After Deadline is back with another grab bag of items on grammar, usage, and style. (I always learn/relearn something from After Deadline, although it hasn't managed to sway me on the serial comma yet, as you can see.)
The latest issue of The Atlantic contains an article about one of my guilty pleasures: soap operas. Which reminds me of a review (of a soap-focused book) that I wrote several years ago that you might enjoy.
Congrats to Chloe' Yelena Miller, whose poem, "Estate Sale," is the current Narrative poem of the week!
Anne Fernald tries to figure out what's wrong with that book?
I'll be on vacation next week (more about that in a day or two--you have no idea how much I need a vacation!), so I'll share this job lead with you now instead of waiting for the usual Monday post: Princeton University (N.J.) is seeking Lecturers. "The Creative Writing Program at the Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University is seeking distinguished writers for openings in fiction, poetry, and translation. These positions are one or two semester appointments. The positions begin September 2011 and/or February 2012."
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Showing posts with label Congratulations. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
The Wednesday Web Browser
Congratulations to our friend John Griswold on all of the accolades he and his novel, A Democracy of Ghosts, have been accruing. Find out more about the author and his book by revisiting our September 2009 interview.
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Sometimes, it really doesn't take a whole lot to make me happy. Seeing online appreciations in recent days for two admired authors--Patrick Modiano, whose work I discovered my junior year in college, and Ludwig Lewisohn, whose 1928 novel The Island Within I've written about before--has really helped lift my spirits this week.
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It's that time of year again: The New York Writers Coalition (NYWC) is holding its annual Write-a-Thon on Saturday, June 12, in NYC. This year, the fundraising effort to benefit the NYWC's free writing programs for the formerly homeless, at-risk youth, seniors, and others, will offer a complementary (and complimentary) online component for people who wish to participate from afar. (I've participated in and written about the Write-a-Thon in the past.)
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Sometimes, it really doesn't take a whole lot to make me happy. Seeing online appreciations in recent days for two admired authors--Patrick Modiano, whose work I discovered my junior year in college, and Ludwig Lewisohn, whose 1928 novel The Island Within I've written about before--has really helped lift my spirits this week.
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It's that time of year again: The New York Writers Coalition (NYWC) is holding its annual Write-a-Thon on Saturday, June 12, in NYC. This year, the fundraising effort to benefit the NYWC's free writing programs for the formerly homeless, at-risk youth, seniors, and others, will offer a complementary (and complimentary) online component for people who wish to participate from afar. (I've participated in and written about the Write-a-Thon in the past.)
Monday, May 31, 2010
We Have Two Winners!
Congratulations to commenters #24 (John Vanderslice) and #2 (Cara Holman), who, with some help from Random.org, have triumphed and emerged as winners of our short story collection giveaway project offerings. John and Cara, please e-mail me and let me know which book you prefer (first e-mailer gets first choice). Please include your mailing address--I will order the books and have them shipped to you asap.
Thanks to everyone for participating!
Thanks to everyone for participating!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
The Wednesday Web Browser
HTMLGIANT brings us an interview with poet/translator/publisher Lawrence Schimel, whose Fairy Tales for Writers we mentioned here way back in 2007.
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Next, the Huffington Post presents the provocatively-titled "Iowa Writers' Workshop Graduate Spills It All: Interview with John McNally, Author of 'After the Workshop.'" (via the Poetry Foundation)
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Then, The Days of Yore website, which "interviews artists about the years before they had money, fame, or road maps to success, and inspires you to find your own," turns its attention to author Gary Shteyngart. (via the Jewish Book Council).
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In other-than-interview news, big congrats to Jane Roper, who has just signed a book deal with St. Martin's Press for a memoir loosely based on her Babble.com blog about mothering young twins. This will be Jane's second book--her first, a novel titled Eden Lake, will be published by Last Light Studio next spring (shortly after the release of Quiet Americans, by yours truly!). I'm so happy for Jane, and I know that both of her books will be well worth your attention.
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Next, the Huffington Post presents the provocatively-titled "Iowa Writers' Workshop Graduate Spills It All: Interview with John McNally, Author of 'After the Workshop.'" (via the Poetry Foundation)
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Then, The Days of Yore website, which "interviews artists about the years before they had money, fame, or road maps to success, and inspires you to find your own," turns its attention to author Gary Shteyngart. (via the Jewish Book Council).
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In other-than-interview news, big congrats to Jane Roper, who has just signed a book deal with St. Martin's Press for a memoir loosely based on her Babble.com blog about mothering young twins. This will be Jane's second book--her first, a novel titled Eden Lake, will be published by Last Light Studio next spring (shortly after the release of Quiet Americans, by yours truly!). I'm so happy for Jane, and I know that both of her books will be well worth your attention.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
The Wednesday Web Browser
Robert Lee Brewer shares eight ways he finds inspiration to write poetry.
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Not that I've had the chance to read it yet, but there's a new Joyce Carol Oates story in the current New Yorker. Plus, an e-mail Q&A between New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman and Oates.
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Congratulations to Tayari Jones, whose first novel, Leaving Atlanta (2002), is edging ever closer to a movie theater near you!
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In response to David Shields' controversial new book, Reality Hunger: A Manifesto, the Brevity blog is running a "Mini-Reality-Hunger-Festival" this week. According to Brevity editor Dinty W. Moore, the mini-blog-festival will include "a round-up of the good, bad, and confusing reviews of the book, stolen text, obituaries for the novel, a look at the art of writing the literary manifesto, our own literary manifesto, and thoughtful consideration of Shields' contentious view of literature's future." Join in!
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Not that I've had the chance to read it yet, but there's a new Joyce Carol Oates story in the current New Yorker. Plus, an e-mail Q&A between New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman and Oates.
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Congratulations to Tayari Jones, whose first novel, Leaving Atlanta (2002), is edging ever closer to a movie theater near you!
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In response to David Shields' controversial new book, Reality Hunger: A Manifesto, the Brevity blog is running a "Mini-Reality-Hunger-Festival" this week. According to Brevity editor Dinty W. Moore, the mini-blog-festival will include "a round-up of the good, bad, and confusing reviews of the book, stolen text, obituaries for the novel, a look at the art of writing the literary manifesto, our own literary manifesto, and thoughtful consideration of Shields' contentious view of literature's future." Join in!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
News About Some Published Practicing Writers
I love drafting posts with the express purpose of congratulating practicing writers on their publication successes. Today, we're celebrating Lori Ann Bloomfield and Alison Ashley Formento.
Lori's novel, The Last River Child, was recently published by Second Story Press. Lori was kind enough to send me an e-mail with this note: "Way back in July 2008 you posted that Second Story...was looking for fiction manuscripts. I had just finished writing my first novel, so sent it off to them. Well, they bought the manuscript! It came out in Canada last fall and is being released in the US this month. I've been wanting to share my happy story with you for a while and to thank you for your part in my success story. Please encourage your readers to keep writing and to keep submitting!" Lori, I think you've just encouraged them! (By the way, Lori is also the power behind a "First Line" blog, which provides fiction writers with some inspiration. And for those of you on Goodreads, Lori is hosting a book giveaway there this month. Now I may have to join yet another social networking site!)
Alison Formento's children's picture book, This Tree Counts!, was published earlier this month by Albert Whitman & Company. Alison and illustrator Sarah Snow have done an outstanding job with this book. How do I know this? Alison apparently reads Practicing Writing attentively enough to know that I have a young niece and nephew, and she very graciously offered to send a copy to share with them. Some of you may know that my niece is developing into a very picky reader (you can't begin to know how much this bothers me), but both she and her little brother were fully caught up in Alison's story when Grandma read it to them for the first time the other day. I can't come up with a better "review" than that.
I thank both Alison and Lori for sharing the news of their successes so generously with me. Let's give them a big round of virtual applause, shall we?
Lori's novel, The Last River Child, was recently published by Second Story Press. Lori was kind enough to send me an e-mail with this note: "Way back in July 2008 you posted that Second Story...was looking for fiction manuscripts. I had just finished writing my first novel, so sent it off to them. Well, they bought the manuscript! It came out in Canada last fall and is being released in the US this month. I've been wanting to share my happy story with you for a while and to thank you for your part in my success story. Please encourage your readers to keep writing and to keep submitting!" Lori, I think you've just encouraged them! (By the way, Lori is also the power behind a "First Line" blog, which provides fiction writers with some inspiration. And for those of you on Goodreads, Lori is hosting a book giveaway there this month. Now I may have to join yet another social networking site!)
Alison Formento's children's picture book, This Tree Counts!, was published earlier this month by Albert Whitman & Company. Alison and illustrator Sarah Snow have done an outstanding job with this book. How do I know this? Alison apparently reads Practicing Writing attentively enough to know that I have a young niece and nephew, and she very graciously offered to send a copy to share with them. Some of you may know that my niece is developing into a very picky reader (you can't begin to know how much this bothers me), but both she and her little brother were fully caught up in Alison's story when Grandma read it to them for the first time the other day. I can't come up with a better "review" than that.I thank both Alison and Lori for sharing the news of their successes so generously with me. Let's give them a big round of virtual applause, shall we?
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
The Wednesday Web Browser
Kim Wright shares some authorial anxiety as the pub date nears for her first novel (check out a book excerpt, too). Look forward to an interview with Kim later this spring in The Practicing Writer.
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Coming soon: London's Jewish Book Week. Andrew Sanger offers a preview.
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Writer Tia Nevitt reveals "7 Things I've Learned So Far."
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Chris Wilson wonders, "Can New Yorker Poets Write About Anything Besides Poetry?" (via The Elegant Variation)
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Considering teaching (or, for that matter, studying) writing online? Spend some time with Todd Gilman's article on "Combating Myths About Distance Education."
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Congratulations to Kevin Haworth on his latest literary award.
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Something for my fellow Francophiles (and Ile-de-France-based blog readers): Laurel Zuckerman's Paris Writers News (via Writer Abroad).
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Coming soon: London's Jewish Book Week. Andrew Sanger offers a preview.
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Writer Tia Nevitt reveals "7 Things I've Learned So Far."
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Chris Wilson wonders, "Can New Yorker Poets Write About Anything Besides Poetry?" (via The Elegant Variation)
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Considering teaching (or, for that matter, studying) writing online? Spend some time with Todd Gilman's article on "Combating Myths About Distance Education."
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Congratulations to Kevin Haworth on his latest literary award.
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Something for my fellow Francophiles (and Ile-de-France-based blog readers): Laurel Zuckerman's Paris Writers News (via Writer Abroad).
Monday, December 21, 2009
Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities
First things first: Find out who won our market e-book giveaways here!
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Sage Cohen has announced a scholarship (worth $250) for one of her Poetry for the People online classes. The courses (Level 1 and Level 2) begin in mid-January, and scholarship applications will be welcomed through Monday, December 28. There's no application fee. (By the way, Sage has recently signed her second book deal with Writer's Digest Books: We can look forward to The Productive Writer: Success Strategies for Writing More and Selling More, to be released in 2010. Congratulations, Sage! I, for one, am already looking forward to that book!)
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Attention, Canadian poets! The Arc Poetry Magazine Poet in Residence opportunity is open to Canadian citizens "with a strong background in the practice of contemporary poetry." This "virtual residency" will run from October 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. The Poet in Residence provides mentoring and feedback to "poets whose work shows promise." The selected poet will also produce a commissioned work for publication in Arc and will travel to help promote the launch of the issue containing his/her work. Pays: "The contract fee for the poet in residence will be $9,000 [Canadian dollars], which will be paid on a monthly basis. Standard writer's fee rates will apply" for the work that appears in the magazine. Deadline: January 31, 2010 (received). There is no application fee.
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From the Poets & Writers contest blog: "The M Restaurant Group, China-based sponsor of the Shanghai International Literary Festival, is offering two three-month residencies in China and India to writers of any nationality working in English. One residency, in the bustling city of Shanghai, will take place before March 2011, and the India residency—located, by contrast, in a somewhat isolated area near the southern town of Pondicherry—will occur between November 2010 and February 2011. Each residents will receive one thousand dollars in addition to airfare, lodging, and meals (or, in the case of the Shanghai resident, a stipend to cover meals). Poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers are all eligible." Deadline: January 15, 2010 (received). No application fee indicated.
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For those practicing writers residing in my former state of Massachusetts: 2010 Artist Fellowships in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction will be awarded in sums of $7,500/fellowship and $500/finalist. Applications will be accepted through January 25, 2010. There is no application fee indicated.
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From MomBloggersClub.com: "If you would like to share blogging tips or your perspective on mom blogging, here's your chance to do it. We're looking for blogging how-to articles, opinion pieces, and essays about mom blogging to be featured in the weekly member newsletter and published here on the Mom Bloggers Club. Word count: 400-800 words." Pays: "$25 per article that will be paid via PayPal one month after publication." Will consider "exceptional" reprints.
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From the University of Central Oklahoma: Seeking "Writer in residence, novelist and/or short story writer; play/screenwriting experience desirable. Teach two classes per semester, including advanced novel or short story writing and introductory creative writing classes; serve on M.F.A. and M.A. thesis committees in creative writing; participate in co-curricular activities in support of the creative writing program."
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Bowling Green State University (Ohio) seeks a Writer/Communication Specialist, the University at Buffalo (N.Y.) seeks a Senior Staff Assistant with significant writing responsibilities, and Hendrix College (Ark.) is looking for an Associate Director of the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Programs in Literature and Language.
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Sage Cohen has announced a scholarship (worth $250) for one of her Poetry for the People online classes. The courses (Level 1 and Level 2) begin in mid-January, and scholarship applications will be welcomed through Monday, December 28. There's no application fee. (By the way, Sage has recently signed her second book deal with Writer's Digest Books: We can look forward to The Productive Writer: Success Strategies for Writing More and Selling More, to be released in 2010. Congratulations, Sage! I, for one, am already looking forward to that book!)
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Attention, Canadian poets! The Arc Poetry Magazine Poet in Residence opportunity is open to Canadian citizens "with a strong background in the practice of contemporary poetry." This "virtual residency" will run from October 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. The Poet in Residence provides mentoring and feedback to "poets whose work shows promise." The selected poet will also produce a commissioned work for publication in Arc and will travel to help promote the launch of the issue containing his/her work. Pays: "The contract fee for the poet in residence will be $9,000 [Canadian dollars], which will be paid on a monthly basis. Standard writer's fee rates will apply" for the work that appears in the magazine. Deadline: January 31, 2010 (received). There is no application fee.
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From the Poets & Writers contest blog: "The M Restaurant Group, China-based sponsor of the Shanghai International Literary Festival, is offering two three-month residencies in China and India to writers of any nationality working in English. One residency, in the bustling city of Shanghai, will take place before March 2011, and the India residency—located, by contrast, in a somewhat isolated area near the southern town of Pondicherry—will occur between November 2010 and February 2011. Each residents will receive one thousand dollars in addition to airfare, lodging, and meals (or, in the case of the Shanghai resident, a stipend to cover meals). Poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers are all eligible." Deadline: January 15, 2010 (received). No application fee indicated.
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For those practicing writers residing in my former state of Massachusetts: 2010 Artist Fellowships in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction will be awarded in sums of $7,500/fellowship and $500/finalist. Applications will be accepted through January 25, 2010. There is no application fee indicated.
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From MomBloggersClub.com: "If you would like to share blogging tips or your perspective on mom blogging, here's your chance to do it. We're looking for blogging how-to articles, opinion pieces, and essays about mom blogging to be featured in the weekly member newsletter and published here on the Mom Bloggers Club. Word count: 400-800 words." Pays: "$25 per article that will be paid via PayPal one month after publication." Will consider "exceptional" reprints.
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From the University of Central Oklahoma: Seeking "Writer in residence, novelist and/or short story writer; play/screenwriting experience desirable. Teach two classes per semester, including advanced novel or short story writing and introductory creative writing classes; serve on M.F.A. and M.A. thesis committees in creative writing; participate in co-curricular activities in support of the creative writing program."
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Bowling Green State University (Ohio) seeks a Writer/Communication Specialist, the University at Buffalo (N.Y.) seeks a Senior Staff Assistant with significant writing responsibilities, and Hendrix College (Ark.) is looking for an Associate Director of the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Programs in Literature and Language.
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
The Wednesday Web Browser
Ha Jin visits the site that inspired his latest collectiom: Flushing, Queens.
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Anyone heading to Jerusalem next week?
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Here's a holiday gift for writers (and readers) from The New York Times.
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Congratulations to the team at The Writer for the magazine's latest Eddie Award for editorial excellence (that makes seven since 2001) from Folio magazine. It's wonderful working with you!
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Anyone heading to Jerusalem next week?
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Here's a holiday gift for writers (and readers) from The New York Times.
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Congratulations to the team at The Writer for the magazine's latest Eddie Award for editorial excellence (that makes seven since 2001) from Folio magazine. It's wonderful working with you!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The Wednesday Web Browser
Big congrats to Tayari Jones, whose third novel, The Silver Girl, has been accepted for publication by Algonquin Books.
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Diane Lockward reviews The Working Poet: 75 Exercises and a Poetry Anthology.
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Thanks to Anne-Marie Nichols's article on blog analytics, I'm learning more about you, dear readers!
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Please tune in tomorrow over on My Machberet for a guest post from memoirist Jessica Handler on her recent visit to a Jewish book festival.
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Diane Lockward reviews The Working Poet: 75 Exercises and a Poetry Anthology.
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Thanks to Anne-Marie Nichols's article on blog analytics, I'm learning more about you, dear readers!
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Please tune in tomorrow over on My Machberet for a guest post from memoirist Jessica Handler on her recent visit to a Jewish book festival.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Department of Congratulations
Congratulations to practicing writer Suchi Rudra Vasquez, whose new fiction collection, Kitaab, has been published by Six Gallery Press. Suchi writes that the book "was inspired by a year i spent living and volunteering in Bombay" and adds, given our recent blog discussion on prose poetry, that "people have called it poetic prose AND prose poetry, and I am also confused about genre, but very highly recommend Pessoa as well."
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Congratulations to Jeffrey Vanke, with whom I embarked on the journey toward a Ph.D. in history. Jeff was a wonderful comrade along that road and his new book, Europeanism and European Union: Interests, Emotions, and Systemic Integration in the Early Economic Community, is now available.
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And congratulations as well to Lisa Romeo, whose simply beautiful and poignant essay, "43 Lies About My Child," has been named a winner of Masha Hamilton's 31 Hours Parents' Intuition Contest. Check back soon for some commentary from Lisa on the craft decisions that went into her winning piece.
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Congratulations to Jeffrey Vanke, with whom I embarked on the journey toward a Ph.D. in history. Jeff was a wonderful comrade along that road and his new book, Europeanism and European Union: Interests, Emotions, and Systemic Integration in the Early Economic Community, is now available.
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And congratulations as well to Lisa Romeo, whose simply beautiful and poignant essay, "43 Lies About My Child," has been named a winner of Masha Hamilton's 31 Hours Parents' Intuition Contest. Check back soon for some commentary from Lisa on the craft decisions that went into her winning piece.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The Wednesday Web Browser
Live from Bowdoin College: "Matt O’Donnell, Camille T. Dungy, and Jeffrey Thomson, co-editors of From the Fishouse: An Anthology of Poems that Sing, Rhyme, Resound, Syncopate, Alliterate, and Just Plain Sound Great, along with fellow poets Adrian Blevins, Emily Warn, and Bowdoin Writer-in-Residence Anthony Walton, will read poems to celebrate this new collection." Follow the Webcast here, tonight at 7:30 p.m. (U.S. Eastern).
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Lisa Romeo interviews Grace Bauer, Guest Editor of Prairie Schooner's new Baby Boomer issue. (Bonus: journal subscription giveaway!)
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BJ Epstein has announced that she'll be blogging a bit less frequently for the next few weeks, but for a very good reason: She is in the process of moving "in order to take up a post as a lecturer in literature and translation" in an English university. Congrats, BJ!
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And just for fun: Fernham reveals what it's like to have the Clintons dining at the next table.
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Lisa Romeo interviews Grace Bauer, Guest Editor of Prairie Schooner's new Baby Boomer issue. (Bonus: journal subscription giveaway!)
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BJ Epstein has announced that she'll be blogging a bit less frequently for the next few weeks, but for a very good reason: She is in the process of moving "in order to take up a post as a lecturer in literature and translation" in an English university. Congrats, BJ!
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And just for fun: Fernham reveals what it's like to have the Clintons dining at the next table.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Subscriber Successes
Congratulations to newsletter subscribers Adrienne Ross and Carol Bowman on their recent successes.
Adrienne's essay, "Startling Epiphany," took third place among prose submissions in this year's Portia Steele Awards. And Carol's story, "Repairing a Broken Doll," appears in the latest Workers Write! anthology, Tales from the Couch.
As always, please remember that I LOVE hearing about successes that come your way via a discovery in our newsletter or on this blog. Please, please, share your good news, and let me brag about you!
Adrienne's essay, "Startling Epiphany," took third place among prose submissions in this year's Portia Steele Awards. And Carol's story, "Repairing a Broken Doll," appears in the latest Workers Write! anthology, Tales from the Couch.
As always, please remember that I LOVE hearing about successes that come your way via a discovery in our newsletter or on this blog. Please, please, share your good news, and let me brag about you!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
TBR: Choosing Africa, by B. Susan Bauer
B. Susan Bauer is another wonderful writer I've had the good fortune to get to know via the Internet. We've been corresponding ever since we began finding that lots of our comments in online writing fora seemed to be in sync. And I'm so glad we discovered that.Now, Susan has announced the publication of her memoir, Choosing Africa. Subtitled "A Midlife Journey from Mission to Meaning," the book centers around the experiences of six years in Namibia, where Susan and her husband lived and taught. I haven't yet read the book, but I have read, and much enjoyed, several of Susan's Africa-inspired writings, which have appeared in The Apalachee Review, Transitions Abroad, and The Raleigh Quarterly.
Susan is a special soul, and I am so happy to be able to congratulate her on her book's publication. If her story sounds interesting to you, please visit the Choosing Africa Web site to learn more.
Thursday, July 02, 2009
A Contest Win
Not long ago I told you (both here and in the Practicing Writer newsletter) about the Revenge-Lit contest. I am happy to tell you that one of our subscribers, Charlie Conley, has won that contest!
I met Charlie five summers ago, when we were in Arnost Lustig's Prague Summer Program fiction workshop. He's a very talented writer, and I am thrilled for his latest success. Congratulations, Charlie!
I met Charlie five summers ago, when we were in Arnost Lustig's Prague Summer Program fiction workshop. He's a very talented writer, and I am thrilled for his latest success. Congratulations, Charlie!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Book Release Giveaways from John Griswold
Strange thing about this Internet. Over time, you can make "virtual" friends you care quite a lot about. For me, one such friend is John Griswold, the eponymous blogger posting on The Education of Oronte Churm. More significant for this post's purposes, John is also the author of the new novel, A Democracy of Ghosts. I've just ordered the book, and I am really hoping it arrives in time for my holiday weekend reading. (Read John's description of his book here.)
Meantime (and until July 10), John is offering a slew of giveaways. Check out these goodies (and if you have ties to Southern Illinois, I think you'll be especially pleased).
And congratulations once again to John on his novel's publication!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
The Wednesday Web Browser: Ask Allison, Tablet Magazine, and Woolf Conference Recap
Author Allison Winn Scotch's popular "Ask Allison" blog--replete with posts on freelancing and fiction-writing--has a new home online.
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Speaking of changes online: Fans of Nextbook.org (moi included) are settling into a site redesign--and a new name, Tablet Magazine: A New Read on Jewish Life. One of the recently-launched features I'm most happy about: Josh Lambert's weekly column on new Jewish books. (Congrats, Josh. I look forward to all your updates!)
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Congrats also to my friend Anne, who recently ran a most successful conference focusing on Virginia Woolf. Do check out Sasha Graybosch's account of the event on The Rumpus.
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Speaking of changes online: Fans of Nextbook.org (moi included) are settling into a site redesign--and a new name, Tablet Magazine: A New Read on Jewish Life. One of the recently-launched features I'm most happy about: Josh Lambert's weekly column on new Jewish books. (Congrats, Josh. I look forward to all your updates!)
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Congrats also to my friend Anne, who recently ran a most successful conference focusing on Virginia Woolf. Do check out Sasha Graybosch's account of the event on The Rumpus.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
The Wednesday Web Browser: Congratulations to Krasikov, Writing to Change/Persuade, and New MFA Resources
Congratulations to Sana Krasikov, winner of the 2009 Sami Rohr Prize in Jewish Literature for her debut story collection (let's hear it for short story collections!), One More Year. (Over on my other blog, you'll find additional information about Krasikov and her work.)
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One of the most significant pieces of writing I've completed so far in 2009, in my view, is a letter I wrote to New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. When I wrote it, I thought back to Mary Pipher's book, Writing to Change the World, which I had the pleasure of reviewing awhile back for The Writer. And I thought again about the importance of writing for change when I read Christina Katz's recent post on "Writing to Persuade."
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Over on Tom Kealey's MFA blog, you'll find two posts presenting new MFA-related resources: MFA Connect and Grad Insider.
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One of the most significant pieces of writing I've completed so far in 2009, in my view, is a letter I wrote to New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. When I wrote it, I thought back to Mary Pipher's book, Writing to Change the World, which I had the pleasure of reviewing awhile back for The Writer. And I thought again about the importance of writing for change when I read Christina Katz's recent post on "Writing to Persuade."
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Over on Tom Kealey's MFA blog, you'll find two posts presenting new MFA-related resources: MFA Connect and Grad Insider.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Friday Find: The Best of the AWP Pedagogy Papers 2009
I'm actually not going to attend the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) conference this year (for those of you who aren't familiar with it, it's coming up pretty soon in Chicago). But that doesn't mean I can't enjoy perusing a selection of AWP "pedagogy papers" now posted online. The 20 one-pagers compiled for this mini-collection--determined to be "the best" of the many papers submitted this year--span multiple instructional levels and genres, and they're bound to give you some ideas for your own teaching practice.
I'm especially happy to see some familiar names in this year's batch of "the best," and I send warm congratulations to my good friend Rachel Hall and to my former MFA classmate Sylvia Hoffmire for making the cut. I'm also pleased to see a topic that was at the core of an AWP panel presentation I collaborated on many years ago--the role of "work" in fiction--resurfacing in David Lumpkin's paper ("Make Your Characters Work: Jobs and Three-Dimensional Plots in Short Fiction").
Have I piqued your interest yet? You can download the full document here. Enjoy, and have a great weekend!
I'm especially happy to see some familiar names in this year's batch of "the best," and I send warm congratulations to my good friend Rachel Hall and to my former MFA classmate Sylvia Hoffmire for making the cut. I'm also pleased to see a topic that was at the core of an AWP panel presentation I collaborated on many years ago--the role of "work" in fiction--resurfacing in David Lumpkin's paper ("Make Your Characters Work: Jobs and Three-Dimensional Plots in Short Fiction").
Have I piqued your interest yet? You can download the full document here. Enjoy, and have a great weekend!
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Congratulations to Sage Cohen
For awhile now I've been admiring Sage Cohen's writing and teaching, and I've been following the news of her two "babies": her book, Writing the Life Poetic, which will soon be released by Writer's Digest Books, and her little boy, Theo, who arrived in September. Sage has a truly remarkable perspective on life, and a beautiful way of expressing that perspective. You can get a glimpse of her "can-do" attitude in this new column. Congratulations on all your blessings, Sage, and kudos on your dedication to creating your own good news!
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