What homework?? Close those books; it’s the second sunny day in a row, and time to celebrate spring! Tonight, come see two of Emerson College’s fabulous writing and literature professors read from their own work! As a confirmed Megan Marshall-phile, I know will definitely be there to see one of my nonfiction writing role models. [...]
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Tonight, Tonight: Emerson Faculty Reading
April 15th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: author readings · Emerson College WLP Department · emerson professors · Jonathan Aaron · Megan Marshall
Hot Reads: Blogs That Sizzle
January 6th, 2009 1 Comment
What kind of reading material can you never have too much of? You guessed it: blogs! Well, perhaps that’s not true– several blogs out there are quite tiresome, verbose, or irrelevant. HOWEVER, not here! We at Vernacular only choose the wittiest, sharpest, and quirkiest blogs to peruse, so here are two [...]
Tags: blogs · emerson courses · kim · matthew salesses · Megan Marshall · writing process
National Book Awards (or, the Benefits of Rewriting Three Novels)
November 24th, 2008 No Comments
Last week, the National Book Award winners were announced:
FictionPeter Matthiessen, Shadow Country (Modern Library)
NonfictionAnnette Gordon-Reed, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family (Norton)
PoetryMark Doty, Fire to Fire: New and Collected Poems (HarperCollins)
Young People’s LiteratureJudy Blundell, What I Saw and How I Lied (Scholastic)
Publishing legend Barney Rossett and author Maxine Hong Kingston were also honored. [...]
Tags: Annette Gordon-Reed · awards · Judy Blundell · kim · Mark Doty · Megan Marshall · Peter Matthiessen · writing process
On Greenery
November 12th, 2008 1 Comment
A recent survey of subscribers to Hearst Magazines publications (among which are Cosmo, Esquire, and Good Housekeeping), revealed that 43% of respondents would be willing to pay more for a magazine printed on recycled paper, and 39% would be willing to pay more for “a magazine committed to eco-friendly practices”.
Now, in some ways this tells [...]
Tags: Andrew · environment · Jeff Seglin · Megan Marshall · publishing and writing · publishing industry
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 [...]
Tags: Doug Whynott · emerson courses · emerson professors · kim · Megan Marshall · nonfiction · Richard Hoffman