More on the “Young” Writer
The publication of the New Yorker’s “20 Under 40″ list caused quite a stir in the literary world recently. Partly, this was because such a list, issued with such authority from such an authority,...
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Here at Fiction Writers Review, many of our contributors are emerging writers, so we love sites that encourage those early in their writing careers. Recently I heard of a few sites that encourage those...
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The next generation
WritersCorps National Arts & Humanities Youth Award, via Flickr The San Francisco WritersCorps program places professional writers in community settings to teach creative writing to youth. Like the...
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Never the Cool Kid: An Interview with Jeff Kass
Jeff Kass declares, “I’m always sure I’m not the cool kid.” Yet this self-proclaimed “hopeful knucklehead” manages to exude nothing but crisp calmness and dazzling humility to students, friends, and...
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How to save a library? With postcards–and some attitude.
We’re delighted to present the following post by Nicole Aber, our FWR editorial intern. Enjoy! New York Public Library (CC) Last summer, I worked a few blocks away from the regal main branch of the New...
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National Writers Series to host Jeffrey Eugenides October 20
Image: National Writers Series On Thursday, October 20, the Traverse City National Writers Series will host An Evening with Jeffrey Eugenides at 8pm at the Lars Hockstad Auditorium in Traverse City,...
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Bookish Gift Idea #19: The Chronicles of Harris Burdick
Did you encounter The Mysteries of Harris Burdick when you were a kid? If so, you probably remember Chris Van Allsburg’s eerie black-and-white illustrations and the evocative sentences—each the merest...
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