Lizzie Stark

Yeah, I did it. I amputated my healthy breasts at age 28 after discovering my sky-high chances of getting breast cancer. And I don't regret it one bit.... Read More

Even though I’m a healthy 27-year-old woman right now, I'm going to have both my breasts removed as a preventative measure because I’m a member of a very exclusive club: Like one out of 1,000 women, I have a genetic mutation that dramatically ups my chance of cancer. My gene — called the BRCA1 gene — gives me a 40 percent to 85 percent lifetime risk of developing breast cancer, and a risk of ovarian cancer that is 30 percent to 70 percent higher than women who do not have this gene, according to the Mayo Clinic.... Read More

Meet Erik Trinidad, the culinary wunderkind who turns Taco Bell burritos into ravioli, Subway sandwiches into Chinese stir-fry, and Boston Kremes into creme brulee. A Daily Beast feature.... Read More

From the subversive mind of novelist Tom Robbins comes a children’s book about... beer? Yes, it’s a bedtime story with burping. A Daily Beast Feature.... Read More

The protagonist of Eric Bogosian's new novel, Perforated Heart seems oddly like the author of Talk Radio. A Daily Beast interview.... Read More

Move over Twilight. The underworld's Philip Marlowe is on the case. This piece looks at bestselling author/LARPer Jim Butcher's Turn Coat, the newest in the supernatural detective series the Dresden Files.... Read More

A guide to some of the finest literary magazines, from Quick Fiction to One Story. The Daily Beast, March 17, 2009.... Read More

I have an interview with Raz Godelnik, the brains behind Eco-Libris, up over on the Fringe Blog, in honor of the recent environmental issue.... Read More

I talk to Jayne Anne Phillips, the acclaimed writer of a new novel, Lark and Termite about her writing habits, early publications, and what inspired the book.... Read More

Check out my keen new audio interview with Kelly McMasters, author of Welcome ot Shirley, in Fringe's new Environmental Issue.... Read More