I can’t get past the gratuitous use of product placement in the manuscript. For example, in chapter six the narrator is warming up a Tombstone pizza, even though the story takes place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. … more
Writer: Ravi Mangla
Rejection Notes #6: Frederick Exley
GENRE NON-BINARY by Ravi ManglaThe author of A Fan’s Notes learns he might not be as funny as he thinks he is… more
Rejection Notes #5: David Foster Wallace
GENRE NON-BINARY by Ravi ManglaThe late great author gets some friendly advice regarding the page count of his latest work… more
Rejection Notes #4: Samuel Beckett
GENRE NON-BINARY by Ravi ManglaThe Irish author learns his style might not play so well for Americans… more
Rejection Notes #3: George Orwell
GENRE NON-BINARY by Ravi ManglaA groundbreaking look inside the authors’ revision process… more
Rejection Notes #2: Jack Kerouac
GENRE NON-BINARY by Ravi ManglaIn which an unfortunate accident befalls the author’s forever lost typewritten scroll… more
Rejection Notes #1: Norman Mailer
GENRE NON-BINARY by Ravi ManglaDear Mr. Mailer: Our rejection has nothing to do with us doubting your identity… more
Necklace
FICTION by Ravi Mangla“Pruitt began drilling holes in the enamel and beading the teeth into a necklace and wearing the necklace to work… more
Rejection Notes
GENRE NON-BINARY by Ravi Mangla, Various AuthorsEven the old writerly icons got that dreaded slip in the mail. Ravi Mangla unearths long-lost dismissals of the greats… more
