“Wherever You Come from Shouldn’t Dictate Where Your Interests Take You”: A Conversation with Andrew Boryga

"Wherever You Come from Shouldn't Dictate Where Your Interests Take You": A Conversation with Andrew Boryga

[ad_1] Bronx-born, Miami-based Andrew Boryga was working on his debut novel…but something wasn’t working. He knew his main characters like the back of his hand, but he was still struggling to find the plot of the novel. Rather than continue to look within, he looked around to society—and realized a lot of what he saw … Read more

On Andrew Ewell’s “Set for Life” – Chicago Review of Books

On Andrew Ewell’s “Set for Life” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] In Andrew Ewell’s debut novel, Set for Life, our unnamed narrator is a tenure-less creative writing professor at a middling college in upstate New York. He’s been riding the coattails of his wife/colleague/benefactor’s literary success for years and, as he approaches 40, he has yet to make good on his own writerly promise in … Read more