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Thomas McGuane is Writing the Most Vital Literature of the Trump Era

Thomas McGuane is Writing the Most Vital Literature of the Trump Era

Ryan Chapman on the Recent Story Collection A Wooded Shore

By Ryan Chapman | September 30, 2026

How Much is Enough? On the Writerly Balance Between Money and Time

How Much is Enough? On the Writerly Balance Between Money and Time

For Novelist Ryan Chapman, “There are wants, and there are needs.”

By Ryan Chapman | April 19, 2024

100 Tips That May (or May Not) Improve Your Next Novel

100 Tips That May (or May Not) Improve Your Next Novel

Ryan Chapman on the Craft and Practice of Writing Fiction (and Drinking Gin)

By Ryan Chapman | April 2, 2024

Is <em>Wonder Boys</em> the Best-Ever Onscreen Depiction of a Writer?

Is Wonder Boys the Best-Ever Onscreen Depiction of a Writer?

Ryan Chapman Revisits the Brilliance of the 2000 Adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Novel

By Ryan Chapman | February 4, 2022

<em>Drive My Car</em>, a New Adaptation of the Haruki Murakami Story, Far Surpasses Its Source Material

Drive My Car, a New Adaptation of the Haruki Murakami Story, Far Surpasses Its Source Material

Ryan Chapman on Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Three-Hour Masterpiece

By Ryan Chapman | November 24, 2021

The Biggest Influence on My Novel Is... McDonald's?

The Biggest Influence on My Novel Is... McDonald's?

Ryan Chapman Worries It Is a Bad Idea to Compare
Your Writing to a Big Mac

By Ryan Chapman | May 21, 2019

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Hungover and happy at Minnesota's new book festival, Wordplay.

By Ryan Chapman | May 15, 2019