essays

Rewriting Gatsby

By Meg Kenagy|2020-08-13T14:58:26-07:00April 27th, 2019|Essay|

The Great Gatsby enters the public domain in 2021, and fans intent on writing new versions of the novel are already sharpening their pencils—somewhat figuratively, I assume. Does anyone write with a pencil? Who knows, that’s the joy of fan fiction: When Gatsby belongs to everyone, everyone is a writer, and [...]

A Father in his Day

By Meg Kenagy|2018-04-07T10:08:30-07:00June 20th, 2016|Essay, Journeys|

My father was a father in the time before fathers jogged and took boys’ weekends and, even, God forbid, attended book club meetings. He was a father in a time when being a wage earner was a seven-day-a-week job. When a man did not take a day off because [...]