In his second essay, Wiley Cash – author of This Dark Road to Mercy, our current Litro Book Club pick – discusses the importance of place, and how it shapes ...
A deconstruction of safety and security within Wiley Cash’s latest novel – and our current Litro Book Club pick – This Dark Road to Mercy. Continue Reading Protection ...
The most difficult part of writing a novel about boxing is that a novel about boxing is not really about boxing at all. Continue Reading Approaching the Ring
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As #litrostory – our twitter fiction experiment – nears its conclusion, we summarise the story so far. Continue Reading #litrostory – The Story So Far…
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Claire Rodwell explores the broken family unit within Wiley Cash’s This Dark Road to Mercy and the unconventional influence this has on Easter and Ruby’s perception of familial roles. ...
#litrostory is a series of Litro stories told on Twitter by as many writers as possible lead by our autumn/winter read guest author, Wiley Cash. The next #litrostory starts 12pm ...
I always root for the underdog, especially if that underdog has a checkered past and is trying to make amends like Wade is. Americans especially love giving second chances. ...
The inspiration for This Dark Road to Mercy began with a beautiful story my wife told me about her childhood, and this led me to recall a tragic story from ...
“What’s in a name? that which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet?” According to an article in the New Yorker – and rather ...
Once upon a time a girl of twelve discovers her mother’s cold, drug-ridden corpse face-down on a mattress. Her response? Breakfast. And then an ambulance. Easter’s reaction to her mother’s ...
Join the discussion on our current Book Club pick, a tender and terrifying portrait of innocence, and the evil that threatens it… Continue Reading This Dark Road to ...
