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>Read about poet Sharon Olds’s courageous stand against the Iraq War and other Bush administration atrocities in The Nation.

>by David Budbill A gray and drizzling dayhere on Judevine Mountain. The birds and the wind are still,and he too so dolorous and quiet…

>Thanks to Erin for this bit of fun. What a great way to invent a character for your next story! Go to Google and…

>Richard Bausch is a terrific teacher. At the Sewanee Writers’ Conference in 2004 his craft lecture consisted of his Ten Commandments of Writing, which…

>To say the least, it’s hard to understand what Helen sees in Bertram. Okay, so the guy’s a Count. Big deal. He’s also a…

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> Bread Loaf was a wonderful experience. Despite the mice in the cabin. And my stubbed toe. The mountain campus is beautiful and I…

>No lecture on the last day, but my workshop met. Nothing unusual there except that the Fellow assigned to our workshop didn’t show up….

>It definitely feels close to the end. The lecture on Friday morning was by San Samantha Chang (the new director of the Iowa Writers…

>Nearing the end. That’s both a good thing and a bad thing, because this is such an exhausting but wonderful experience. On Thursday, the…