The Writers Retreats Where Big Books Are Born
Annie Proulx, Tayari Jones, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and ten more authors on the retreats that changed their lives.
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The Aha! Moment: A Literature Panelist for the MacDowell Colony
An anonymous juror weighs in on a residency applicant’s successful writing sample.
Where Big Books Are Born: Danez Smith on the Millay Colony
The author of Don’t Call Us Dead on the retreat in Austerlitz, New York.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Amina Gautier on the Camargo Foundation
The author of The Loss of All Lost Things on the retreat in Cassis, France.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Christine Schutt on Yaddo
The author of Pure Hollywood on the retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Stephan Eirik Clark on the Anderson Center
The author of Sweetness #9 on the retreat in Red Wing, Minnesota.
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Writing in the Eternal City: Four Seasons at the American Academy in Rome
The director of the American Academy in Rome and the program’s current literature fellows discuss the opportunities that the Academy’s eleven-month residencies offer emerging writers, as well as exciting new changes to the historic program.
Sounds of Silence: A Workshop With Pico Iyer
Essayist and novelist Pico Iyer leads a writing workshop at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in the Ventana Wilderness of California, helping his pupils to understand the role of silence—and its relationship to language—in their work.
Smart Retreats: Five Questions to Consider Before You Apply
Two veteran retreat-goers offer advice for writers considering a residency, and pose important questions to consider before applying—from cost and length to setting creative goals to identifying the current stage of your project.
Showtime Adapts Jonathan Franzen’s Purity, Jane Austen’s Reality Stars, and More
Yale students petition against “Major English Poets” course; life at an artist’s residency; poetry for LGBT Pride Month; and other news.
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