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

Poets & Writers

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“I see these stories as quiet rebellions, flawed protests,” says Sara Lippmann about Jerks (Mason Jar Press, March 2022), her second story collection. The characters in Jerks search for a release from the confines of modern life—the demands of mother

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

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

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

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

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,

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

The Christian Science Monitor

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Sue Monk Kidd brings to life a spirited, and spiritually aware, young woman who must come to terms with her own heartfelt desires and ambitions.

Writing Magazine

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The Edwin Waugh Dialect Society has no less than seven trophies on offer to the winners of their annual writing competitions for poetry and prose and a further three trophies for the best overall entries. The winning writers, or their proxy, will be

The Writer

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How can we be more culturally sensitive in these challenging times? When is it OK to write about experiences that aren’t our own? These are two of the questions that international faculty members and attendees at the San Miguel Writers’ Conference &

JOY Magazine

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Myanmar is the largest nation in mainland Southeast Asia with a population of over 54 million. Seventy-eight percent of people practise Buddhism, the country’s largest religion. Around 8% of the nation is Christian and, sadly, this small group is bec

National Geographic Traveller (UK)

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I CAN’T THINK OF ANY OTHER LITERARY GENRE AS POTENTIALLY CONTENTIOUS AS TRAVEL WRITING. I think the basic impulse of it is a positive one: to find out about other places. But by its very nature, travel writing is always going to have the potential to

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

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

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

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

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

Writing Magazine

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Juno Dawson’s Proud, an anthology of stories and poetry by YA LGBTQ+ authors, was named Book of the Year at the Visionary Honours 2020, the UK’s first showbiz awards to celebrate diversity and inclusion in the arts, culture and entertainment industri

Men's Health Australia

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Earlier this year, on a boy’s trip to Queensland, I was sitting poolside with this month’s cover man, Lincoln Lewis. We’d just arrived back from a day on the golf course, and while the rest of our mates went for a dip to cool off, Linc and I sat on t

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 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

Writing Magazine

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The Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry in Translation invites entries of poems in any language that have been translated into English. In the open category the prizes are £1,000, £500 and £250, and a £9 entry fee. There is also a Youth Prize and a Spot

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

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.

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

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

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

American Craft

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AS THE WORLD CONTINUES to grow smaller, thanks to technology, we find ourselves at once better connected and a little overwhelmed. It’s easier to learn more about countries and cultures outside of our own – to share information and converse in real t

City Press

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Not long ago, I wrote an article about what happens when sporting rules reject culture and traditions. This was after PSL referee Jelly Chavani applied the laws of the game and ordered Golden Arrows players Siyabonga Dube and Sibusiso Sibeko to remov