Tom Bissell learned to let go of literary ambition. It made his fiction better

Bissell, whose new collection "Creative Types" pokes fun at his own past, on the career turns that led, among other things, to "The Disaster Artist."

Tom Bissell Learned To Let Go Of Literary Ambition. It Made His Fiction Better

Los Angeles Times – by Jim Ruland

When a writer writes a short story about a writer, there’s always a temptation to read it as autobiographical. But when a writer writes an entire book of such stories, which is what Tom Bissell has done in his new collection, “Creative Types,” it registers as a taunt: I dare you to look for me in these pages.

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