Archive - A Fan's Notes

My city's still breathing but barely, it's true

Kyle Edwards' debut novel Small Ceremonies tackles the meaning of hockey for Indigenous peoples in Winnipeg

Jun 2 •

April 2025

The meaning of Paul Auster's language

How Paul Karasik adapted Auster's New York Trilogy into graphic novels

Apr 18 •

Investigating trauma

Jamie Hood discusses "The Trauma Plot"

Apr 2 •

March 2025

Can magic save us from isolation?

Pascha Sotolongo brings some to America in her short story collection The Only Sound is the Wind

Mar 15 •

February 2025

The story is where life takes you (or how it comes to you)

Scott Raab returns to Esquire with a remarkable personal essay about finding family

Feb 28 •

The immediacy of poetry

Steven Duong finds meaning (and water) at the end of the world

Feb 9 •

September 2024

Jo Hamya embraces the gray

Hamya digs into the the nature of art, who gets to create it and what it means with The Hypocrite

Sep 19, 2024 •

Emily Witt's search for meaning

In her memoir, "Health and Safety," The New Yorker writer finds herself in an underground scene, looking at the possibility of a traditional…

Sep 5, 2024 •

August 2024

Searching for life's answers in the night sky

Ruby Todd discusses her novel "Bright Objects" and the occult

Aug 8, 2024 •

July 2024

What will the future hold for our oceans?

A conversation with Dr. Helen Scales about her new book and the messages she tried to get across about what humans have done to our oceans

Jul 17, 2024 •

Can the American West Save Us?

Maxim Loskutoff discusses his novel "Old King"

Jul 3, 2024 •

June 2024

Meat not required

An interview with Alicia Kennedy about her book "No Meat Required"

Jun 25, 2024 •

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