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.”
- Flummoxed by the “artist statement” requirement of many residency and related applications? NYFA has some advice.
- Ready to dig deep into a “literary travesty”? Alta has you covered.
- The PEN/Faulkner Foundation has announced “that Yiyun Li has been selected as the winner of the 2022 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story.”
- Good news: Both The Believer and Conjunctions are back from their respective brinks!
- Right on schedule: Yesterday brought a fresh set of Jewish Literary Links over on the My Machberet blog.
And one more note: I’m looking forward to taking part in this discussion about “how Jewish religious text fits (or doesn’t) into the contemporary creative literary landscape.” Happening next week; registration is open ($18 for the general public).
Have a wonderful weekend.