February 2012
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Eric Olsen’s Bright Ideas on HuffPo
Were you expecting to see Eric Olsen in this morning’s Huff Post Business? Don’t look at us; we were flying to Chicago for the AWP conference. Happy Leap Year! ” . . . At the heart of this process is, of course, something a little mysterious and unpredictable, that blessed ‘aha!’ when all the pieces [...]
Creativity Reading List
Need help beating the winter doldrums? These may help. They’re books and articles we used in researching We Wanted to Be Writers, prepping for our panel at AWP, “Can the Creative Process Be Taught? Or Will Chicken Soup Do?” and for inspiration in general. On Creativity, by David Bohm “The Creativity Crisis,” by Po Bronson [...]
Book Giveaway at AWP
Ok Chicagoish-ites. Here’s your chance to make the trip REALLY worthwhile. We will be giving away three copies of We Wanted to Be Writers at the end of our panel discussion Friday, March 2 (details below, extracted from the AWP official schedule). For a chance to win one of them, all you have to do [...]
Books by Robert Peake’s Bed
Robert Peake first came to our attention as one of the poets featured in New Poets/Short Books, a series published by Lost Horse Press edited by Marvin Bell. We ran Marvin’s inspirational intros to the five volumes last May. Now across the Pond, Robert writes about poetry and culture shock on his website. A native [...]
Yet More on Great American Novel
Are You Up to the Challenge? Ok, writers and readers, clearly the gauntlet has been proffered and it’s time to fight back with some words of our own. In his Weekly Standard article on The Great American Novel (GAN), Roger Kimball insists, “The novel plays a different and a diminished role in our cultural life as [...]
Poetry Takes Wing
Dan Guenther’s collection of selected poems, The Crooked Truth, is the 2011 Colorado Authors’ League poetry award winner. Early in their 38-year marriage, Dan and his wife took a transformative trip to New South Wales, Australia. Dan says Whitney Houston’s death reminded him of the importance of celebrating the best of times—and long unions. He acknowledged that [...]
Gammon Publishes Story Collection
Catherine Gammon has just published Beauty and the Beast using lulu.com. She says, “While I’ve been sending more recent work out to small presses, I felt this was a good manuscript for exploring the lulu option. I was encouraged by the accessibility and simplicity of the lulu process. If you know what you’re doing with formats [...]
Our Readers Rock!
Six months after publication of We Wanted to Be Writers—to say nothing of Valentine’s Day!—seems like the perfect time to issue a proclamation of exuberant enthusiasm and abiding love for our readers. Thank you for all your kind words, for your comments on our blog posts, and for telling friends about our book. Please keep [...]
More on Great American Novel
Continuing the Conversation By Dick Cummins Prompted by Eric’s guest post on Portland Book Review’s Writers on Writing blog, University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop grad Dick Cummins continues the Great American Novel debate. Here’s what you get for poking the word bears. When I used to hear the term “Great American Novel,” I just thought [...]
Vance Bourjaily Remembered
Writing in the Wilderness By Geri Lipschultz “You know, you’re a good writer,” Vance said. I was hanging on that. He went on a little, about how good I was. I forget that part. It was a long time ago, but this conversation has its place in my arsenal. For some reason that I could [...]
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