Story Circle Network’s Memoir Conference
Go here to sign-up for Story Circle Network’s 2011 Conference “Stories from the Heart.” This fifth national memoir gathering in Texas February 5-7 is a boost for women with stories to tell.
Go here to sign-up for Story Circle Network’s 2011 Conference “Stories from the Heart.” This fifth national memoir gathering in Texas February 5-7 is a boost for women with stories to tell.
Yushu, in Kham, Tibet was devastated by an earthquake on the morning of April 14th with massive loss of life. Yushu is in Qinghai Province, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. What can we do to help? Pray for all those who have lost their lives or are injured, and their loved ones. Supporting the relief effort through…
Marvin Bell has written a fine poem on an impossible subject. In its sweep, yet anchored in strong, precise images that anchor the ideas that America was founded on…in its inclusion of family, of people who work with both hands and heads…for me, it’s a true poem—perhaps even a great poem—of the beat of what…
Debbie Jordan’s The World I Imagine: A creative manual for ending poverty and building peace is a collection of 47 essays originating in the column she writes for the Arizona City Independent Edition. We can find solutions to pressing social issues through community involvement and volunteerism. We’ve all experienced random acts of kindness. I love…
Ernest Dempsey is starting a new magazine called Recovering the Self, on self-help/growth/development. It will be published by the Loving Healing Press and will include articles, essays, stories (both fictional and true), journal entries, book reviews, short plays, interviews – virtually anything on the theme of healing/recovering from a trauma, setback, or loss. Feel free…
CATHERINE RANKOVIC’S fourth book, Meet Me: Writers in St. Louis (Penultimate Press) was published April 9. Meet Me collects 13 in-depth interviews with prominent St. Louis creative writers including HARPER BARNES, CARL PHILLIPS, NTOZAKE SHANGE, GERALD EARLY, KATHLEEN FINNERAN, and QIU XIAOLONG. This marvelous book features excerpts from the writers’ work and includes author photos.
(adapted from Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s newsletter) During November nonfiction writers get a chance to hone their skills and complete a nonfiction project during the annual Write Nonfiction in November challenge. Now in it’s third year, Write Nonfiction in November (WNFiN) isn’t a contest in the traditional sense. It’s a personal challenge to nonfiction writers to simply…