August 2011
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THE BOOK, Reviewed
We Wanted to Be Writers: Life, Love and Literature at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Eric Olsen and Glenn Schaeffer, Skyhorse Publishing, A Herman Graf Book 2011, 344 pages A Handbook for Young Writers (of All Ages) [...]
Olsen on the Air
For those of you who—like us—were appalled by the brevity of Eric‘s NPR interview, here’s the unabridged version commissioned by the Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing at Ohio State University and conducted by Molly Patterson for “Writers Talk.” Programs aired August 22 and 24, 2011. Audio interview
Early Buzz About the Book
People are starting to talk! Here’s what they’re saying about We Wanted to Be Writers. Rosalyn Drexler: The book arrived and I started reading almost immediately . . . A warm feeling of community and secrets revealed . . . of belonging came over me. Most interesting that so many of us felt we were [...]
Coming to a Blog Near You
The Super Colossal Stupendous Superlative We Wanted to Be Writers Blog Tour Our virtual bags are packed and we’re hitting the road September 5 – 9. Please join us at these fabulous sites for interviews, guest posts and GIVEAWAYS of the super colossal stupendous superlative We Wanted to Be Writers: Monday 9/5 Unbridled Editor Interview [...]
The Road to Writing
By Cheryl Olsen @2bwriters This reminiscence was written as a guest post for Leeds writer Martin King’s project in which he is attempting to post 100 childhood memory blogs in 31 days. My parents held five jobs between them and my brother was already out of high school before I got [...]
Three Rules for Teaching Writing
By Ross Howell Ross is a graduate of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop re-entering teaching after a long interlude of doing other stuff. Teaching writing has been on my mind a lot lately. I’ll be leading a couple sections of Freshman Composition at Elon University in a few days. I’ve been scanning suggested textbooks, [...]
Books by Jayne Anne Phillips’ Bed
Jayne Anne directs the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at Rutgers State University of New Jersey in Newark, so finding good reads is never difficult. She need look no further than her faculty. The current stack of books by her bed includes: • An Obedient Father, by Akhil Sharma — The fat, [...]
Writer Interrupted Part 1
The Cruelest Rejection of All By Dick Cummins Dick is a 1970 graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop living in San Diego. This is an excerpt from a work in progress. I quit writing cold turkey in 1979; laid down my Ticonderoga Yellow Barrel #2’s and pawned the old Underwood. It was the day my [...]
A Poetic Charm from Bill Manhire
This is a timeless poetry piece that appeared about ten years ago in a book of essays—after being in a New Zealand literary magazine before that. Thankfully, it has finally washed ashore in America. Charm By Bill Manhire Wen 1 Wen, wen, little wen here you shall not timber nor have abode but journey [...]
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