Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Link Corral: Reboot Your Brain; Submit to Redux; Residency Opportunity in Nebraska

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Noel Miller, one of the wonderful Converse low-res MFA fiction students, posted a great piece in the South85 lit journal’s blog:   “Reboo...
Monday, January 30, 2012

Gilb & Percy to Read in PEN/Faulkner Series, 2/6

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I've been a fan of Benjamin Percy's since I read his stunning story "Refresh, Refresh" in the Best American Short Stories ...
Thursday, January 26, 2012

Work in Progress: Truman Capote's "La Cote Basque 1965"

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As a guilty pleasure, I enjoy reading Vanity Fair , especially the inevitable article about super-rich people living their super-rich lives...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Excellent Classes Coming up at Politics & Prose

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A report from Susan Coll on the exciting new classes offered at Politics & Prose bookstore: Now open for enrollment is Coming of Age in...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Iowa Review's Interview with Chris Offutt

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Here’s a good interview in The Iowa Review with writer/TV writer Chris Offutt (in particular, I’m a fan of “Weeds,” a show he wrote for). ...
Monday, January 23, 2012

Two-Day Writing Retreat and Healing Poetry in Alexandria

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Two interesting events in two different parts of Virginia, one co-organized by the fabulous and fabulously smart Angela Winter (who shared w...
Thursday, January 19, 2012

Work in Progress: The Luxury of Time and Space

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This is my last week before my novel-writing workshop starts up at Johns Hopkins , soon to be followed by packets from my Converse College ...