Marian Palaia

@painponies

Writer. Blogger. Essayist. Teacher. Logger. Author of The Given World from

San Francisco
marianpalaia.com
Joined May 2009
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  1. Apr 9

    “People are complex and messy and they do stupid things.” — 

    “…People are complex and messy and they do stupid things.…” from “Fuck Likeability. Write What You Know. Write Who You Are” by Marian Palaia.
    5:59 PM - 9 Apr 2016 · Details
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  2. Apr 9

    Do characters have to be "likeable" for a novel to work? (Hey, tell us how you really feel.)

    8:31 AM - 9 Apr 2016 · Details
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    Apr 4

    Read interview with the finalists of 2016 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction

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    3:09 PM - 4 Apr 2016 · Details
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  5. Apr 6

    The Red Parts was my intro to Maggie Nelson. It blew me away. Thank you for the reissue in paperback.

    On Maggie Nelsons The Red Parts, "in which language is all we have with which to face death"
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  6. Mar 28

    LOVE THIS. A Catalan Writer Comes to America, Is Unimpressed via

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  7. Mar 17

    Thank goodness.

    9 out of 10 semioticians agree: the word "ironic" means what you want it to mean.
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    Mar 15

    Read the PEN-nominated 's novel yet? Don't miss this !

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  9. Mar 14

    What said. Beautifully understated Modern Love column by . My favorite ever.

    TY for editing a love story that doesn't end up in a happy little bow. Via
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  10. Mar 9

    WOW. I am so-over-the-moon about this baby. Thank you for the beautiful cover. And everything.

    It's a big day for finished books here in the office today. , we just got your stunning paperback!
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    Mar 6

    Note: The publishing industry, which actually decides what is published, has more of an impact on the novel than the MFA can.

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  12. Marian Palaia followed , , and 7 others
    • Meghan O'Gieblyn
      @megogieblyn

      Writer of nonfiction and occasional fiction. Essays, reviews, etc. in The Guardian, The Point, Oxford American, Guernica, Boston Review & LA Review of Books

    • Tasmin Betty
      @TasminBetty

      Freelance bookseller and proofreader. Avid reader and fab wife to fab husband :-) and big fan of

  13. Mar 6

    Annie Dillard, found essays: "My eyes need wiping; I’ll wash the windows with whisky. I’ll seed the clouds."

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  14. Mar 4

    Bruce. A Thunder Road montage.

    1:59 PM - 4 Mar 2016 · Details
  15. Mar 4

    102 Indispensible Works of Literary Criticism via

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  16. Mar 4

    I love this.

    12:32 PM - 4 Mar 2016 · Details
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  17. Mar 4

    Boko Haram is starving b/c of a famine of its own creation. But the news is not all good. Gutting, in fact.

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  18. Mar 3

    Okay. The yoga remark was funny.

  19. Mar 3

    Has always had those ears? I guess I've been too busy defending Hillary's pantsuits to notice.

  20. Mar 3

    right?

    If you are a writer on my feed and you are uninterested in politics and social justice, quite frankly, I do not know why you're writing.
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  21. Mar 3

    How three fierce female justices took control of the Supreme Court: (and about time)

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