Words from Vandel

Tips from the world's best note takers

A place to explore the way the short story works.

Exclusive fiction too out-there for prime time, by the author of Fight Club. Writing lessons. Lurid back story.

Email newsletter from Chris La Tray, member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians, author of "Becoming Little Shell" from Milkweed Editions (8/20/2024), and 2023–2025 Montana Poet Laureate.

Weekly art, writing, and creative inspiration from the author of Steal Like an Artist and other bestsellers.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shares thoughts about sports, politics, and popular culture and how they define America.

Writing on the inner conditions of serious creative work

This is a newsletter that addresses issues mostly related to Montana. I have published eight books, all of which address in one way an issue that is interesting and vital to me regarding what it means to grow up in the West, and particularly in Montana.

poems, short fiction, essays, opinion, audio, video