Monday brings the weekly batch of no-fee competitions/contests, paying submission calls, and jobs for those of us who write (especially those of us who write fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction). (more…)
Pages from Pagis
There are so many things that I love about “Jewish Sources, Literary Narrative: A Writing Workshop,” the class I’m taking this fall at the Drisha Institute. Here’s one: Instructor Amy Gottlieb routinely shares with us work by poets who are new to me. And I’m following up by adding those poets’ books to my tbr lists.
Last weekend, thanks to the collections of the New York Society Library, I dug into Dan Pagis’s work (translated by Stephen Mitchell). And in addition to the overtly “Jewish” poems like the one Amy brought to us in class, I ran across this one, which I can’t help thinking will appeal to all writers.
And Speaking of Poetry
Writing-related resources, news, and reflections to enjoy over the weekend. (more…)
It has been quite a busy literary time since my last update. Here are just a few highlights, in reverse chronological order.
“A Reading and Conversation with Harman Writer-in-Residence Eduardo Halfon”
I discovered the work of Eduardo Halfon a few years ago, when his first book in English, The Polish Boxer, was released (and I reviewed it). I’ve followed his writing with great interest since then, and I was thrilled to learn that he’d been named the Fall 2016 Harman Writer-in-Residence at Baruch College of The City University of New York.
The Harman Writer traditionally gives a public reading during the semester in residence, and late yesterday it was Eduardo Halfon’s turn to do so. He did a wonderful job. I hope to have the chance to catch up the author at least one more time before his Harman appointment ends: I have some questions I’d like to ask him in conjunction with my ongoing essay/article/chapter on writings by grandchildren of Holocaust refugees and survivors, which I’ve mentioned here before. (more…)
Monday brings the weekly batch of no-fee competitions/contests, paying submission calls, and jobs for those of us who write (especially those of us who write fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction). (more…)