February 2013
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20 Depressing Reads
For Your Enjoyment by Eric Olsen Do you ever find yourself feeling a little too happy? Maybe the threat of sequestration, or the prime-time news, or John Boehner haven’t gotten to you? Hey, not to worry. In the books section of the February 21 edition of The Telegraph, out of England, there’s an article by [...]
Books by Alethea Danby’s Bed
In 2010 Alethea received her Master’s Degree in English Literature from San Francisco State University. During her time at SFSU she held two Graduate Teaching Assistant positions; contributed to the Graduate Literature Association’s peer reviewed journal of literary criticism and theory, Interpretations; and completed a Master’s Thesis that focused on the afterlife of the subgenre [...]
What Do New Writers REALLY Need to Know? Part 9
Seeing the Forest By Michelle Huneven This is the ninth in a series of posts leading up to the AWP Conference at which Eric Olsen will moderate a panel on “What We Wish We’d Known” with novelists Jane Smiley, Lucy Silag, Doug Unger and Vu Tran. Please join us in Boston Saturday, March 9, 1:30-2:45 pm, in [...]
Books by David Corbett’s Bed
David Corbett is the New York Times Notable Author of four novels, dozens of stories, numerous scripts, and too many poems. Recovering Catholic, ex-PI, one-time bar-band gypsy, his book on the craft of characterization, The Art of Character—“[A] work of art, an indispensable guide… a writer’s bible that will lead to your character’s soul,” Elizabeth [...]
A Poem for Valentines
Among the Tall Englemann Spruce By Dan Guenther Dan Guenther is the author of four novels, most recently Glossy Black Cockatoos, the 2010 Colorado Authors’ League award selection for genre fiction. His collection of selected poems, The Crooked Truth, is the 2011 Colorado Authors’ League poetry award winner. This drizzly morning the Black-capped Chickadees chase one another [...]
What Do New Writers REALLY Need to Know? Part 8
Ten Nuggets of Hard-Won Knowledge By Jeffrey Abrhams This is the eigth in a series of posts leading up to the AWP Conference at which Eric Olsen will moderate a panel on “What We Wish We’d Known.” Please join us in Boston Saturday, March 9, 1:30-2:45 pm, in room 206 of the Hynes Convention Center. Oh youth! How [...]
Excerpt from David Corbett’s New Book
The Curious Gift of Heartbreak Reprinted by arrangement with Penguin Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., from THE ART OF CHARACTER by David Corbett. Copyright (c) 2013 by David Corbett. David Corbett is the New York Times Notable Author of four novels, dozens of stories, numerous scripts, and too many poems. Recovering Catholic, ex-PI, one-time [...]
What Do New Writers REALLY Need to Know? Part 7 cont’d
When the Writing Life Finds You, Part B By Geri Lipschultz And I wish I’d known that any writer needs an editor, someone you trust to read your work carefully and give you honest feedback. But I wasn’t thinking about publishing, at first, but just performing writing on the level I wished to perform it. [...]
What Do New Writers REALLY Need to Know? Part 7
When the Writing Life Finds You, Part A By Geri Lipschultz Last year Geri defended her dissertation, won a fiction award from So to Speak: A Feminist Journal of Literature and Art, published a handful of blogs and the story in So to Speak; as for this year, she’s crossing her fingers. This is [...]
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