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The poet and author, most recently, of Beamish Boy: A Memoir, delivered this talk on the theme of "Open" at TEDxSantaCruz back in September. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a "TED-like experience."
Write an essay about your memories of Thanksgivings past, how your family celebrated the holiday and what it means to you now and why.
Write a scene for a story that takes place at the Thanksgiving day table during dinner or in the kitchen during preparations for the meal with two characters who are are angry at each other but not addressing their conflict directly.
Dissident poet Li Bifeng was sentenced to twelve years in prison in China; News Corp, which owns HarperCollins, is in early discussions with CBS about acquiring Simon & Schuster; Brain Pickings features the routines of several successful writers, including Joan Didion, Haruki Murakami, and Ray Bradbury; and other news.
"World, there are two baskets / on my back. / Fill them." Visual artist Angella Kassube re-envisions poet Bridget Lowe’s "The Pilgrim Is Bridled and Bespectacled" in this offering from Motionpems. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
The estate of J. R. R. Tolkien has filed an eighty million dollar lawsuit against Warner; NPR looks at difficulties of making "unfilmable" books into good movies; Jason Diamond considers what Philip Roth's retirement means for Jewish fiction; and other news.
To mark the holiday this week, make a list of things you're grateful for. Beneath each item, free-associate a list of objects. Pick ten from your lists of objects and use them to write a poem.
The cartoonist and author of the graphic novel Building Stories speaks with Michael Silverblatt on KCRW's Bookworm.
Scholars may soon have full access to the T. S. Eliot's personal papers and correspondence; Greg Olear examines his writing success at forty; rumors of a possible merger or sale of the Wylie Agency are afloat; and other news.
Poet, fiction writer, and editor of the literary magazine Cactus Heart, Sara Rauch talks about drawing inspiration from simple things and capturing the beauty of everyday life in writing.
