Stephen Marche

Good writers offer advice. Great writers offer condolences. If you want to be a writer, then you'd better be ready to hurl yourself at the door. That's the message from Stephen Marche in this irresistibly droll broadside. Perseverance, in the teeth of rejection, forms the essence of a writer's life. It's what it takes, so no whining. Even the greatest...

"In former presidential candidate Yang's first novel, doomsday looms for American democracy in the months leading up to the 2024 election... Zinging broadsides make for lively and unsettling reading." -Kirkus Reviews The Last Election is a unique political thriller about an outlandish yet frighteningly possible—even probable—scenario in America's near future, during the crucial 2024 presidential election. Though it is fiction,...

“Should be required reading for anyone interested in preserving our 246-year experiment in self-government.” —The New York Times Book Review “Well researched and eloquently presented.” —The Atlantic “Delivers Cormac McCarthy-worthy drama; while the nonfictional asides imbue that drama with the authority of documentary.” —The New York Times Book Review A celebrated journalist takes a fiercely divided America and imagines five...

Writing is, and always will be, an act defined by failure. The best plan is to just get used to it. Failure is a topic discussed in every creative writing department in the world, but this is the book every beginning writer should have on their shelf to prepare them. Less a guide to writing and more a guide to...