Mornings with Jesus

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YEARS AGO I WENT WITH my husband to his office Christmas party. He introduced me to various coworkers, and they all began each conversation the same way: “What do you do?” Facing the question over and over left me stammering for a response. “Um, I’m

Capper's Farmer

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My dream of writing professionally seemed impossible. I was raising three kids on a farm and I was filled with uncertainty. You may feel the way I did. Then I saw an article like this one for the Institute of Children’s Literature, and I wanted to se

TIME

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JOHN LANCHESTER’S LAST NOVEL, Capital, published in 2012, was a Dickensian tour of London in the era of global capital—but before crises of xenophobia and worsening climate change came crashing down. The British journalist and novelist’s latest, The

JOY Magazine

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At least 49 Christians have died in six attacks since 28 April. The city of Kaya alone sheltered 82 pastors and 1145 Christians from 151 households, displaced from various parts of the north. In many cases it is men who have been killed, leaving wido

Entertainment Weekly

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BY Elizabeth McCracken PAGES 371 | GENRE Historical Fiction REVI EW BY David Canfield @davidcanfield97 I THOUGHT I KNEW THE SPRAWLING family saga—intimate domestic dramas smacked against vast historical backdrops, decades spanned in the sprint to

The Millions

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One can hope that we might draw lessons from the Vietnam War’s legacy of near-erasure of non-white experiences; that the growth of veterans writing workshops and anthologies will represent to future generations a more complete picture of The Forever

JOY Magazine

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Dear Readers, I know have used this title and Scripture on a previous column, but I have to use it again on this one. The fight between good and evil has not stopped, but rather intensified. The latest controversy being the proposed introduction of t

Chicago Tribune

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CHICAGO - A few years ago, Jeremy Mitchell wasn't doing well in school. His grades were slipping, and he thought his best shot at a better life was playing professional basketball or football. He soon learned that wasn't a realistic plan. "I woke up.

The Paris Review

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After months of germination, our Spring issue is out today! Shrug off the winter doldrums with the bright splashes of color on our cover, painted by the Lebanese artist Etel Adnan especially for the issue. Look between the covers for a portfolio of h

Poets & Writers

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THE WRITERS I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF TALKING WITH these days have one thing in common: They are all incredibly busy. I believe the most precious gift one could offer a creative person is time: unscheduled, unencumbered, unhurried time. But when I hear

The Writer

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When Jeanne McCulloch and Rex Weiner co-founded the Todos Santos Writers Workshop on the Pacific coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula seven years ago, they knew they wanted to create a community of writers in a location rich in history and culture. Each

The Millions

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The Aspen Words Literary Prize was awarded yesterday to Tayari Jones for An American Marriage, at a ceremony in New York City. The prize, which operates out of the Aspen Institute, awards $35,000 annually to “an influential work of fiction that illum

Da Man

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1 “Figure It Out” is a nonfiction collection of essays by poet, artist, critic and novelist Wayne Koestenbaum containing twenty-six ecstatic collisions between his mind and the world. It is both a guidebook for, and the embodiment of, the practices o

Radio Ink Magazine

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“On the rise” might be the richest and most compelling three words you can use in your next sales meeting. That’s because they imply that we are rising from a low point toward a new beginning. Think about sellers, who are rejected nine times out of 1

Writer's Digest

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Give your writing the love it deserves at this long-running specialty conference where romance is king. WHEN: July 24–27, 2019. WHERE: New York Marriott Marquis, New York City. PRICE: $549 for RWA members, $624 for nonmembers through June 26; $649

Writing Magazine

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Win £400 and publication in New Welsh Review in the Language Evolves Short Story Competition, for original, unpublished short stories up to 2,500 words that imagine or engage with how language may have evolved, or may evolve in the future. The winner

The Writer

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My general rule is: It’s OK to break the rules once you understand why the rules exist. Don’t just break them to break them. I’ve had editing clients who think their characters would speak in a certain voice that demands grammar goof-ups, but often t

Australasian Transport News (ATN)

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DAVID HARLAND is the managing director of FINH and works exclusively with multigenerational family businesses. He holds both national and international accreditation in the field of family advising and family wealth. Operating a family business has

Literary Hub

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It’s very strange to take a full year off of doing something that you’ve been doing for over 15 years, knowing that you’ll return to it but are utterly detached from it in the meantime. For me, that is teaching literature at the college level. Going

Working Mother

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Julie with her husband Blake and their daughter Annabelle. Photo: JLL Managing Director, Head of International Desk at JLL; Chicago, IL; Mom of Annabelle, 1 Julie started with JLL in Shanghai in 2007 as a transaction manager and assumed roles of incr

New Zealand Listener

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‘There is a black horse that rides through all my poems,” writes Elizabeth Morton in Tropes. Indeed there is. In her second collection, This is your real name, there is much melancholy, sorrow and loneliness. The opening poem, Untouch, suggests a sea

New American Paintings

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St. Louis, MO albertyowshien@gmail.com / www.albertyowshien.com / @yowshien 2019 Safety Last!, The Bermuda Project, Ferguson, MO Too Good To Be True, LVL3, Chicago, IL 2018 A Demonstration from Fifty Percent, Putnam Center for the Arts, Jacksonville,

Essentials South Africa

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Sarah Lloyd, 41, runs her own public relations company and lives with her husband Karl and their two daughters, Lucy and Amy. I’m definitely in favour of schools regularly having half days on Fridays, because I think that this time off would have su

Good

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Founder of Inzpire Creative Arts Youth Trust and Dance Company Mila Barach may be passionate about dance, but she’s even more crazy about teaching it, to inspire youth and people of all ages in her community to follow their dreams. For 10 years, Mila

Business Today

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There has been a steady rise of women up the corporate ladder. We at Business Today know that very well, since we were the first publication to highlight the achievements of women in Indian business starting 2003. Last year, we widened the scope to i

NPR

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The killing of George Floyd by a police officer has sparked massive protests nationwide. This hour, writer and scholar Clint Smith reflects on this moment, through conversation, letters, and poetry.

JOY Magazine

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Celebrating a bicentenary is an extraordinary privilege – it attests to longevity amid trials and setbacks. In gratitude, we praise God that the Bible Society of South Africa has the incredible privilege of celebrating 200 years of Bible work in Sout

The Saturday Evening Post

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“I was stunned,” says Gingerich on learning his story “Thornhope, Indiana” had won first place, publication in the Post, and a prize of $500. “It took a day or two to sink in. I’m still in a daze about it. Just completely gob-smacked.” “Thornhope, In

Writer's Digest

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Enjoy a full day of intense instruction at this “How to Get Published” writing event sponsored by Writing Day Workshops in Culver City. WHEN: May 2, 2020. WHERE: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Los Angeles, Westside, Culver City, Calif. PRICE: $189 regi

Popshot Magazine

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6 – Sophie Lay is a creative writing student at the University of Gloucestershire, and has performed her work at the Cheltenham Literature Festival and Cheltenham Poetry Festival. Cultivate was inspired by her suspicion of rejuvenation and gentrifica