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In the Spotlight: Minal Hajratwala
Founding Poet of The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective
Writer's Chronicle Archives: The House that Jack Built
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The Writer's News
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February 27, 2015
New Dr. Seuss Book to Arrive in Bookstores this July
Random House Children’s Books will publish a rediscovered Dr. Seuss book called What Pet Should I Get?—the story of a brother and sister searching for a new member of the family, with illustrations included—on July 28.
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February 27, 2015
Could the End of the Daily Show Augur a Decline in Book Sales?
Is the end of Jon Stewart’s satirical news program, the Daily Show—a television program that allowed publicists to plug their books—a terrible thing for booksellers?
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February 27, 2015
Sponsorships Might Safeguard Bookstores from Brunt of Minimum Wage Increases
Booksellers are worried about the mandatory increases in minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2018.
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February 27, 2015
The Poetry Foundation’s Poets in the World Series Spotlights International Poetry
Poets in the World, a series edited by poet and translator Ilya Kaminsky, is a project of the Poetry Foundation’s Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute that offers “a rare glimpse” at poetry collections.
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February 16, 2015
Philip Levine, a Poet Whose Works Captured Working-Class Life, Dies
Philip Levine, a former US Poet Laureate whose works portrayed the lives of working-class people—including his own—died on Saturday of pancreatic and liver cancer in Fresno, California. He was eighty-seven.
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Writer's Chronicle
Calendar
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Mar 07
The Memoir Writing Club: 12-week Online Memoir Writing Course with Workbook, Audio Tutorials, LIVE Private Writing Session COURSE STARTS 7 Mar 2015
12-week ONLINE MEMOIR WRITING COURSE provides:- *12 x Interactive Lessons with The Memoir Writing Workbook *Submit Work for Feedback *LIVE Writing Discussions *Private LIVE Writing Session *Audio Tutorials *Writing Rooms This course uses right-brain/lef
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Mar 12
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Mar 13
Colrain Intensive Spring Poetry Manuscript Conference in Massachusetts
A small (8) conference open only to Colrain alums and/or finalist or semi-finalist in a book-length or chapbook manuscript competition or equivalent. Those with previous book publication also considered.
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Mar 14
Unicorn Writers' Conference
A unique writers' conference that covers the total story from craft to career. Network with agents and editors and get rare, insider publishing tips from industry shot-callers themselves as executives from every department teach how to write, publish, mar
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Mar 19
Alabama Writers Symposium
The Alabama Writers Symposium celebrates the literary arts with its annual line up of writers, poets, artists, and musicians.
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Mar 20
Wordcrafters in Eugene 2015
Each year, writers gather in Eugene for a 3-day writing conference, specializing in the craft of fiction.
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Mar 25
University of North Dakota Writers Conference
The UND Writers Conference is a free and open literary festival that features readings and panel discussions by invited authors. In addition, we offer community workshops and open-mike readings. All events are free and open to the public.
