June 17, 2016
This is a continuation of my posts on teaching revision. Earlier posts can be found here and here.
For 8 weeks this summer, I am teaching a revision-only workshop at a local community writing center. The students have been asking for a revision course for a while. I'm doing a few things that build on my posts here so far about the revision workshop I tried where I only allowed questions for the author and about who is ...
June 10, 2016
This is the latest in a series of guest posts on teaching creative writing. I asked poet Sun Yung Shin if she might write something about teaching socially conscious creative writing. She responded with the below. I asked her for an example to add at the end.
As always, if you’re interested in contributing to this series, email me at m [dot] salesses [at gmail etc.].
Sun Yung Shin is the author of multiple ...
May 30, 2016
This is the latest in a series of guest posts on teaching creative writing. Jimin Han emailed me about an exercise she gave her students, and I asked her to write more. She co-teaches a novel-writing workshop, and does some really interesting things in her classroom.
As always, if you’re interested in contributing to this series, email me at m [dot] salesses [at gmail etc.].
Jimin Han was born in Seoul, Korea and ...
May 20, 2016
We are pleased to announce that Rebecca Makkai's story "The George Spelvin Players" (Pleiades 35.2) won a Pushcart Prize and will be appearing in the Pushcart Anthology LXI. The beginning of the story is below. You can purchase the issue with her story here. Congratulations, Rebecca!
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The George Spelvin Players
Barnes Harlow was actually Jason something, but no one dreamed of calling him that. He was Barnes ...
