Midweek Notes from a Practicing Writer
Three quick things.
1. ICYMI when it appeared yesterday on my other blog—some details about the course that I’ll be teaching very soon on “21st-Century Jewish Literature.”
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Midweek Notes from a Practicing Writer
Three quick things.
1. AWP
Lots of writers received news in recent days from the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) concerning the fate of their session proposals for the upcoming annual conference. In my case, the proposal I was part of was not accepted. (My co-panelists are mulling over the possibility of pitching a “roundtable” style article on our would-be session topic, which is connected to book promotion. We shall see.)
Truthfully, I’m not all that disappointed.
(more…)Responses to Difficult Reading, in Poetry and Prose
The 929 website, if you’re not familiar with it, “invites Jews everywhere to read Tanakh, one chapter a day, together.” Today’s chapter—II Samuel 13—is, as my friend Rabbi Abby Sosland observes, “almost unbearable” reading. Please be forewarned.
But if you can listen to Abby, and read my friend Sivan Rotholz’s reflections, there’s also a poem of mine included in the discussion on 929 today. (The poem, “Complicity,” is also featured in my forthcoming collection.)
All three pieces—and much more—can be found on this page. (You’ll need to scroll down a bit to find my poem; if you’re in a hurry, here’s a direct link.)
Midweek Notes from a Practicing Writer
Three quick things.
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