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Friday Finds for Writers

by Erika Dreifus on
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Treasure ChestWriting-related resources, news, and reflections to enjoy over the weekend.

  • ICYMI: Thoughts (mine and others’) on litmag submission fees.
  • Intriguing post on what was new (and what was not so new) this seventh time Cathy Day taught her novel-writing class.
  • A reminder that there’s usually something interesting to read and learn over on the NYT “After Deadline” blog, which offers “newsroom notes on usage and style.”
  • Big congrats to John Vanderslice on the forthcoming publication of his story collection, Island Fog. Check these posts for John’s account of how this collection came to be written and found its publishing home.
  • And if you’re looking for a recorded literary event to enrich your weekend, check out this conversation between Junot Díaz and Toni Morrison, courtesy of The New York Public Library.

    • Have a great weekend, everyone.

    Friday Finds for Writers

    by Erika Dreifus on
    4

    Treasure ChestWriting-related resources, news, and reflections to enjoy over the weekend.

  • Looking for some good essays to read? Check out this list for some source recommendations. (h/t Brevity blog)
  • In keeping with my interest in and appreciation for “writing on writing,” I point you to Daniel Bosch’s poem “Call for Submission” on the NewPages blog.
  • An analysis of President Obama’s recent book purchases.
  • A video visit with fiction writer George Saunders, on the campus of Syracuse University, where he teaches.
  • Some interesting career-oriented items crossed my screen this week. First, this New York Times piece describes “the real humanities crisis” as the circumstances that prevent artists and writers from practicing their craft. Then, of special interest to me as a writer with a full-time, non-teaching job in a university, this Inside Higher Ed column takes a closer look at “alt-ac” careers.

    • Have a great weekend, everyone.