Tag: Short Stories

  • Nation & World

    What set them off were the bodies on wall

    “The Handmaid’s Tale” author Margaret Atwood, M.A. ’62, whose speculative fiction about women and power has made her both a beloved feminist icon and a repeated object of censorship, returned to Harvard to speak at Sanders Theatre.

    4 minutes
    Margaret Atwood speaks to Scott Tong.
  • Nation & World

    Writing about what scares you

    Propelled by her viral short story, Harvard alumna Kristen Roupenian publishes her first collection, visits Cambridge.

    6 minutes
    Kristen Roupenian
  • Nation & World

    Letting his fiction wander

    Creative writing lecturer Paul Yoon talks to the Gazette about his new book, “The Mountain,” and about his process, teaching, and the thinking behind his new story collection.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Of love, death, and garbage

    Author Rajesh Parameswaran kicked off this year’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study’s series of fellow presentations with a discussion that included readings from his well-received debut work, as well as a passage from his novel in progress.

    3 minutes