For those lucky individuals who have Tuesday nights free, there’s an event at the Harvard Book Store coming up next week. And best of all, it’s free!
Tuesday, March 31 / 7:00pm
ELAINE SHOWALTER
A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx
@ Harvard Book Store | 1256 Mass. Ave.
This event is free. No [...]
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Wanna know more about women writers in America?
March 26th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: author readings · Independent bookstores · nonfiction · writers
The AWP Hangover
February 17th, 2009 1 Comment
There are three major things I learned from going to AWP this year:1. I no longer belong at AWP conferences.2. Most of the real AWP happens outside the conference hotel.3. I am a machine.
Read the Rest…
1. People at the book fair kept trying to push free journals on me, and I felt myself balking. I [...]
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On Conferences
February 13th, 2009 No Comments
Since more or less the entire staff of Vernacular has decamped to AWP for the week — and since mine is the only hotel with free in-room internet — I thought I’d share a few thoughts on the experience so far.
Spot The Writer. I think probably the most entertaining thing so far has been a [...]
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The Cliched Writer
November 14th, 2008 3 Comments
Though certain past indiscretions of mine might suggest otherwise, I’m not much of a drinker. In fact, I didn’t start drinking until I moved to Boston for grad school, which just happens to coincide with the start of my association with primarily writers. Hmm…Most of the writers I know drink; some of them [...]
The Masquerade
October 31st, 2008 2 Comments
Halloween: a night of anarchy, frivolity, and chocolate binges. I’m not really good with anarchy or frivolity in the traditional sense, though I could probably get behind a good ol’ fashioned chocolate binge any day.
Candy notwithstanding, Halloween has never been my favorite holiday. My artist friends love conjuring up elaborate costumes for [...]
RIP: David Foster Wallace
September 14th, 2008 1 Comment
This is what I get for staying up late and not going to bed before 11 pm tonight, which I should have done if I want to be rested next week. Breaking news: David Foster Wallace, one of my literary heroes, and a true visionary of literature, writing, and the artful use of footnotes, [...]
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Pictures worth a thousand words?
July 7th, 2008 2 Comments
You know you’re hanging out with a bunch of writers when the conversation turns to author photos. Of course, I wouldn’t know the first thing about it, since choosing an author photo is probably the last thing I will ever have to worry about. But it did get me thinking about what makes a good [...]
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