Experts
Keith Gessen
Author; Editor-In-Chief, n+1
Mark starts the book happily married. Read More
Gessen, on the power of ideas. Read More
Writers, Gessen says, are just not cut out for it. Read More
Keith Gessen responds. Read More
No, but McSweeny's has proved to be a useful literary foil, says Gessen. Read More
Keith Gessen, one of the literary magazine's founders, explains. Read More
Gessen's title harks back to a work by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and some readers aren't pleased. Read More
All The Sad Young Literary Men is for college grads wondering "how this works," says Gessen. Read More
It started as a bunch of stories, Gessen says. Read More
Gessen discusses the triptych structure of the book, and addresses some criticisms. Read More
Why do we shop for love? Read More
Michel Houellebecq, among others. Read More
Gessen always wanted to be one, but it took him a while to sit down and start. Read More
Finding a context for his parents and himself. Read More
About Keith Gessen
Keith Gessen is editor-in-chief of n+1, a twice-yearly magazine of literature, politics, and culture based in New York City.
Gessen graduated from Harvard College and earned his MFA in Creative Writing from Syracuse University in 2004. Gessen, who was born in Russia, has written about Russia for The Atlantic and the New York Review of Books. Gessen has also written about books for magazines including Dissent, Slate, and New York, where he was the regular book critic.
His first novel, All the Sad Young Literary Men, was published in April 2008.