Contributor
Joe Fassler
Joe Fassler is author of Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process and the forthcoming novel The Sky Was Ours (Penguin, 2022). He lives in Denver.
Recent Writing
Wait Times
Slipping through the cracks in the emergency roomIssue 75 / Issue 56
Leslie Jamison on the usefulness of cliché
“When experiences are common—universal, even—you can still find language for them that illuminates them in a new way”Issue 75
De-mythologizing the Drunk Genius
Leslie Jamison reflects on the messy realities of addiction and the differences between the narrative demands of a good story and the narrative demands of a good lifeIssue 69
The Power of Something Greater Than Yourself: An Interview with Al Roker
America's weatherman on his accidental television career; why we’re so addicted to watching news coverage of weather events; and the satisfactions of writing booksIssue 58
