The leaves that fell in May |
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Rabindranath Tagore once said ... |
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What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real.
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Jim Zervanos is the author of the novel LOVE Park and the memoir That Time I Got Cancer: A Love Story. His award-winning stories and essays have been published in numerous literary journals. He is a graduate of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College and Bucknell University, where he won the William Bucknell Prize for English and was an Academic-All-American baseball player. He teaches at a high school in the suburbs of Philadelphia, where he lives with his wife and two sons and has risen in the baseball pantheon as coach of two Little League teams.
His essays will be published in March 2024.
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Maxine Hong Kingston once said ... |
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In a time of destruction, create something.
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Alphabet City |
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Carolyn R. Russell
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"Truth is, I would have followed him anywhere. I had followed him here, to this unforgiving place rather than move to Boston, where I’d been offered an actual job, hadn’t I?" Read Carolyn R. Russell's "Alphabet City" recently published by New World Writing.
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NIAGRA |
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James Ladd Thomas
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"I want a premium hooker. A super deluxe special. Actually an escort, that seems more classy, something top shelf. Not asking for a streetwalker. Nothing against streetwalkers, everybody’s got to make a living." Meet Toots, Irene, and Lester (some of the memorable characters in James Ladd Thomas' upcoming VLP novel, Lester Lies Down) in "NIAGRA," recently published by The Wax Paper.
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Memoir of My Marriage |
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Jennifer Lang
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"One night, between REM and some other disturbing midlife sleep state, I realized that I have two memoirs: this shorter, playful part I about my marriage and a longer one, also in vignettes, about me part II" Learn more about Jennifer Lang in her recent Brevity blog post, "Memoir of My Marriage..." Also check out the recent review she wrote on Brahna Yassk's Slow Dancing with Fire.
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Simon S. Tam once said ... |
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Your uniqueness is your greatest strength, not how well you emulate others.
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Roz Morris was recently interviewed about storytelling, Lifeform Three, connecting with audiences, and more for three different websites or podcasts: by Mary Kole for the Good Story Podcast, by Katherine Roberts for Authors Electric, and by Elaina Battista-Parsons.
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Vine Leaves has a new editor!
Amanda is an author, editor, and performer living along the edge of Lake Erie. She writes fiction and other works related to the environment, history, and social activism. Her work can be found in libraries and classrooms around the world. In addition, Amanda has appeared in theater productions and films around western New York. When not working, Amanda enjoys being out in nature. She tries her best to grow and identify plants.
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Jenny Han once said ... |
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Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer.
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Check out our top-rated all-time bestsellers & other recommendations: |
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by Annalisa Crawford |
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Small Forgotten Moments (in Hardcover)
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Suffering long-term amnesia, artist Jo Mckye is ready to start a fresh, new project after the success of her debut exhibition. But the fictional subject of the collection, Zenna, won’t let go so easily. Infiltrating Jo’s dreams—and increasingly, her waking hours—Zenna is fast becoming a dangerous obsession.
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by Ann S. Epstein |
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Love, Loss and Secrets Across America and Beyond
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Three gripping and emotional historical novels by Ann S. Epstein about love, loss, and secrets across America, Italy, and Canada.
All profound and delightful reads, these novels are a poignant look at the strained relationships that trouble the multi-generation families of today as well as yesteryear. Highly charged with serious issues, plus the humor essential to confront them, you will turn the last pages with a smile.
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by Ian M. Rogers |
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MFA Thesis Novel
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Creative ne’er-do-well Flip Montcalm isn’t cut out for office life, so he jumps at the chance to join an MFA program in the rural Midwest. Broke and infatuated with the 20th century literary canon, he alienates his writing workshop with five hundred pages of existential dread, can’t name a single player on the university football team, and is actively trying to steal a rival writer’s girlfriend.
A delicious romp through the smudged halls of academia, this book will make you laugh out loud, as pretenders, druggies, hapless romantics, and the slightly talented do battle in fiction, trying to invent a book that will save them from the fate of ordinary life.
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by Melanie Faith |
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From Promising to Published: A Multi-Genre, Insider’s Guide to the Publication Process
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You’ve been writing and honing your craft for months or years and are curious about seeking publication for your latest project. Perhaps you wonder about the next steps in the process. Look no further!
This book has a little something for every writer interested in expanding their audience and sharing their writing with readers, from pre-writing and writing your drafts to choosing your market and the writing life before, during, and after publication.
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