P&W-SPONSORED WRITER & PRESENTER: Robbie Q. Telfer
We asked Robbie Q. Telfer to update us about his work with teens at Young Chicago Authors, which has been funded through the Readings/Workshops program at Poets & Writers, Inc., since 2000.
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Archive April 2011
Robbie Q and Young Chicago Authors
A blog from: The Staff of Poets & Writers
Posted by RW Blogger on 4.29.11
April 28
Posted by Writing Prompter on 4.28.11
In a Paris Review interview, fiction writer Amy Hempel talks about a workshop she took with legendary editor Gordon Lish in which he assigned the class to "write our worst secret, the thing we would never live down, the thing that, as Gordon put it, 'dismantles your own sense of yourself.'" From this came her story, "In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried." Follow Lish's assignme
Collin Kelley: Guided by Voices
A blog from: The Staff of Poets & Writers
Posted by RW Blogger on 4.25.11
P&W-SPONSORED PRESENTER: Collin Kelley
Poet Collin Kelley, author of After the Poison, Slow to Burn, and Better to Travel, and curator of the Poetry Atlanta reading series, blogs about his experience as a longtime R/W-sponsored presenter of literary events.
April 25
Posted by Writing Prompter on 4.25.11
Write a prose poem, a poem that doesn't use line breaks to convey its meaning. Read [the siren's story] by Barbara Jane Reyes for an example.
May Sarton Centennial Celebrated With Poetry Prize
A blog from: Poets & Writers Magazine
Posted by Prize Reporter on 4.21.11
New Hampshire outfit Bauhan Publishing has launched a first book prize in honor of the late May Sarton.
April 21
Posted by Writing Prompter on 4.19.11
Eavesdrop on two people having a conversation in a public place. (Avoid small-talk, conversations about the weather.) Write down exactly what they say, including their "ums," "uhs," "likes," and stutters for two pages. Then rewrite that page, using only dialogue, but making it more suited for the literary page; clean it up, keeping the sentiments, but getting rid of all the inconsequential words and lines, and even changing the language to make it more engrossing.
Kay Ryan, Jennifer Egan Take Pulitzers
A blog from: Poets & Writers Magazine
Posted by Prize Reporter on 4.19.11
The Pulitzer Prizes in letters have been announced, with two women writers snagging literary honors.
Delia Tomino Nakayama on Unconditional Exploration
A blog from: The Staff of Poets & Writers
Posted by RW Blogger on 4.19.11
P&W-SPONSORED WRITER: Delia Tomino Nakayama
HOST ORGANIZATION: St. Anna's Episcopal Church
From October 18 to November 15, 2010, poet Delia Tomino Nakayama held five free "PoetryProcess" workshops at St. Anna's Episcopal Church in New Orleans. We asked Nakayama how she approaches workshopping.
Collin Kelley on a Writer's Worth
A blog from: The Staff of Poets & Writers
Posted by RW Blogger on 4.19.11
P&W-SPONSORED WRITER & PRESENTER: Collin Kelley
Welcome to Readings & Workshops, a new blog which will showcase the fabulous literary contributions that Readings/Workshops program participants make to their communities. Check back regularly to read highlights of events we’ve supported through our R/W grant program and dispatches from the writers and literary presenters we’ve partnered with in New York State, California, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, New Orleans, Seattle, Tucson, and Washington, D.C.