Work-in-Progress

I have a “favorite books” shelf where I keep—duh—my favorite books. These are not necessarily the very best books I’ve read—though many are...

I met then-poet, now poet-essayist, Jane Satterfield at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference way back when; we were both scholars, I in fiction...

Okay, maybe I'm going a bit overboard. But I'm quite excited about this new monetary award for a work-in-progress. What a great id...

Slate magazine celebrates National Poetry Month in their typically and amusingly perverse way with this interesting piece , “In Praise of Di...

And here it is, an official announcement from Dan Wickett at Emerging Writers Network that May is "Short Story Month." Boy, ...

While I was off seeing the sights of the central coast of California (freezing, I might add—what is with the weather this year??), I came...

James River Writers (JRW) is a non-profit Richmond-based group of professional writers and friends of literature promoting the art of writi...