The Speakeasy
Jon SealyShort essays from Jon Sealy, author of The Whiskey Baron.
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Self-Editing Tips
There’s an apocryphal quote out there, possibly originating with the poet Paul Valéry, that says, “You don’t finish a novel; you abandon it.” That’s good counsel, but if you plan to publish a book, you can’t abandon it until it goes to prin...
Dispatch from Jon Sealy: February 2026
Greetings from Glen Allen!
Writing Stories with Mr. Sealy
This week I gave a presentation to fourth graders on narrative writing. That’s a little outside my lane, but it gave me a good reason to re-think the very basics of what it is fiction writers do.
The Strangeness of Leonard Michaels
Last year I read all of the Granta Book of the American Short Story, volume 2, and wrote about a number of stories published from roughly 1965-2005. Mid-year I started volume 1, which covers roughly 1940-1990. It didn’t take long for me to ...
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