On Being Envious of Able-Bodied Writers from the Global North
Mugabi Byenkya writes about envying writers who can submit to publications and opportunities he cannot.
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Category: Jealousy/envy
I was envious of Anna Akhmatova. So I translated her poems, sort of.
Noah Berlatsky on envying other poets and also their translators, with an eye on the Jewish diaspora.
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Sympathy for the Devil: Garnering Sympathy for Your Envious Villains
A craft essay by J. D. Harlock on well-designed, complex villains in fiction.
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Sitting Tight While Others Celebrate: Navigating Envy While on Submission
Colleen Rothman describes feeling envy of other novelists with her short-story collection out on submission to editors.
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The Music is Envy: On James Salter’s A Sport and a Pastime
Adam Sobsey looks at different layers of envy in James Salter’s novel A Sport and a Pastime.
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On Envy and Time: A Craft Essay
Lisa Low on how the experience of envy is related to time, especially during the process of revision.
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Folio: Jealousy and Envy
In this folio to accompany issue 21.1, six writers explore jealousy and envy.
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