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AWP Is (Apparently) Not Us
Publisher’s Weekly has a detailed breakdown of the AWP debacle that has consumed writerly conversations this past week.
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Sneaking into Book Clubs in High-End Neighborhoods
Is it bad that I joined a book club to weasel my way into the fancy homes on the other side of my cul-de-sac? With no intention of reading the books? At the Huffington Post, Jennifer Boyd-Einstein and Paula Mangin…
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Unimaginable Situations
Literature has always functioned as a singular means of finding empathy for others in situations one might otherwise be unable to imagine. At the Huffington Post, Erika Johansen discusses the social reluctance to engage with difficult topics like sexual abuse,…
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Against Allegory
Don’t you hate allegory? Seems to me that allegory was created to separate readers into two groups: people that understand allegory, and people who don’t. Over at Huffington Post, Lisa K. Friedman explores allegory and other literary devices and wonders if…
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How to Be Less Boring
At Huffington Post, novelist Matthew Dicks has some good suggestions for making author appearances less boring, including not actually reading from your novel.
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A World Without Libraries
Libraries are under threat, and those that want to survive will need to modernize. But what does the world look like if libraries change too much, or cease to exist at all? Over at Huffington Post, Lindsey Drager examines what…
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All the Exclaiming Ladies
The exclamation point doesn’t mean what you think it does anymore. At The Huffington Post, Maddie Crum explores the punctuation mark’s changing and increasingly gendered usage: instead of conveying strong emotion, the mark now connotes levity, and apparently women are…
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This Week in Short Fiction
Leave it to The Toast to give us a story told by a mermaid as opposed to a story about one. And leave it to The Toast to find a very good mermaid storyteller indeed. On Wednesday, they released “Mermaids at…
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Dear Diary
…while autobiography and memoir have gained ground as legitimate and canonical literary modes, the diary retains an association with inappropriate, overly personal, or pejoratively “private” discourse. At Huffington Post, Kylie Cardell examines the diary’s transition into public art form, from…
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A Place (Not) For Reading
Reading a book is wholly antithetical to the purpose of a bar. The purpose of a bar is to socialize, be it with friends, lovers, potential lovers or complete strangers. Sean Manning is endorsing quite an unpopular position over at…
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From Applebee’s to Published Author
Scott Cheshire explains that he started flirting with the woman who became his wife by telling her he had a novel coming out. Twelve years later, it did. Today, he is a published novelist with a graduate degree, but back…
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PEN’s Public Programs
The PEN American Center has a new season of Public Programs, addressing, according the Huffington Post, questions about the place of literature today, “the responsibility of art-making,” and many others. The line-up is available here.