A new writing class
I’ll be teaching a new creative nonfiction class — memoir, essay — with Writing Workshops Los Angeles. It will start on June 1, and run for 8 weeks. It’s shaping…
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The demography of writing
There’s a new NEA report on artists and work. Yesterday the NY Times reported that “Among artists under 35, writers are the only group in which 80 percent or more…
A writer is someone who likes writing.
At Ward 6, J. Robert Lennon writes: If you’re a writer, you like process. Occasionally I’ll meet a book enthusiast who has an idea for a book. “Now all I…
Beware of MFAs
Literary agent Colleen Lindsay has posted info on how to submit writing to her. She’s read 96 queries in 48 hours. Some of the worst query letters I’m seeing are,…
can you tell I’m at my office hours?
The National Book Critics Circle has announced its awards finalists. The most entertaining read is Lizze Skurnick’s liveblogging. Most interesting/unsurprising news of the nominees? Joyce Carol Oates is up for…
