I drafted the first story in my recently published collection, What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us (Dzanc Books, October 2009), just before I arrived at Emerson, and it was during my three years in the program that I shaped the collection. Apart from a foray into flash [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Emerson Connect'
Guest Post by Laura van den Berg: Reflections on Writing at Emerson
November 30th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: Alum Month · emerson alums · getting published · Guest Blogger of the Week · Laura van den Berg · short fiction · writing process
What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us
November 30th, 2009 1 Comment
Noted Emerson alumna, Laura van den Berg released in October her first collection of short stories, What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us. Beautiful and sad, her stories span the globe, from Madagascar to Chicago to Inverness, in search of wonder, love, and acceptance. Her voice is clean, the prose [...]
Tags: alumni · Book Reviews · Katherine · Laura van den Berg · What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us
Alum Laura van den Berg Reads This Weekend!
November 12th, 2009 No Comments
Want to see one of our very own MFA Alums, who has nabbed that elusive book deal and published her first collection of short stories to critical acclaim? Well, you’re in luck, because this weekend you can meet Laura van den Berg in the flesh, and ask her about her inspiration, writing process, or the [...]
Tags: Alum Month · emerson MFA · kim · Laura van den Berg · Newtonville Books · Paul Yoon · Rachel Sherman
The Worst of Times: A Guest Post by Alum TJ Dietderich
November 4th, 2009 No Comments
I came to New York about a year and a half ago to start working at Planned Television Arts, an independent PR firm specializing in books. In that short time, we’ve seen a lot of changes. The economy has gone from bad to worse. The publishing industry has been hemorrhaging jobs. We all know someone [...]
Tags: Alum Month · Guest Blogger of the Week · jobs · networking · publishing industry · TJ Dietderich
Meet Emerson Alum Allison Trzop at Book Signing!
November 2nd, 2009 No Comments
Ever wonder what role editors play in the development, production, and publicity of the books they work on? Well, find out first hand on Wednesday evening, when Emerson alumni Allison Trzop will be plugging her newest editorial project with author Frederick S. Lane:
A Knock at the Door: Three Centuries of Governmental Search and Seizure
Wednesday, November [...]
Tags: Allison Trzop · Alum Month · book editing · emerson alums · kim
Announcing Alumni Month at Vernacular!
November 1st, 2009 No Comments
Happy November, folks! Is your head still pounding from last night’s Halloween revelries? We hope so. Today at Vernacular, we’re celebrating the fact that our clocks are one hour earlier, and that our Alums of the WLP’s grad programs in Publishing and Writing and Creative Writing have found professional, personal, and/or critical success. Have you [...]
Tags: Alum Month · emerson alums · Guest Blogger of the Week · kim · MA in Publishing and Writing · MFA in Creative Writing
Pablo Medina and Steve Yarbrough
October 4th, 2009 No Comments
Above photo courtesy of Monica Arellano-Ongpin from Flickr Creative Commons.
The Department of Writing, Literature and Publishing at Emerson College invites you to an evening with Emerson Faculty.
Pablo Medina (The Cigar Roller; Points of Balance / Puntos de Apoyo) and Steve Yarbrough (The End of California; Prisoners of War) will read from their work at the Barnes & [...]
Tags: author readings · books · bookstores · Emerson College WLP Department · emerson professors
Ploughshares Event
September 29th, 2009 1 Comment
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Kathryn Harrison, author of the novels Envy, The Seal Wife, and Exposure and the memoir The Kiss, will be reading from her work on Thursday, Oct. 1, at 7:30 pm at the Semel Theater. Harrison will also participate in an informal Q&A session at the Bordy Auditorium from 4 [...]
Tags: author readings · ploughshares
Guest Post: Anne Gray Fischer Presents A History of “The Combat Zone”
September 29th, 2009 1 Comment
I’m sure (or at least I hope) we’ve all had a chance to titter at the twin stripclubs located one block down from the Little Building: the Glass Slipper and, for the high rollers in our midst, Centerfolds. Which you prefer is as much a matter of personal taste as it is of personal finance, [...]
Tags: Anne Gray Fischer · Combat Zone · Emerson College WLP Department · Emerson history
Breaking News: Emerson the #1 MOST DANGEROUS School. Ever.
(Guest post by Claire Blechman)
September 23rd, 2009 3 Comments
I’ll tell you, I am proud to be an Emersonian. We pioneered the controversial Unisex Bathroom, our football team is undefeated this season (and in our entire school history for that matter), and on September 18th, The Daily Beast declared us “The Most Dangerous College in the Country.” WOOOO! USA! USA! Go Lions!
There are over [...]
Tags: Claire Blechman · crime · Emerson College · hipsters · The Daily Beast
