Wednesday’s WIP: Last 2013 Article Looks Ahead to 2014

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Published Monday:

At this time of year, I’m confronted with the many books published in 2013 that I haven’t yet managed to read. It seems that every day another “best-of” list materializes to remind me of the recurrent truth: There’s just never enough time to get to all of the books that I’d like to read, not even if I limited myself to books of Jewish interest, or to novels and short-story collections. And yet, as we approach the new year, publishers’ 2014 catalogs promise a new array of tempting titles. Here are just five of the notable “Jewish books” that I’m already anticipating.

Read the rest of this article on The Forward‘s “Arty Semite” blog. And happy new year!

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Monday Markets for Writers

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Monday brings the weekly batch of no-fee competitions/contests, paying submission calls, and jobs for those of us who write (especially those of us who write fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction).

  • From placesforwriters.com: “Entertainment and pop culture magazine A Bard’s Tales (Canada) is looking for contributing writers. Payment: $50 for features, $50 for reviews, and $25 for opinion pieces. All pieces must be first pitched (lead to the story, possible sources, rough length, etc) and approved by one of the ABT editors. Deadline: Open.”
  • Attention, writers in Washington state. “Fellowships award $7,500 to practicing professional artists of exceptional talent and demonstrated ability. The Fellowship is a merit-based, not a project-based award. Recipients present a Meet the Artist Event to a community in Washington State that has little or no access to the artist and their work. In 2014, in addition to 14 Fellowship recipients, one artist each in the Literary and Music disciplines will receive a one-month residency at the Millay Colony in New York and a $1,000 stipend.” Apply by January 13, 2014. No application fee.
  • Coming soon (very soon!): the January 2014 issue of The Practicing Writer. If you’re not yet a subscriber, it’s certainly not too late to have this free resource delivered directly to your e-mailbox.
  • The National Trust for Historic Preservation (Washington) is advertising for a Public Affairs Manager (Blogger Outreach). The organization is also inviting applications for a paying editorial internship position.
  • Also in Washington: “The American Poetry Museum is looking for thoughtful, creative, and reliable individuals to lead poetry workshops through our youth education program….This position is part-time and hourly. Educators are paid $25/hr and workshops are an hour long; educators typically between cover 2-8 workshops a week. Hours are flexible; workshops occur both during the school day and after school Monday-Friday.”
  • “Lambda Legal seeks a full-time Associate Editor in its Education and Public Affairs Department to support the Content and Editorial Director in producing print and digital publications in both English and Spanish.” This job is in New York.
  • Autry National Center of the American West (Los Angeles) is looking for a Communications Manager.
  • Johnson State College (Vt.) seeks an Assistant Professor in Writing & Literature. “He or she should be a writer of fiction with significant publications and experience in digital magazine editing and publication(s).”

    • Jewish Literary Links for Shabbat

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    Photo Credit: Reut Miryam Cohen

    Every Friday morning My Machberet presents an assortment of Jewish-interest links, primarily of the literary variety.

  • On Tablet, author Alison Pick describes how Christmas helped her discover and ultimately reclaim her Jewish roots.
  • Another essay for the season, from Gary Shteyngart.
  • Rabbi Jack Riemer shares a list of some of the best Jewish books he “enjoyed and learned from this year.”
  • More from Matti Friedman re: “censorship” at Hillel.
  • ICYMI: my own year in Jewish books. And my year in Jewish plays.

    • Shabbat shalom.