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.”
- The origin story behind Lauren Groff’s new novel. (Colleen Walsh for the Harvard Gazette.)
- Caught on Twitter: The Slowdown poetry podcast is coming back on September 21st “with new episodes and a new host —@adalimon!”
- Michelle Garrett’s post titled “Journalists Sound Off on How PR Pros Can Improve Media Pitches” is worth a glance for anyone pitching media—including authors who are taking on book-promo for themselves.
- Over on Nieman Storyboard: “Now an editor at The Washington Post, Lisa Grace Lednicer critiques an emotional essay she wrote at The Oregonian in the wake of 9/11.”
- And, as per usual, you’ll find the weekly Jewish-lit links posted on the My Machberet blog.
Have a good weekend, everyone.
