Contributor's

Even if we regard Michael Martone as a kind of novel, unified by its portrayal of the life of its title character, what do we make of the reference to Frank Burns, a pre-established fictional character we are asked to believe literally brought "Michael Martone" into the world, or, indeed, of this passage from another Contributor's Note a few pages later?

Experimental Fiction

The first "chapter" of Michael Martone is headed "Contributor's Note" and informs us that

Experimental Fiction

The second chapter, also a Contributor's Note (as are all but three of the book's forty-five brief chapters), tells us that

Experimental Fiction

For all its prankish blurring of the lines between author/character and reality/invention, the book finally does present a compelling and complete account of the life of "Michael Martone," an account that really coheres around the other character introduced in that first Contributor's Note, MM's mother, and the city of Fort Wayne.

Experimental Fiction

I wrote a short story titled "Contributor's Notes" about a writer living in Iowa City.

Anis Shivani: Iowa Writers' Workshop Graduate Spills It All: Interview with John McNally, Author of "After the Workshop"

I wrote a short story titled "Contributor's Notes" about a writer living in Iowa City.

Anis Shivani: Iowa Writers' Workshop Graduate Spills It All: Interview with John McNally, Author of "After the Workshop"

Prepare to be annoyed at yourself, or at the site designers, as your fancy takes you: It turns out that the heading just above those, the one saying "Contributor's Conversations", is itself a link...

Making Light: Open thread 134

Please AND DO feel free to email me via the Contributor's page if there is footage that you would like to see.

Convention Video

Please AND DO feel free to email me via the Contributor's page if there is footage that you would like to see.

Convention Video

I've contributed a Contributor's Note post to the growing collection of other Contributors 'Notes over at the Litblog Co-op.

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