that despises fatness.
October 10, 2013 Jocelyn Sears Tips for Writers The Trouble With Titles, Part 2 October 10, 2013 Jocelyn Sears Tips for Writers We continue our discussion and look at one of the problems writers might face.
October 8, 2013 Jocelyn Sears Tips for Writers The Trouble With Titles, Part 1 October 8, 2013 Jocelyn Sears Tips for Writers A title provides a kind of aura to a work, informing potential readers about its tone or possible subject matter.
October 7, 2013 Jocelyn Sears Books Magazines Authors Raymond Carver Audio Recordings Come and Gone October 7, 2013 Jocelyn Sears Books Magazines Authors Two vintage audio recordings of Raymond Carver reading his work recently appeared (and then disappeared) on YouTube.
October 2, 2013 Jocelyn Sears Books Magazines Authors The Carve VIDA Count October 2, 2013 Jocelyn Sears Books Magazines Authors On February 1, 2011, VIDA published their first Count, a mathematical breakdown of the gender disparity in publishing.
September 9, 2013 Jocelyn Sears Carve Staff and Community "The Ways You Are Gone" by Kami Westhoff September 9, 2013 Jocelyn Sears Carve Staff and Community Jack constantly imagines what could have happened to Madeleine: dead and buried, dismembered and frozen in pieces, alive but tortured by kidnappers, alive and well.
August 26, 2013 Jocelyn Sears Carve Staff and Community "The Relative Weight of Angels" by Avril Breckenridge Barron August 26, 2013 Jocelyn Sears Carve Staff and Community I found Allie’s mother the most moving character because she does not attempt to hide her grief or channel it through “appropriate” grieving actions.
June 11, 2013 Jocelyn Sears Books Magazines Authors What constitutes a literary legacy in the age of the laptop? June 11, 2013 Jocelyn Sears Books Magazines Authors In twenty-five years, will collectors be jockeying for the chance to bid on Jennifer Egan’s hard drive?
