Those of you who took a nonfiction workshop in the 2007 fall semester — when resident Emerson nonfiction guru Doug Whynott was on sabbatical — might have been lucky enough to be landed instead with one-time Emerson instructor Danielle Trussoni. Even if you weren’t, I suspect you’ve likely heard of her: her first book, Falling [...]
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On Angels
March 11th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: Andrew · emerson professors · fiction · nonfiction · The New York Times
David Foster Wallace and Emerson
March 5th, 2009 1 Comment
In case you haven’t caught it yet, the New Yorker this week features a wonderful and mammoth profile on the late great David Foster Wallace, who killed himself in September last year. While reading, I was surprised to find out that Wallace spent a brief period of time teaching at Emerson in the early 90s, [...]
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Rumored Special Blues Piano Appearance at Today’s Party!
November 10th, 2008 No Comments
Consider, if you will, a scene: Just another ordinary Thursday at the department of Writing, Literature, and Publishing at Emerson College. Raindrops spit and splutter against the windows of the 10th floor, overlooking the Boston common, as if they lacked conviction to stage a serious assault on passing pedestrians. Professor Doug Whynott, Graduate Program Director [...]
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Vote Now! Vernacular’s Best "Literary" Costume Contest
November 8th, 2008 2 Comments
Now that the election is over, I’m sure you’ve been worried that you might not get another opportunity to cast your vote in such an important decision. Perhaps you were even concerned that if you didn’t flex that muscle of enfranchisement, it would atrophy into a dangerous state of inaction and apathy. Worry no more. [...]
Tags: contests · Doug Whynott · emerson professors · Jeff Seglin · literary characters · Walter Mosley
Emerson College Faculty Reading Tonight!
October 29th, 2008 No Comments
The Department of Writing, Literature and Publishingat Emerson College invites you to an evening with Emerson Faculty: KIM MCLARIN and DANIEL TOBINwill read from their work at the Barnes & Noble @ Emerson College 114 Boylston Street, on Wednesday October 29, at 6 p.m. Kim McLarin is the author of the critically-acclaimed novels Taming It [...]
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This Week in Publishing and Writing: Literary Events Extravaganza!!
October 1st, 2008 No Comments
Back from long hiatus, “This Week” we have some announcements of great upcoming literary events in the Boston area! And what a lovely time of year to travel around Boston and meet fellow enthusiasts of the written word. Think of it as your October Calendar of A-list fall excitement*: Fri, Oct 3:Emerson Graduate Reading SeriesAfter [...]
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Professor Reviews–John Rodzvilla
September 14th, 2008 No Comments
John Rodzvilla teaches Electronic Publishing Overview, one of the most popular courses for publishing students at Emerson. Known for his trademark YouTube clips and SecondLife demonstrations, John brings his depth of knowledge of all things Internet and publishing related to the course. Given that all publishing is moving at breakneck speeds toward an entirely digital [...]
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Professor Reviews: Ben Brooks, Maria Flook
September 13th, 2008 No Comments
Bernard Brooks Ben Brooks knows all things literary, and he has the intense gaze and disheveled hair to prove it. He even shares a name with a Horatio Alger character. I’ve taken a short-story lit. course and a linked short stories workshop with him. It seems he teaches just about everything, novels, short-stories, lit. courses, [...]
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Professor Reviews: Nonfiction For Everyone!
September 13th, 2008 No Comments
In my adventures in writing and literary publishing, I have found that creative nonfiction tends to be the lesser-known of the three genres, with fiction and poetry taking center stage in flashy colors and well-known author names. But at Emerson College, the professors teaching nonfiction are truly among the best and the brightest—and as a [...]
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Professor Reviews: Donoghue, Trimbur, and English
September 11th, 2008 No Comments
Bill Donoghue (literature) Bill is one of those rare breeds: a Canadian who is not perpetually apologetic and doesn’t shy from Hawaiian shirts or jaunty hats. His speciality is the novel, its history, and its secrets, topics on which he can launch impassioned disquisitions for hours on end. The atmosphere in his classes tends to [...]
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