When I got my hands on an Advance Reader Copy of Lily King’s new novel, Writers & Lovers (Grove Press, 2020), I paused – about a nanosecond – before opening it. Our Novel Incubator class had lovingly dissected King’s last…
On this past Solstice eve, instead of celebrating by the fire with friends, I went to Lahey hospital for a last minute MRI, to rule out something an ultrasound had picked up. The details of that true story don’t matter,…
Whether it’s your mother complaining you look too tired/thin/fat/overworked or that one brother-in-law insisting he’s found the perfect unicorn investment to sink your life savings into (all $250 of it!), it seems like everyone has an opinion this time of…
Do I actually want another baby? Or am I just so full of fear over the prospective publication of my debut novel that I want the purity of focus that caring for a newborn affords? I love babies. Always have….
Dead Darlings is delighted to introduce one of our own, 2014 Novel Incubator graduate Mark Guerin. His dazzling debut, You Can See More From Up Here (Golden Antelope Press), releases today. I had the pleasure of interviewing Mark about his…
The Color Purple, Bastard out of Carolina, and Speak: three nationally acclaimed novels depicting sexual abuse that have repeatedly been banned throughout the years as “obscene.” For as long as any of us can remember, the subject of sexual abuse…