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The Wednesday Web Browser for Writers

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So many goodies to share with you today, my friends!

  • First, remember that cool Poetry Dress I told you about last week? Check out the final product.
  • I didn’t anticipate this particular benefit of following Ruth Franklin on Twitter, but on Monday, Ms. Franklin provided a live-tweet account of James Frey’s return to Oprah. On behalf of those of us who work away from home M-F, 9-5, I thank her. (See also the Brevity blog’s pithy summary of the appearance.)
  • Looking for some writing prompts? I like this discovery from Celeste Ng over on Fiction Writers Review and the newest suggestions from Midge Raymond.
  • From the freelancing world: Kelly James-Enger shares eight ways to make more money as a freelancer, and Carol Tice presents a quiz to help you discern your potential for freelance success.
  • The New York Times Book Review caught my attention last weekend with this display of book covers that were rejected (in other words, we’ve seen the books, but haven’t seen these proposed covers until now).
  • Yes, you still have time to enter a slew of superb short-story collection giveaways coordinated by Fiction Writers Review. See the full list of participating blogs and titles here. And don’t forget that by leaving an appropriate comment right here on Practicing Writing, you’ll be eligible to win a copy of Midge Raymond’s just re-released Forgetting English or a copy of my own book, Quiet Americans.

    • Notes from Around the Web: Literary Links for Shabbat

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  • Get to know Marcie Greenfield Simons, Director of The PJ Library, in this Whole Megillah interview.
  • The Jewish Book Council has announced its Twitter Book Club title for June: David Bezmozgis’s novel, The Free World.
  • Lilith’s Spring Auction ends on May 22. Peruse the offerings (and perhaps bid on a copy of my short-story collection, Quiet Americans).
  • From the Jewish Publication Society: “On June 7, 2011, JPS will be tweeting the entire Book of Ruth using the hashtag #Torah with the hopes of tweeting #Torah to the top ten on Twitter.”
  • Author Maggie Anton will be making several appearances in New Jersey next week. She’ll be discussing her series of novels about the daughters of Rashi, the famous medieval French rabbi and Torah and Talmud commentator. Details in the New Jersey Jewish News.

    • Shabbat shalom!

    Notes from Around the Web: Literary Links for Shabbat

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  • Get to know the next generation of Jewish children’s book reviewers by reading the winning entries in this year’s Moment magazine Publish-A-Kid contest.
  • UJA-Federation is looking for a part-time writer (New York).
  • This week, my short story, “The Quiet American, Or How to Be a Good Guest,” was featured on the Emerging Writers Network. This is the effective “title story” for my collection, Quiet Americans.
  • The aforementioned Emerging Writers Network is, like many other sites, celebrating Short Story Month. Which short-story collections on Jewish themes would you recommend to others? (Apart from Quiet Americans, of course!)
  • Welcome to the Web, Jewish News Archive!

    • Shabbat shalom!

    Thursday’s Post-Publication Post: A Busy Time for Quiet Americans (and Its Author)

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    Signing Books at Cambridge Book Party

    As I’ve mentioned, I spent last weekend (an extended weekend) in Massachusetts, where I used to live. On Sunday, one of my Cambridge friends generously hosted a “book brunch” to celebrate the publication of my story collection, Quiet Americans (thanks again, A!). It was a lovely gathering, and once again, I felt blessed to have so much support and friendship in my life.

    The latest issue of CUNY Matters (my employer’s newsmagazine) was released just before I left for Massachusetts, and I was gratified to see Quiet Americans mentioned in the issue’s books section. (Download CUNY Matters here and scroll to the side column on page 9 to see the shout-out.)

    Meantime, the reviews continue to come in. I’m humbled whenever I see that someone has spent precious time writing about my book. Here is one recent review that is especially detailed and comprehensive.

    I’m also honored to learn that Midge Raymond is providing a copy of Quiet Americans as one of her Collection Giveaway Project offerings (Midge is also spotlighting Becky Hagenston’s Strange Weather and Lori Ostlund’s The Bigness of the World).

    So it has been a busy week for Quiet Americans! Who knows what next week may bring?

    Notes from Around the Web: Literary Links for Shabbat

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  • Having recently read Hans Keilson’s Comedy in a Minor Key (trans. Damion Searls), I appreciated this profile of the almost-101-year-old author
  • As we conclude National Poetry Month, let’s take a moment to celebrate that remarkable poet from the past, Hannah Senesh. as well as a newer, current poetic voice: that of Yehoshua November.
  • Poet and editor Jill Bialosky is now also the author of a memoir, about her sister’s 1990 suicide, and in this interview she discusses Jewish mourning rituals–and Judaism’s complicated relationship with suicide.
  • Yom Hashoah begins at sundown on Sunday, May 1, and that makes me it seem especially important to share with you today my latest essay-review for Fiction Writers Review: “Looking Backward: Third-Generation Fiction Writers and the Holocaust.”
  • On my other blog, this week’s “post-publication post” provides some background on the real-life inspiration for one of the characters readers are meeting in my short-story collection, Quiet Americans.

    • Shabbat shalom.