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

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 &

Literary Hub

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Our dystopian novels tend to finish one way or another: with the horror in retreat or with the grim realization that it is here to stay. The boys in Lord of the Flies are finally discovered on the island; Winston gives in to the terrible power of 198

Tatler Philippines

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A woman of substance and as a novelist of great calibre are just a few of the words that have been used to describe Gina Apostol, the award-winning author of Insurrecto― a novel that tackles the famed Balangiga Massacre as the basis for two conflicti

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

Poets & Writers

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CERTAIN BOOKS, IF WE ARE LUCKY TO ENCOUNTER THEM at just the right moment, exert a kind of emotional-intellectual-gravitational force on us. Time slows down; the mind opens up. Maybe this is what we mean when we say a work of art “speaks” to us. I wa

Writer's Digest

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Enjoy some Midwestern hospitality at this intimate conference known for its regional flair. WHEN: May 10–11, 2019. WHERE: Best Western Premier Waterfront Hotel & Convention Center, Oshkosh, Wis. PRICE: $75. Fee includes Saturday lunch. A special co

The Christian Science Monitor

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Carsten Sommerfeldt was dismayed at a disconnect between authors and the public. So he became a proponent of Shared Reading – an alternative to book tours and book clubs.

Literary Hub

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It is rare for a literary critic to remain alive for readers decades after his death—even rarer than for a novelist or a poet. Lionel Trilling (1905-1975) belonged to what Randall Jarrell called “the age of criticism,” a time when the analysis and ju

The Atlantic

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Highlights from 12 months of interviews with writers about their craft and the authors they love

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

Literary Hub

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In post 11/8 America, the citizenry became more aware, more active, more willing to submit themselves to self-examination. Yet while the world of journals both print (Freeman’s), and online (Guernica, Lit Hub, Electric Literature), have increased 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

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

The Australian Women's Weekly

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Leah Swann, 49, was born in Melbourne where she remembers a childhood “full of daydreaming, playing outside, storytelling, drawing and reading”. She was always filling notebooks with stories and says over time “it dawned on me I was a writer”. A volu

Writing Magazine

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‘We (Anne Forrest and Judy Price), both left school at fifteen with little opportunity for further education until decades later when Judith studied for a BA, and Anne for a Masters, in English Literature with Creative Writing at Wales’ Bangor Univer

Literary Hub

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Mamta Chaudhry arrived at the University of Florida to begin her master’s degree program as a broadcast journalism student. “To people in Florida, Calcutta seemed so exotic, but to me Gainesville was so exotic.” Chaudhry shares her journey from her l

North & South

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by Carol Markwell The Cuba Press — $40 Although not unknown to students of early European New Zealand literature, the name of Blanche Baughan is likely to be unfamiliar outside academe. A few general readers may be aware that her poetry was sanctifie

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

The Millions

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Laurent Binet and Victor LaValle join the list. The post The Millions Top Ten: August 2017 appeared first on The Millions.

Poets & Writers

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Feedback from readers Kevin Larimer’s “Maybe This Is Enough for Now” (July/August 2020), calmed the ruthless self-critic who kept nagging me for not using quarantine time to write. After reading the Editor’s Note, I recalled the 2019 Kauai Writers Co

Writer's Digest

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Learn how your writing can create change in the world at this long-running conference in the City by the Bay. WHEN: Sept. 14, 2019. WHERE: First Unitarian Universalist Church & Center, San Francisco. PRICE: $199. WHAT MAKES THE CONFERENCE UNIQUE: I

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

Literary Hub

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“Allen marries several distinct genres to produce an insight into what it means to be a person with a psychiatric diagnosis—as opposed to a novelist toying with the boundaries of thought … Meta-biographical writing is at such a peak of sophistication

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

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

Harper's Bazaar Australia

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It’s easy to attribute the appeal of a short story to our ever-waning attention spans, or the lack of free time to consume anything longer than a couple of thousand words. But moral panic aside, there’s always been something joyous about the fleeting

Literary Hub

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For tens of thousands of years, human beings have been using fictional devices to shape their worlds and communicate with one another. Four thousand years ago they began writing down these stories, and a great flourishing of human achievement began.

Poets & Writers

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As the founding editor of the Cincinnati Review, Nicola Mason has a strong track record of spotting talented writers early in their careers. Under her leadership the review published the early work of fiction writers Caitlin Horrocks and Jamie Quatro

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