TW Column by Emily Toth
Women are more apt to tell drawn-out stories, with caresses and tweaks.
Nothing but the Toth
Can a Woman Make a Joke?
Feb 06, 2017
Dear Kate Chopin
Oct 31, 2016
Open Letter by Emily Toth
You were so bored. You were so right.
On Teaching Vulgarity
Feb 22, 2016
TW Column by Emily Toth
Because that’s the sweet spot I’ve learned to aim for—the moment when readers snicker or make fake barfing noises.
Purple Velour and Other Writing Rituals
Dec 21, 2015
TW Column by Emily Toth
If I do things just right, the terror of the empty page won’t rise up and engulf me.
Kate Chopin Corrupts the Young Person
Oct 12, 2015
TW Column by Emily Toth
Chopin set out to write what was then YA literature, but even her earliest stories have peculiar twists.
You Can’t Make Me Clean
Mar 30, 2015
TW Column by Emily Toth
I don’t believe in an afterlife. I’m not worried I’ll come back as a tampon.
If Only They Had Listicles in Regency England
Jan 26, 2015
TW Column by Emily Toth
The first sentence of Pride and Prejudice works as a tweet, but not as flash.
Tough-Cookie Biblical Women
Dec 22, 2014
TW Column by Emily Toth
The tangled story of Sodom can test your faith in Yahweh’s leadership.
Would I Write “The Godfather” for Money?
Sep 22, 2014
TW Column by Emily Toth
I have no ethical problem with writing a bestseller. Like most mid-listers, I’ve certainly tried.
What Bad Families Can Do for Writers
May 26, 2014
TW Column by Emily Toth
You do need Mom and Dad to fuck you up—or you don’t have much of a story.
