"My Favorite Critic" by Emily Toth
Carolyn Heilbrun once observed that James Joyce was 'a world class shit.'
Nothing but the Toth
A Feminist Invades the Halls of Phallocracy
Mar 24, 2014
Believe in Your Own Stories
Jan 15, 2014
TW Column by Emily Toth
Where does that writing drive come from? I’ve always had it, even though I had a happy childhood.
My Struggles with Monkey Mind
Sep 25, 2013
TW Column by Emily Toth
Got my diagnosis. I’m a 'sucker for irrelevancy.'
The Public Library Was My Bookstore
Apr 01, 2013
TW Column by Emily Toth
My mom and the library conspired to make me into a writer.
Celebrity Writers on the Loose
Jan 09, 2013
TW Column by Emily Toth
Which literary celebrity got naked and rode up and down the hotel elevator in a North Dakota winter?
I Wrote a Gumbo
Nov 21, 2012
TW Column by Emily Toth
I’m not the only one to equate supporting characters with vegetables.
The Outdoors Is Not in My Nature
Jun 15, 2012
TW Column by Emily Toth
Women writers have used 'Nature' and 'local color' in an extraordinarily clever way: as a mask for universal social criticism.
Digging for Dirt in the Nerdiest Places
Mar 08, 2012
TW Column by Emily Toth
I’m handicapped as a writer because I had a happy childhood.
Bloody but Unbowed
Jan 11, 2012
TW Column by Emily Toth
Our beloved agent reported that publishers couldn’t decide whether our subject was 'sexy or disgusting.'
Drenched in Butter, Filled with Zest
Nov 03, 2011
TW Column by Emily Toth
Nutri-prudes want their food revoltingly bland. No fat. No taste.
