Essays
On Storytelling
Essays on the nature of narrative, the craft of fiction, and the human impulse to make meaning through story.
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We Are All Storytellers
March 2026
On the ancient, inescapable human impulse to make meaning through narrative — and why the stories we tell ourselves matter most.
- The Lie at the Heart of Every Story Coming Soon
- The Character Who Changes Nothing Coming Soon
- What We Owe the Reader Coming Soon
- The Stories We Inherit Coming Soon
- Why Endings Are Lies (And Why We Need Them) Coming Soon
Analyzing Narrative
A series examining the works that shaped how we tell stories — tracing the craft, the structure, and the choices that made them last.
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
March 2026
What the oldest story in the world still knows about character, premise, and why some narratives survive four thousand years.
- Oedipus Rex Coming Soon
- The Odyssey Coming Soon
- Hamlet Coming Soon
- Don Quixote Coming Soon
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Coming Soon
- To Kill a Mockingbird Coming Soon
- The Great Gatsby Coming Soon
- The Catcher in the Rye Coming Soon
- Things Fall Apart Coming Soon
- The Bell Jar Coming Soon
- Mrs. Dalloway Coming Soon