I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to drown in the various lists of “best books of the year.” So I am grateful to NPR for doing a nice job of collecting its critics’ lists and posting all appropriate links in one place. Great resource if you’re still looking for gift suggestions, too. Thank you, NPR!
Have a question for New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman? Ask it here. And don’t forget to check out the magazine’s new Winter Fiction Issue, which is packed with promising stuff I have yet to read!
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John Griswold (aka “Oronte Churm”) points us to a wiki for those on the academic job market in creative writing.
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Guest-blogging advice galore on Buzz, Balls & Hype. (via The Book Publicity blog)
Are you a student seeking to save money and simultananeouly attend the next Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) conference? If you’re willing to volunteer at the conference in exchange for your registration fees, click here. And if you’re already planning to attend AWP–say, for the first time, because you have a job interview lined up–you’ll find this advice for conference rookies worth reading (even if, in my experience, AWP is a significantly less formal event than some of those cited in the article I’m sending you to).
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In case you haven’t yet seen this on my other blog: Check out the Jewish Book Council’s new blog.
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Envying Joe the Plumber and an assortment of others who seem to fall directly into book deals? Timothy Egan feels your pain.
As a writer who spent half her childhood (ages 9-18) in New Jersey, I am happy to spotlight this piece of literary NJ: The Writers Loft, located in Montclair.
I found out about The Writers Loft, “where creative people come to work,” from Lisa Romeo, who will be leading an essay-writing seminar there on December 10. (Lisa and I recently strengthened our bond as New Jersey writers when I attended a poetry reading she participated in at my hometown library. Such fun!)
If I were still living in ye olde suburban town, I’d definitely look into The Writers Loft. Perhaps those of you in the Garden State will wish to do the same.
Sorry to post so late today. Happy family chaos is to be “blamed” for the delay this long holiday weekend. But I did manage to send out our December newsletter a little while ago, so hopefully our subscribers are reading away. And if you’re not yet a subscriber, check out all our newsletter offers here. Have a great weekend, and see you Monday!