Finds for Writers
Most Fridays the Practicing Writing blog shares writing and publishing resources, news, and reflections to peruse over the weekend. But it’s been an excruciating week for so many of us. And frankly, I’ve paid next-to-no attention to garden-variety news from the writing and publishing spheres.
On Wednesday, however, I received an email from Facing History and Ourselves, a Boston-based global nonprofit organization that I’ve admired for many years. The email introduced a “mini-lesson” titled “Processing Attacks in Israel and the Outbreak of War in the Region.”
The resource isn’t perfect. (What resource is?) But one of its segments impressed me as something that, though intended for educators and students, could be clarifying for writers as well, in our work and in the rest of our lives. It’s a section titled “Avoiding Antisemitic and Islamophobic Tropes in Discussing Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.”
- How about this news: “Amanda Gorman’s three books will get one million first prints due to overwhelming demand.”
- Get to know the Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden, in the latest episode of “The Oath,” Chuck Rosenberg’s podcast.
- Do you share any of the frustrations—as reader/writer/reviewer/other—mentioned in Anne Trubek’s reflections on “The Hype Machine”?
- Something you can look forward to: The February issue of The Practicing Writer 2.0, which will go out to subscribers on Sunday.
- And it’s been a busy week in Jewish-lit news. Check out the latest links over on the My Machberet blog.
Have a good weekend, everyone.