Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including The Figure Going Imaginary by Marianne Boruch and Marginlands: A Journey Into India’s Vanishing Landscapes by Arati Kumar-Rao.
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Ten Questions for Rebe Huntman
“Because the flip side of uncertainty is an invitation into mystery. And the reward for wading through mystery is transformation.” —Rebe Huntman, author of My Mother in Havana: A Memoir of Magic & Miracle.
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Short Memoir Prize
Fish Publishing
Entry Fee:
$21
Deadline:
January 31, 2025
A prize of €1,000 (approximately $1,056) and publication in the Fish Publishing anthology is given annually for a short memoir. The winner is also invited to give a reading at the West Cork Literary Festival in July. Ted Simon will judge. Submit a memoir of up to 4,000 words with a €20 (approximately $21) entry fee for online entries or €23 (approximately $24) for postal entries by January 31. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including The World With Its Mouth Open by Zahid Rafiq and What It’s Like in Words by Eliza Moss.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Between the Night and Its Music: New and Selected Poems by A. B. Spellman and The Charterhouse of Padma by Padma Viswanathan.
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Getting Real About Time: How Data Modeling Can Help You Complete Your Next Big Project
After years spent on frustrating, time-consuming drafts, creating visual models helped one writer to assess the current state of a manuscript, estimate a completion date, and build confidence.
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Family Farms and County Fairs: A Different Kind of Book Tour
Before the author of Barnflower was a writer, she was a farm kid. The memoirist shares moments from her book tour, which included meeting cows and visiting corn mazes alongside reading at local bookstores and reconnecting with friends.
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The New Nonfiction 2024
Excerpts from Bones Worth Breaking by David Martinez, Little Seed by Wei Tchou, The Lucky Ones by Zara Chowdhary, The Exit Is the Entrance by Lydia Paar, and Come by Here by Neesha Powell-Ingabire.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Yr Dead by Sam Sax and Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami.
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The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Call This Mutiny: Uncollected Poems by Craig Santos Perez and The Road to the Country by Chigozie Obioma.
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