What an exciting day. If there is such a thing as having a productive day on twitter, I’d say today is one. After reading Meghan O’Rourke’s piece “Can a Woman Be a “Great American Novelist”?” I started thinking about my favorite overlooked writer, Helen DeWitt, and started the hashtag #overlookedgreatamericannovelist. Perhaps I should say first [...]

This past week I’ve still been adjusting to my new teaching schedule. For that reason I’ve barely been able to look at the current literary news and debate. I’m glad I finally took time to digest Meghan O’Rourke’s piece “Can a Woman Be a “Great American Novelist”?” I had been completely ignoring #Franzenfreude (except for [...]