Category Archives: Blog
How to Find (or Build) a Writing Community – Part One
This is the first in a three-part series on finding and building a writing community. [...]
Paul Beatty Wins Biggest British Prize for a Scorchingly American Novel
In Paul Beatty’s sizzling bestseller The Sellout, no one is spared. Over the course of [...]
Writing the American Immigrant Experience – Harry Mark Petrakis
Since the publication of his short story “Pericles on 31st Street” in the Atlantic Monthly [...]
Nothing to Envy
Although I enjoy reading many genres, fiction is my favorite. I love to be transported [...]
The Writer’s Inspiration Group
Inspiration for writers can come from many places, live theater, modern art museums, strolling in [...]
May
Breaking Barriers
From marital infidelity to mental breakdowns, women writers have been breaking barriers with their novels [...]
May
Madelyn Pugh Davis: Girl Writer for “I Love Lucy” – Part 1
To my amazement, I recently learned that “Vitameatavegamin” was written by a sister-writer from Indiana. [...]
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May
Excerpt: A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks
Before America had an official poet laureate, the functions of that office were performed by [...]
May
The American Writers Museum is Open!
The mission of the American Writers Museum is to engage the public in celebrating American [...]
Writing the Darkness: American Writers and Mental Illness
In his 1936 essay for Esquire, “The Crack-Up,” F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote loosely, as if [...]