Now that I’ve graduated from Emerson and possess an illustrious MFA degree (seriously, I sleep with the diploma holder under my pillow), I’m all set, right? Book deals come rolling on in…
Not so fast, sadly. I’ve encountered several friends (MFA and MA alums alike) who are battling the same nefarious syndrome as me: [...]
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Recipe for a Sustainable Writing Group
March 18th, 2010 4 Comments
Tags: emerson alums · getting published · kim · writers' habits · writing groups
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
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
Use Kids’ Books to Help Improve Education!
September 25th, 2009 No Comments
When Reading Rainbow Week was announced, I began to reminisce about my favorite books as a child and teenager– the really formative ones that made me want to be a lifelong reader, and eventually writer. And Chris’s post reminded me too, of those foundational books, that gripped my imagination so deeply, and held on, like [...]
Tags: donate books! · kim · library · Reading Rainbow Week · support Vernacular · Teach For America
Emerson Caffeine Confidential: Kim Reviews Coffee
September 3rd, 2009 4 Comments
After three years and kind of a ridiculous amount of coffee-drinking experience at and around Emerson, I’ve decided to share my jittery wisdom with all of the new, soon-to-be caffeinated writing and publishing students. So below is Kim’s Exclusive Guide to Coffee, within a 10-15 minute walk from Emerson.
Here are the criteria of evaluation: overall [...]
Tags: Boston Confidential · cafes · coffee · Emerson College WLP Department · kim · writers' habits
Adapting the Epic: Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings
August 19th, 2009 1 Comment
Harry Potter has caused quite the stir around Vernacular of late, so I thought I should weigh in on its place in big screen adaptations. I recently saw the sixth Harry Potter movie with a friend who does not read the books. She had to play catch-up, so we did a marathon and watched Order [...]
Tags: big screen/small screen week · Harry Potter · Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince · kim · Lord of the Rings · movie adaptations · screenwriting
Fringe Magazine’s Makeover
July 21st, 2009 No Comments
As of this week, Fringe Magazine has a gorgeous new look: a new website design, new content in its summer issue, and a new look and feel to its blog! Designed by Emerson MA Alum Daniel Quinn, Fringe’s website really sets a new bar for what’s possible in online literary magazines, blogs, and centers for [...]
Tags: Daniel Quinn · e-publishing · fringe magazine · fringe magazine blog · kim · literary magazines · Lizzie Stark
Mapping Happiness: The Geography of Bliss
July 10th, 2009 No Comments
Just to be fair, I should confess: travel literature is definitely not my genre of expertise. So I trusted the tastes of the Globe Corner Bookstore employees when I chose The Geography of Bliss, a charming and perplexing book about traveling to the world’s happiest countries in the hopes of arriving at an enlightened understanding [...]
Tags: Book Reviews · Geography of Bliss · kim · Travel Week
Announcing Travel Writing Week!
July 6th, 2009 1 Comment
Since the sun in Boston has finally emerged, I’m finally feeling less inclined to move away or get out of town. Summer’s finally here! But since lots of our bloggers have been planning or engaging in summer travel, we thought a fun theme for our first week of July would be that genre packed full [...]
Tags: kim · reading habits · Travel Week · travel writing · writing habits