March 2013
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Books by Kathryn Leigh Scott’s Bed
Kathryn Leigh Scott, best known for creating the role of Josette Du Pres, vampire bride to Barnabas Collins in the classic TV show “Dark Shadows,” is also an author and publisher. Her second novel, Down and Out in Beverly Heels (Montlake Romance), has just released and has gotten great reviews from PW, Kirkus and Booklist. On the [...]
The Failure Memoir
An Inevitable New Subgenre? By Eric Olsen You may recall a recent post about 20 depressing reads, the idea being that nothing lifts the spirits quite like reading about someone else’s misery. Martin Chilton, the British chap who compiled the list of depressing reads, describes the books on his list as “…a sort of literary [...]
On Creative Nonfiction
Of Elephants and CNF By Geri Lipschultz In her recent post on what she wishes she’d known upon leaving The Writers’ Workshop, Geri alluded to a genre she’s come to admire and respect tremendously. This is an elaboration. CNF, the affectionate term for Creative Nonfiction, which Robin Bourjaily—the first person I knew to have gotten [...]
Henry Bromell: In Memoriam
Remembrances have been coming in. There will be more. Henry’s arrival in Iowa City coincided with our own. Even then, he had a presence; he was a force. Ships Passing By Ross Howell Ross Howell followed a career in academic fundraising, public relations, book publishing, and marketing after receiving his MFA at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. [...]
Books by Tom Titus’ Bed
Dr. Tom A. Titus is author of the memoir Blackberries in July: A Forager’s Field Guide to Inner Peace, a year-long chronology of old orchards, bay clams, wild mushrooms, and spawning salmon, a hunting and gathering of his spirit that became a reunion with the land and the traditions of four generations. Tom is a [...]
Excerpt from Tom Titus’ Memoir
Dr. Tom A. Titus is author of the memoir Blackberries in July: A Forager’s Field Guide to Inner Peace, a year-long chronology of old orchards, bay clams, wild mushrooms, and spawning salmon, a hunting and gathering of his spirit that became a reunion with the land and the traditions of four generations. Tom is a research [...]
The Passover Brisket Redux
Some posts are too good to relegate to archives; this piece of seasonal levity is one of them. Meat As Muse by Jeffrey Abrahams As you read this, the beef brisket wars are simmering all over the United States. It’s all part of the annual ritual surrounding the celebration of Passover. At no [...]
Books by Liz Stephens’ Bed
Liz Stephens holds a PhD in creative nonfiction. A winner of the Western Literature Association’s Frederick Manfred Award and a finalist for the Annie Dillard Creative Nonfiction Award, her work has appeared in Fourth Genre, Brevity, Western American Literature, and South Dakota Review. Her debut memoir The Days Are Gods was released earlier this month by the University of Nebraska Press. [...]
Books by Andrew Shaffer’s Bed
Andrew Shaffer is the author of Literary Rogues: A Scandalous History of Wayward Authors, which features a chapter on Raymond Carver, John Cheever, and the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. I pile up my books by the bed on the floor. Half of them I’ve finished and haven’t reshelved. The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan (Knopf, 2011): Not [...]
Excerpt from Liz Stephens’ New Memoir
Liz Stephens holds a PhD in creative nonfiction. A winner of the Western Literature Association’s Frederick Manfred Award and a finalist for the Annie Dillard Creative Nonfiction Award, her work has appeared in Fourth Genre, Brevity, Western American Literature, and South Dakota Review. The following excerpts are from The Days Are Gods by Liz Stephens by permission [...]
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