This week has apparently been a big one for literature and suing. This instance concerns The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye by a guy calling himself John David (J.D.) California. I say calling himself because his real name is Frederik Colting. California’s book concerns a [...]
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More On Plagiarism?
June 18th, 2009 1 Comment
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On Plagiarism
June 18th, 2009 No Comments
The hot publishing world scuttlebutt this week is that the estate of some obscure British writer named Adrian Jacobs is suing Bloomsbury (J.K. Rowling’s U.K. publisher), claiming that the fourth Potter book, Goblet of Fire, substantially rips off parts of one of Jacobs’ books, The Adventures of Willy the Wizard — No 1 Livid Land.
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News from Emerson Alums!
March 30th, 2009 No Comments
Matthew Aaron Goodman An Emerson MFA Alum (2000) whose debut novel, Hold Love Strong, will be published by Simon and Schuster and in stores April 14th, 2009. His message to students: ”some of you all have recently had babies, others lost their jobs or found jobs, and some have had a little bit of heartbreak or are deeply [...]
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On Angels
March 11th, 2009 No Comments
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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Imagining Nonfiction
February 10th, 2009 1 Comment
A few days ago Bridget wrote eloquently about the differences between writing fiction and nonfiction–the real Uncle Pete and the imaginary one. Something nagged at me after reading the post, thoguh–it was the phrase “fiction techniques.” As in, nonfiction writers learn how to write like a fiction writer to make their nonfiction better. What is [...]
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And Now for Something Completely Different…
February 8th, 2009 No Comments
In the past year or two, I’ve all but abandoned fiction writing. The last genuine attempt was that ill-fated stab at a novel a couple summers ago, before I realized that I actually didn’t want to write a novel and, come to think of it, probably never did. (Thankfully, my novel workshop did nothing to [...]
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On Re-reading
October 10th, 2008 No Comments
Anyone who’s been an undergrad will be familiar, I’m sure, with that breath-caught-in-your-throat moment, upon skimming a syllabus for the first time, when you realize that you’re being asked to read something you’ve read once before. Often the text will be considered some “key” or “classic” statement of theory for whatever discipline you’re in — [...]
Book Review: Then We Came to the End
July 15th, 2008 No Comments
I’ve been working a lot of overtime the past couple of weeks, hunching over my computer in my stuffy, windowless cubicle, squinting at my computer monitor as I meticulously cut and paste and format and reformat table after table. Whoever said a career in publishing was glamorous? One of the only things that kept me [...]
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This Week in Boston Publishing and Writing…
May 12th, 2008 No Comments
It’s been an exciting week for the graduate WLP department at Emerson! The end of the semester, end of the year party– everyone holding finals as per the Registrar’s demands– so many drinks to buy, so little time. Speaking of drinks, here’s a freelance writing opportunity from a former Publishing and Writing student Abby Bielagus, [...]
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