Month: July 2010

July 29, 2010

>The Doctor and the Diva by Adrienne McDonnell

> The Doctor and the Diva by Adrienne McDonnell was officially released this week. It’s the story of an opera singer and her husband to…
July 29, 2010

>Free Short Story Contest at Circalit

>Circalit is having a free short story competition–2500 word maximum, deadline September 15. See the website for more information, and you might want to…
July 28, 2010

>The New Yorker: "The Dredgeman’s Revelation" by Karen Russell

> Because the ending of this fiction is so odd, I was under the impression that it must be an excerpt from Russell’s forthcoming…
July 27, 2010

>Longlist announced for Man Booker Prize 2010: Man Booker Prize news

>Longlist announced for Man Booker Prize 2010: Man Booker Prize news The longlist includes: Peter Carey Parrot and Olivier in America (Faber and Faber)…
July 27, 2010

>William Faulkner at UVA

> In the late 1950s, William Faulkner was Writer in Residence at the University of Virginia. UVA has just put an archive of recordings…
July 25, 2010

>Sewanee Writers’ Conference — Day 12

> This is it. I head home early in the morning, and so there will be no more posts about Sewanee 2010. It’s been…
July 24, 2010

>Sewanee Writers’ Conference — Day 11

> Friday was a great day. We started with the last Fellows’ reading. First, Jehanne Dubrow read from her book Stateside. Then Cheryl Strayed…
July 23, 2010

>Sewanee Writers’ Conference — Day 10

> On Thursday, the first event was Jill McCorkle’s craft lecture in which she employed an extended anatomical metaphor for writing fiction–using the heart…
July 22, 2010

>Sewanee Writers’ Conference — Day 9

> Incredibly, we’re nearing the end of the conference. Wednesday morning, though, was as full as could be, with wonderful readings and lectures. First…
July 21, 2010

>Sewanee Writers’ Conference — Day 8

> Tuesday: time after breakfast to get a little work done on the stories for the afternoon workshop, but then: The next fellows’ reading…