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Momentum: Notes on AWP

April 13th, 2010 1 Comment

I’ve just returned from my third AWP. With thirds come charms, crowds, punchlines, and for me at least a satisfying sort of arc, grounding me back into the reality of writing as a career. For God’s sake, just look at how many attendees there were at this conference. Somehow, they managed to [...]

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Mixed Feelings: Life After MFA

November 10th, 2009 2 Comments

It has been nearly a year now since I graduated with my MFA from Emerson. So far my biggest claim to fame is that I have a full-time job. Not, of course, remotely related to writing.
This is not exactly the success story that would earn me a spot in the Emerson recruiting package.

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Boston Book Fest: R. Sikoryak

October 25th, 2009 No Comments

I’ve decided I have a new cartoonist crush: R. Sikoryak. His latest book is Masterpiece Comics, which is, in the parlance of the modern DJ, a mashup of classic comics and even classic-ier literature. What happens when Blondie eats the Fruit of Knowledge? When Bazooka Joe enters Dante’s Inferno? When [...]

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Raised by Wolverines: A Mini-Memoir

October 13th, 2009 3 Comments

For years, I wished I had unbreakable metal claws that popped out from my wrists. I would run my fingers over the backs of my hands wistfully, and instead of feeling only the tendons linking bone to bone, I imagined a set of extraneous adamantium-laced protuberances resting just under the surface. I would [...]

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Professor Profile: Doug Whynott

September 19th, 2009 No Comments

Here is Doug Whynott in twelve parts:
1) You know how you read those author biographies of writers who have done all sorts of bizarre jobs before breaking into writing? Doug Whynott is one of those writers. Bee inspector. Dolphin trainer. Piano tuner. And, oh yes, nonfiction professor.

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Professor Profile: Jessica Treadway

September 16th, 2009 1 Comment

If the Emerson WLP department were inclined to grant a Miss Congeniality award, Jessica Treadway would be a shoo-in. Always a cheerful face on the 12th floor, Jessica can be counted on for a friendly smile and encouraging word. (Not to suggest that the rest of the professors are reclusive ogres, per se, [...]

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Boston Confidential: Your Local Public Library

September 7th, 2009 2 Comments

Chances are, you’ll visit the Iwasaki Library at Emerson sometime in your first week or so. And you’ll probably be somewhat disappointed. “Where are all the books?” you’ll ask, perusing the limited stacks on the third floor of the Walker Building. “Where is all that great literature that entering a master’s program [...]

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Characters Welcome: A Paean to the USA Network

August 16th, 2009 2 Comments

Despite the preponderance of reality programming—maybe in spite of, in fact—television is full of great writing. And while the networks continue to pour out the new pilots each fall, it is cable where the magic happens.
Eight years ago, the network began airing Monk, the quirky mystery-comedy show about a former detective overwhelmed with OCD, [...]

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Weekly Writing Exercise: Scene to Screen

August 14th, 2009 1 Comment

I’ve never studied screenwriting, but I’d like to think that, with a little practice, I could be good at it. Excepting, of course, for the fact that I rarely watch movies. Television, maybe. I could write a killer TV show.
In truth, I know virtually nothing about screenwriting. I have, however, been [...]

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Weekly Writing Exercise: Fan Fiction

August 7th, 2009 2 Comments

I cut my teeth on a special kind of writing, in a period between my childhood illustrated stories and my foray into professional writing. Before I started writing Serious Literary Fiction, I wrote fan fiction.

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