Finds for Writers

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Each week (typically Fridays), the Practicing Writing blog offers writing and publishing resources, news, and reflections to peruse over the weekend.

  • “First Notice Everything”: a brief craft lesson from Lee Martin.
  • “While lots of people are offering interesting insights into this incident, I think I have a unique perspective.” The incident in question is what John Warner labels “the AI-slop booklist,” and I agree—Warner’s take stands out to me among all that I’ve read on the subject to date.
  • “1 Writing Class, 35 Years, 113 Deals, 95 Books”: a profile of Sam Freedman’s famous seminar at Columbia Journalism School, upon Freedman’s retirement. (Gift link.)
  • As I listened to it yesterday, I found Abraham Verghese’s speech at Harvard University’s 2025 Commencement to be deeply moving—not least for its many reflections on writing, and reading. You can read the full text and/or watch the recording as you may prefer.
  • As always, you’ll find a fresh set of Jewish literary links over on My Machberet.

The June issue of The Practicing Writer 2.0 will be going out to subscribers later today—in the meantime, here’s a brief new-feature announcement that went out yesterday. Have a great weekend.

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