March 26, 2009
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What’s a writing blog without commentary on rejection letters, or rejection “notes” or in some cases, rejection “subscription forms?” Howard Junker, Zyzzyva, does this last one: It’s clever really, a sort of soothe-your-wounded-ego-by-buying-yourself-a-subscription approach. My favorites are the letters that … Continue reading
March 23, 2009
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The Soul Making Awards Reading was on Sunday at the San Francisco Main Library in the Koret Auditorium. The flash fiction judge, Carolyn A Clark, was not able to attend, but the creative non fiction editor, Jim LeCuyer, was there. … Continue reading
March 19, 2009
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I may have mentioned that I am an assistant editor for Narrative Magazine, a highly regarded on-line literary journal that has, sadly, rejected my work in the past. I read the issues unfailingly, recognizing that not all of what gets … Continue reading
March 13, 2009
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Last night I attended Narrative Night in San Francisco, the annual fundraising event for Narrative Magazine, with which I am an assistant editor. Jennifer Egan, Robert Stone, and Kara Levy read from their works. Tobias Wolf eloquently introduced Bob Stone. While … Continue reading
March 10, 2009
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Daniel Grandbois will give a reading and a presentation on hybrid genres 7 pm tonight Sacramento State’s Library Gallery A mirror, an apple core, a termite Queen, a snowman, a blind cat, a hand, and a growth on Aunt Mary … Continue reading
March 5, 2009
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This Rosenblat fiasco is still a story, but it is becoming less about the genre of memoir than about the character flaw of this one man. Is he contradicting himself by saying it was not true but it was not … Continue reading