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the american literary review: February 2013
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The american literary review. ALR is excited to be moving to an online format! Keep an eye out for our new digital home, which will launch later this year. Creative writing @ UNT. Saturday, February 16, 2013. An Interview with Dana Levin. First, I’d like to thank you for visiting UNT last week as part of our Visiting Writers Series, and reading poems from your tremendous book,. It’s not that I think that poetry “needs” to be fictive—it’s that it. I like the psych ward narrative: it’s so dramatic! The sta...
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Workshops | Sirenland Writers Conference
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April 2 – April 8, 2017. 8216;s most recent book is the national best seller,. She is also the author of the best-selling memoirs. Is the author of seven novels, most recently. The Book of Aron. And four story collections, including. Like You’d Understand, Anyway. Has taught twice at Sirenland. She is the author of the short story collections,. Vampires in the Lemon Grove. St Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves. Which won the Bard Fiction Prize, and the novel. Four Seasons in Rome. She is also the aut...
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The Sirenland Fellowship | Sirenland Writers Conference
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April 2 – April 8, 2017. The Sirenland Fellowship provides travel, room and board and fees for attending The Sirenland Writers Conference in Positano , Italy. It is given to a writer who is in the process of completing a project, but has not published a book before March, 2016. The fellowship cannot be applied for. Candidates are nominated by a panel of publishing professionals. All entries are read blind and the winner chosen by Dani Shapiro. Sirenland would like to thank the following nominators:.
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Embedded Librarian: Writing is Like.....Writing
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Working in the white spaces of the organizational chart." (Susan Fifer Canby). May 11, 2011. Writing is Like.Writing. Before he published Cognitive Surplus. Test-drove a lot of the ideas it contains in a presentation entitled It’s Not Information Overload; It’s Filter-Failure. It’s over three years old, but still highly relevant. I like to listen to it once a year to be reminded of the major themes, as well as the brilliant and concise way Shirky expresses himself. Writing is like thinking about. 8221; t...
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Blog Archives - Karen Shepard
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News & Appearances. Don’t I Know You? The Bad Boy’s Wife. An Empire of Women. I know where I’ll be on May 6th. http:/ www.one-story.com/blog/? The Winner: the 2016 Sophie Brody Award. It’s a pretty good and humbling day when you top a list that includes Primo Levi as an honorable mention:. Http:/ www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/01/book-aron-novel-named-2016-sophie-brody-medal-achievement-jewish-literature. The Common is 5! Guess Who’s a Kirkus Prize Finalist? By Elizabeth Kolbert. And it’s...Guess W...
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On the Path of Possibility | Dani Shapiro
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Black & White. Family History: A Novel. Stories & Essays. Contact & Bio. Workshops & Teaching. Find Dani on Facebook. Follow Dani on Twitter. Poor Man's Feast. December 12, 2014. On the Path of Possibility. Tells me the Buddhists call this. The effortless effort is unmistakable. Those of us who are writers feel it when we’re deep in the work and the world falls away. It’s a hard, hard place to get to, and once we’re there, we want to find a way to stay there forever. And we made the decision years ago to.
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The Sirenland Writers Conference Presents — Under the Influence: Writers on Film | Sirenland Writers Conference
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April 2 – April 8, 2017. The Sirenland Writers Conference Presents Under the Influence: Writers on Film. It would seem that modern literature has been much more heavily influenced by cinema than vice versa. 8221; Susan Sontag. Will bring some of world’s top literary figures to the screening room at the Crosby Street Hotel. Each writer will introduce a film that has influenced his or her work. The film will be screened, followed by a discussion with MICHAEL MAREN, a cocktail hour, and book signing.
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Application | Sirenland Writers Conference
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April 2 – April 8, 2017. Applications for Sirenland 2016 are now closed. We’ll be open for applications again on 9/15/16. Please read the the following FAQs, read the page on Fees and Deadlines,. And proceed to our Submission Manager. Q: Does the work I submit with the application have to be the same piece I plan to bring to the workshop? Q: How important is the statement of purpose? Q: Can I apply for the fellowship? Is there assistance available? Q: Can I change or edit my application after I submit it?
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