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Joyce Carol Oates’s Writing Tips, New Joseph Heller Story, and More [1]

by
Evan Smith Rakoff
7.23.13

Every day Poets & Writers Magazine scans the headlines—from publishing reports to academic announcements to literary dispatches—for all the news that creative writers need to know. Here are today’s stories:

A never-before-seen story by Catch-22 author Joseph Heller [2] will appear this week in the Strand. (Guardian)

Taffy Brodesser-Akner gleans what can be learned about the creative process when writers are forced to produce a play [3]within twenty-four hours. (Fast Company)

Book Country has relaunched [4], expanding its genre coverage—it now includes literary fiction. (Publishing Perspectives)

Actor Jeffrey Tambor is part owner of famed Skylight Books [5] in Los Angeles. (Los Angeles Times)

Huffington Post gathered writing tips offered by Joyce Carol Oates [6], including, “Write your heart out.”

Meanwhile, Maria Popova collected Raymond Chandler’s thoughts on writing [7]: “There is not much point in all this pseudo-elaborate differentiation between the professional and the amateur.” (Brain Pickings)

Biographile explains why the world needs a definitive biography of Joan Didion [8].

If you’re near New York City this coming weekend, the third annual New York Poetry Festival [9] takes place July 27–28 on Governors Island. (Rumpus)


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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/new_joseph_heller_story_joyce_carol_oatess_writing_tips_and_more [2] http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jul/22/unseeen-joseph-heller-story-almost-like-christmas [3] http://www.fastcocreate.com/1683388/lessons-in-creative-productivity-from-24-hour-plays?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company%29 [4] http://publishingperspectives.com/2013/07/book-country-now-opening-new-territory/ [5] http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-arrested-development-secret-bookstore-20130722,0,5897588.story [6] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/18/joyce-carol-oates-writing_n_3617152.html [7] http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/08/raymond-chandler-on-writing/?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=bufferb6d63&utm_medium=twitter [8] http://www.biographile.com/capturing-her-magical-thinking-joan-didions-missing-biography/20397/?ref=insyn_corp_bio-didion-fb [9] http://therumpus.net/2013/07/the-3rd-annual-new-york-poetry-festival-is-coming/