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Amy Brill
"Before I was a writer, I was a traveler; as it turned out, almost all of my stories (and unfinished novels, and bad poems, and personal essays) evolved from journeying away from home. A...
View ArticleRewriting a Myth
Write a story that is a retelling of a classic myth set in contemporary times. How do the characters change? What is the effect of a contemporary setting? Does the story end the same way? For...
View ArticleA Sensory Scene
Write a scene about a very specific experience using only sensory imagery to describe what happened. For instance, if you're writing about being in a car accident, describe the sounds of the glass...
View ArticleAyana Mathis Selected by Oprah's Book Club, Amazon's Revamped Reviewing...
Evan Smith Rakoff Ayana Mathis's The Twelve Tribes of Hattie was selected by Oprah's Book Club 2.0; in the wake of controversy, Amazon has revamped its reviewing policies; Latanya McQueen shares her...
View ArticleEmerging Poets Fellowship Deadline Extended to December 10
New York City-based Poets House has extended the application deadline for its second annual Emerging Poets Fellowship Program to December 10. The four-month fellowship is open to emerging poets living...
View ArticleFrank O'Hara
Poet Ron Silliman recently drew attention to this footage of Frank O'Hara from the 1966 TV series USA: Poetry. O’Hara died a few weeks after the filming was completed.Video URL:...
View ArticleJonathan Evison Candidly Reveals Book Earnings, Why Read Joan Didion, and More
Evan Smith Rakoff Apple announced it intends to assemble a line of computers in the United States; novelist Jonathan Evison candidly reveals exactly how much he's earned from his books; Jeanette...
View ArticleSusan Straight
The author of ten books, including the novel Between Heaven and Here (McSweeney's, 2012), delivered this talk on telling stories at an independently organized TED event in Redondo Beach, California,...
View ArticleRandom House's Big Holiday Bonus, Charles Simic's Love for Buster Keaton, and...
Evan Smith Rakoff A new study reports e-readers may be sharing user information without consent; Victoria Strauss discovered a publicity firm's claims were far removed from reality; Charles Simic...
View ArticleAyana Mathis Selected by Oprah's Book Club, Amazon's Revamped Reviewing...
Evan Smith Rakoff Ayana Mathis's The Twelve Tribes of Hattie was selected by Oprah's Book Club 2.0; in the wake of controversy, Amazon has revamped its reviewing policies; Latanya McQueen shares her...
View ArticleEmerging Poets Fellowship Deadline Extended to December 10
New York City-based Poets House has extended the application deadline for its second annual Emerging Poets Fellowship Program to December 10. The four-month fellowship is open to emerging poets living...
View ArticleFrank O'Hara
Poet Ron Silliman recently drew attention to this footage of Frank O'Hara from the 1966 TV series USA: Poetry. O’Hara died a few weeks after the filming was completed.Video URL:...
View ArticleJonathan Evison Candidly Reveals Book Earnings, Why Read Joan Didion, and More
Evan Smith Rakoff Apple announced it intends to assemble a line of computers in the United States; novelist Jonathan Evison candidly reveals exactly how much he's earned from his books; Jeanette...
View ArticleSusan Straight
The author of ten books, including the novel Between Heaven and Here (McSweeney's, 2012), delivered this talk on telling stories at an independently organized TED event in Redondo Beach, California,...
View ArticleRandom House's Big Holiday Bonus, Charles Simic's Love for Buster Keaton, and...
Evan Smith Rakoff A new study reports e-readers may be sharing user information without consent; Victoria Strauss discovered a publicity firm's claims were far removed from reality; Charles Simic...
View ArticleBookCourt
Established in 1981, BookCourt is an independent bookstore in Brooklyn, New York. The store hosts author events, reading groups—a Spanish book club, a fiction book club, and a teen book club—and the...
View ArticleA Country Doctor
Check out award-winning Japanese animator Koji Yamamura's adaptation of Franz Kafka's tale "A Country Doctor," written in Prague during the winter of 1916. Video URL:...
View ArticleDouglas Stewart of Sterling Lord Literistic
Does a writer need to have an established list of publishing credits to be considered by a decent agent?If you’re writing nonfiction, then the answer is usually yes. You need to show credentials in...
View ArticleHemingway's Cats, Emily Dickinson's Birthday, and More
Evan Smith Rakoff Lee Child illustrates how do create suspense; author Darin Strauss surveys the state of literary fiction, and spotlights the influence of James Joyce on his contemporaries; today is...
View ArticleFlash Fiction
Write a work of flash fiction, a story that contains the classic elements—a main character who faces a conflict that is resolved—but one that is only three hundred to one thousand words in length. For...
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