Friday, July 10, 2009
Ascent Online
Starting in August, Ascent Magazine will be moving from print to online. It would seem they have suspended their full website until then, but information about the journal and contact information can still be found on their NewPages sponsored listing. No explanation as yet for this move.
Professional Development Fund for Emerging Arts Leaders of Color
Americans for the Arts Announces Professional Development Fund for Emerging Arts Leaders of Color
Please post this announcement to your listservs and networks, and share with others in your community!
Americans for the Arts is pleased to announce that Chicago-based Joyce Foundation has renewed its support for Americans for the Arts’ Professional Development Fund for Emerging Arts Leaders of Color. A total of five Joyce Fellows from the Great Lakes region (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) will be selected to participate in this program in 2009.
Fellows will receive stipends of $3,000 to support their attendance at the 2009 National Arts Marketing Project Conference, Arts Advocacy Day 2010, and the 2010 Americans for the Arts Convention. In addition, fellows will have special opportunities to meet field leaders, work alongside mentors, and receive individualized career coaching. An additional five fellows will be selected in 2010.
The application deadline for this year is August 14, 2009. Download application materials and eligibility information at Americans for the Arts, or for more information contact Stephanie Evans at leadership@artsusa.org or by phone at 202.371.2830.
Please post this announcement to your listservs and networks, and share with others in your community!
Americans for the Arts is pleased to announce that Chicago-based Joyce Foundation has renewed its support for Americans for the Arts’ Professional Development Fund for Emerging Arts Leaders of Color. A total of five Joyce Fellows from the Great Lakes region (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) will be selected to participate in this program in 2009.
Fellows will receive stipends of $3,000 to support their attendance at the 2009 National Arts Marketing Project Conference, Arts Advocacy Day 2010, and the 2010 Americans for the Arts Convention. In addition, fellows will have special opportunities to meet field leaders, work alongside mentors, and receive individualized career coaching. An additional five fellows will be selected in 2010.
The application deadline for this year is August 14, 2009. Download application materials and eligibility information at Americans for the Arts, or for more information contact Stephanie Evans at leadership@artsusa.org or by phone at 202.371.2830.
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Library Scholar-in-Residence (Oregon)
The Central Oregon Community College (COCC) Barber Library seeks applications for the fifth year of the Library Scholar-in-Residence Program. The appointment will continue the focus on creative writing with a Writer in Residence. The appointment begins September 1 and offers the selected scholar a shared office in the library, a computer and network use, and faculty level research access for up to one year. Deadline: July 31, 2009
Perugia Press Prize Winner
Jennifer K. Sweeney is the winner of the 2009 Perugia Press Prize: "Perugia Press publishes one collection of poetry each year, by a woman at the beginning of her publishing career. Our mission is to produce beautiful books that interest long-time readers of poetry and welcome those new to poetry. We also aim to celebrate and promote poetry whenever we can."
Sweeney's book, How to Live on Bread and Music, along with sample poems from the collection, is available on the Perugia Press website.
Sweeney's book, How to Live on Bread and Music, along with sample poems from the collection, is available on the Perugia Press website.
ABR & Readers on Teaching Creative Writing
American Book Review offers a focus on the question of teaching creative writing in its May/June 2009 issue, including their introduction: “Why Teach Creative Writing?” and responses from Lee K. Abbott, Angela Ball, Leslee Becker, Kelly Cherry, Bret Anthony Johnston, Anna Leahy, Lance Olsen, Julie Shigekuni, and Steve Tomasula.
There's a great deal to be garnered from these thoughtfully concise responses, not only for writers, but for teachers, students, and all who call themselves readers.
Yes, readers: just because you're not a "creative writing" teacher/student/writer doesn't mean you have no stake in this issue. Much in the same way we concern ourselves with the ingredients in the foods we eat, reading about this issue of teaching creative writing has much to to with understanding the ingredients of what we consume when we read.
There's a great deal to be garnered from these thoughtfully concise responses, not only for writers, but for teachers, students, and all who call themselves readers.
Yes, readers: just because you're not a "creative writing" teacher/student/writer doesn't mean you have no stake in this issue. Much in the same way we concern ourselves with the ingredients in the foods we eat, reading about this issue of teaching creative writing has much to to with understanding the ingredients of what we consume when we read.
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Indiana Review Giveaway
For the month of July, Indiana Review is giving away free copies of their newest issue (31.1 Summer 2009). Every Wednesday IR will post a question on their blog and the first correct response emailed to us will receive a free copy!
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Artful Covers
Ruben Toledo's artistic visions will adorn three Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice; Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlett Letter; and Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights.
The series will be available in August.
Literature and Art:: Ackland Art Museum
Leslie Balkany, museum educator at the Ackland Art Museum, is the founder and leader of the Art and Literature in the Galleries program. The program explores the ways in which visual art and literature complement each other.
Read more on Chapel Hill News.
Read more on Chapel Hill News.
Monday, July 06, 2009
Quiz Yerself
Test your literary knowledge on seven questions from the GCSE English Literature Quiz (General Certificate of Secondary Education - an academic qualification awarded in a specified subject, generally taken in a number of subjects by students aged 15–16 in secondary education in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland).
Gourmet Politics
From the "Great stories in places you might not expect them" file: Gourmet Magazine.I picked up a couple of "free copies" of these left on a bench on campus last year (those of you who free recycle instead of throwing away your mags - love ya!). In one, I came across the feature "Food Politics" - "The Politics of the Plate: The Price of Tomatoes" - and it has forever changed my tomato buying habits (in addition to my trying to grow my own tomatoes this summer). Not only does Gourmet Magazine feature the political food essay in their print publication, but their website offers the essay along with related articles, reader commentary, and follow up. I never expected to find this kind of content in a magazine I picked up hoping for a few new recipes; now it's the first feature I read when I pick up the latest issues of this publication.
Friday, July 03, 2009
Bedbug Press Hiatus
Bedbug Press has gone on an indefinite hiatus. Contact information is available on their website for questions re: any orders.
What Words Describe You as a Reader?
A note from Paul Dry of Paul Dry Books that is worth reflection:
Dear Reader,
What words would you use to describe yourself as a reader? Recently I came across two that describe the kind of reader I'd like to be: Ingenuous and Discerning. Since they suggest opposing tendencies I think they describe a good reader. By putting each at the center of a trio, I hope you'll see what I mean.
Place "Ingenuous" between "Gullible" and "Close-minded":
Gullible----------Ingenuous----------Close-minded
And place "Discerning" between "Picky" and "Clueless":
Picky------------Discerning---------Clueless
In each trio, the term to the left of the middle one is its degraded caricature, and the one to the right, its contrary.
The Ingenuous Reader reads without preconceptions of the author's intentions or abilities. She's ready to enjoy and learn from the writing. But there's a risk to her openness: the Ingenuous Reader may be gullible. Discernment protects her from gullibility. On the other hand, a reader may come to an unknown book so leery of it that she is closed to its possibilities. At this end of the scale of judgment, discernment again guides the reader. To remain ingenuous, we need discernment.
The Discerning Reader makes distinctions, notices and evaluates style, and appreciates a writer's rhetorical and dialectical abilities. Pickiness is this reader's characteristic vice. He may have decided that his taste is impeccable and, hence, be unwilling to consider new styles and genres. But in avoiding pickiness, this reader doesn't want to fall on the other side of discernment into what I'll call cluelessness. Ingenuousness keeps The Discerning Reader open but not clueless.
The qualities of ingenuousness and discernment are twin pilots, each helping the other to hold the center. Ingenuousness alerts readers to good writing, wherever it comes from. Discernment allows the reader to praise (or criticize) a book, no matter what associations the book carries with it. These paired virtues lead to accurate enthusiasm.
I think we develop these qualities by reading a lot and thinking about what we've read and talking or writing about it-and then by reading more books. It's a happy, and happily endless, cycle.
Sincerely,
Paul Dry
Paul Dry Books
Dear Reader,
What words would you use to describe yourself as a reader? Recently I came across two that describe the kind of reader I'd like to be: Ingenuous and Discerning. Since they suggest opposing tendencies I think they describe a good reader. By putting each at the center of a trio, I hope you'll see what I mean.
Place "Ingenuous" between "Gullible" and "Close-minded":
Gullible----------Ingenuous----------Close-minded
And place "Discerning" between "Picky" and "Clueless":
Picky------------Discerning---------Clueless
In each trio, the term to the left of the middle one is its degraded caricature, and the one to the right, its contrary.
The Ingenuous Reader reads without preconceptions of the author's intentions or abilities. She's ready to enjoy and learn from the writing. But there's a risk to her openness: the Ingenuous Reader may be gullible. Discernment protects her from gullibility. On the other hand, a reader may come to an unknown book so leery of it that she is closed to its possibilities. At this end of the scale of judgment, discernment again guides the reader. To remain ingenuous, we need discernment.
The Discerning Reader makes distinctions, notices and evaluates style, and appreciates a writer's rhetorical and dialectical abilities. Pickiness is this reader's characteristic vice. He may have decided that his taste is impeccable and, hence, be unwilling to consider new styles and genres. But in avoiding pickiness, this reader doesn't want to fall on the other side of discernment into what I'll call cluelessness. Ingenuousness keeps The Discerning Reader open but not clueless.
The qualities of ingenuousness and discernment are twin pilots, each helping the other to hold the center. Ingenuousness alerts readers to good writing, wherever it comes from. Discernment allows the reader to praise (or criticize) a book, no matter what associations the book carries with it. These paired virtues lead to accurate enthusiasm.
I think we develop these qualities by reading a lot and thinking about what we've read and talking or writing about it-and then by reading more books. It's a happy, and happily endless, cycle.
Sincerely,
Paul Dry
Paul Dry Books
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Send Birthday Card to 102-year-old
From our local paper, The Bay City Times:
STERLING - The MediLodge of Sterling, a rehabilitative and skilled nursing facility, is asking area residents to send birthday cards for a resident who is turning 102 on July 11.
Eleanor Wenner has lived at the facility for two years and will be celebrating her 102nd birthday with her husband of 64 years, Al, on July 11.
Other than her husband, who resides in the facility with her, Wenner has no other family members to help her celebrate, said Jeri Harris, marketing director at MediLodge.
The cards will be opened at 2 p.m. July 14, during the birthday celebration with staff and residents fo mediLodge. The event is open to the public.
If you would like to send Wenner a card, mail them to Eleanor Wenner, c/o MediLodge of Sterling, 500 School Road, Sterling, MI 48659.
For more information, call Jeri Harris at the MediLodge of Sterling (989) 701-0071.
STERLING - The MediLodge of Sterling, a rehabilitative and skilled nursing facility, is asking area residents to send birthday cards for a resident who is turning 102 on July 11.
Eleanor Wenner has lived at the facility for two years and will be celebrating her 102nd birthday with her husband of 64 years, Al, on July 11.
Other than her husband, who resides in the facility with her, Wenner has no other family members to help her celebrate, said Jeri Harris, marketing director at MediLodge.
The cards will be opened at 2 p.m. July 14, during the birthday celebration with staff and residents fo mediLodge. The event is open to the public.
If you would like to send Wenner a card, mail them to Eleanor Wenner, c/o MediLodge of Sterling, 500 School Road, Sterling, MI 48659.
For more information, call Jeri Harris at the MediLodge of Sterling (989) 701-0071.
NewPages Updates
New additions to NewPages guide to Lit Mags:
From East to West
Ink & Ashes
The Moose & Pussy
Able Muse
Think Journal
Coal Hill Review
New additions to NewPages guide to Alt Mags:
Science & Society
Edge - The Third Culture
New additions to NewPages guide to Publishers:
Tightrope Books (Canada)
New additions to NewPages guide to Conferences/Workshops/Etc:
Surrey International Writers' Conference
John R. Milton Writers' Conference
Writing the Midwest: A Symposium of Scholars and Writers
Wildbranch Writing Workshops
Blow-Out! Festival
Somerville News Writers Festival
Writer's Edge Innovative Fiction Workshops
New additions to NewPages guide to Indie Bookstores:
Blue Sky Collective
From East to West
Ink & Ashes
The Moose & Pussy
Able Muse
Think Journal
Coal Hill Review
New additions to NewPages guide to Alt Mags:
Science & Society
Edge - The Third Culture
New additions to NewPages guide to Publishers:
Tightrope Books (Canada)
New additions to NewPages guide to Conferences/Workshops/Etc:
Surrey International Writers' Conference
John R. Milton Writers' Conference
Writing the Midwest: A Symposium of Scholars and Writers
Wildbranch Writing Workshops
Blow-Out! Festival
Somerville News Writers Festival
Writer's Edge Innovative Fiction Workshops
New additions to NewPages guide to Indie Bookstores:
Blue Sky Collective
Calls for Submissions Updated
July! NewPages Calls for Submissions has been updated and reformatted so all new additions are at the top. Scroll down for previous posts; they are removed as they expire. If you know of a CFS you'd like considered for listing, drop me a line: denisehill-at-newpages-dot-com
From minds more creative...
Seems some Harvard guys got together for this behind-the-scenes remake of Marcel Proust's Swann's Way - remade in the zombie version, Swann's Blood.
On the coattails - or should I say dragging entrails of - Seth Grahame-Smith's zombiefied Pride and Prejudice, this making-of video is a nice jab at the remake (dare I say) genre.
James Leaf as Director William St. Forte introduces the work: "To me a great film tells you something about yourself, and often I find that something is: you're a zombie."
St. Forte later comments on working with the scriptwriter: "His first draft was very introspective. But I found if I just changed the word 'memory' to 'bloodsplosion,' well, everything worked out alright."
Steven De Marco as BJ Hardon (really?) as Marcel Proust: "When did this happen? I have no bloodsplosion about it."
Ten minutes of total literary fun.
On the coattails - or should I say dragging entrails of - Seth Grahame-Smith's zombiefied Pride and Prejudice, this making-of video is a nice jab at the remake (dare I say) genre.
James Leaf as Director William St. Forte introduces the work: "To me a great film tells you something about yourself, and often I find that something is: you're a zombie."
St. Forte later comments on working with the scriptwriter: "His first draft was very introspective. But I found if I just changed the word 'memory' to 'bloodsplosion,' well, everything worked out alright."
Steven De Marco as BJ Hardon (really?) as Marcel Proust: "When did this happen? I have no bloodsplosion about it."
Ten minutes of total literary fun.
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