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How to Write with Optimism About Nature<br> (in a Time of Disaster)

How to Write with Optimism About Nature
(in a Time of Disaster)

Tobias Carroll on Books by Isabella Tree, Marc Hamer,
and Tim Robinson

By Tobias Carroll | December 11, 2019

A Century Before Springsteen, Stephen Crane Chronicled Asbury Park

A Century Before Springsteen, Stephen Crane Chronicled Asbury Park

Crane Wrote in a Perfect Blend of Idealism, Cynicism, and Wariness

By Tobias Carroll | November 1, 2019

What Gets Lost (and Found) in Translating Prose to Comics

What Gets Lost (and Found) in Translating Prose to Comics

Tobias Carroll on the Generative Power of Literary Adaptation

By Tobias Carroll | May 29, 2019

On the Modern American Obsession with French Revolution Narratives

On the Modern American Obsession with French Revolution Narratives

Because Guillotines and Eating the Rich Never Really Go Out of Style

By Tobias Carroll | May 3, 2019

Empathy Exams: On Fictionalizing Extremists

Empathy Exams: On Fictionalizing Extremists

One Writer’s Activism is Another Writer’s Terrorism

By Tobias Carroll | February 1, 2019

Where, Exactly, is the Overlap Between Storytelling and Technology?

Where, Exactly, is the Overlap Between Storytelling and Technology?

On Writing in a New Dark Age

By Tobias Carroll | September 24, 2018

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Making the Case for the Surreal Memoir

By Tobias Carroll | August 20, 2018

Why Do Horror Stories Resonate So Deeply Right Now?

By Tobias Carroll | May 10, 2018

Van Morrison, Unlikeliest of Literary Muses

By Tobias Carroll | April 26, 2018

On the Dangers of Romanticizing Gentrification in Your Novel

On the Dangers of Romanticizing Gentrification in Your Novel

Tobias Carroll Examines a Perennial Concern of New York City Lit

By Tobias Carroll | October 18, 2017

How Far Can Fascist Satire Go?

How Far Can Fascist Satire Go?

On the Troubling, Compelling Work of Curzio Malaparte

By Tobias Carroll | August 21, 2017

The Literary Legacy of Occupy Wall Street

The Literary Legacy of Occupy Wall Street

On the Work of Barbara Browning, Eugene Lim, Sarah Gerard, and More

By Tobias Carroll | June 9, 2017

We Are All Detectives Now: When Literary Plots Get Mysterious

We Are All Detectives Now: When Literary Plots Get Mysterious

On Recent Novels by Katie Kitamura, Patty Yumi Cottrell, and More

By Tobias Carroll | March 30, 2017

How Fiction Tackles Global Economic Uncertainty

How Fiction Tackles Global Economic Uncertainty

Tobias Carroll on Boom-Bust Capitalism, and Stories of Austerity

By Tobias Carroll | February 7, 2017

Did America Just Elect Baron Munchausen?

Did America Just Elect Baron Munchausen?

On the Appeal of Fantasists, Storytellers, and Liars

By Tobias Carroll | December 14, 2016

How Fiction Treats the Elderly, Aging, and Ancient

How Fiction Treats the Elderly, Aging, and Ancient

Tobias Carroll on a Wide Rage of Novels Dealing with Old Age

By Tobias Carroll | October 18, 2016

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