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Tag Archives: Literary Boroughs
Literary Boroughs #53: Prague, Czech Republic
The Literary Boroughs series will explore little-known and well-known literary communities across the country and world and show that while literary culture can exist online without regard to geographic location, it also continues to thrive locally. Posts are by no means exhaustive and we encourage … Continue reading
Literary Boroughs #52: Toronto, Ontario
The Literary Boroughs series will explore little-known and well-known literary communities across the country and world and show that while literary culture can exist online without regard to geographic location, it also continues to thrive locally. Posts are by no means exhaustive and we encourage … Continue reading
Introducing… The New Ploughshares Blog!
The Ploughshares blog has changed a lot since we first launched it in 2009. Back then, it was mostly a supplement to the magazine—a clearinghouse for announcements, extra contributors’ notes, and all the other little tidbits that wouldn’t fit elsewhere. … Continue reading
Literary Boroughs #51: Sacramento, CA
The Literary Boroughs series will explore little-known and well-known literary communities across the country and world and show that while literary culture can exist online without regard to geographic location, it also continues to thrive locally. Posts are by no means exhaustive and we encourage … Continue reading
Literary Boroughs #50: Cleveland, OH
The Literary Boroughs series will explore little-known and well-known literary communities across the country and world and show that while literary culture can exist online without regard to geographic location, it also continues to thrive locally. Posts are by no means exhaustive and we encourage … Continue reading
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Tagged A Christmas Story, American Splendor, Andy Borowitz, Brews and Prose, Cleveland, Crooked River Burning, CSU Poetry Center, Dan Chaon, Dave Lucas, Hart Crane, Harvey Pekar, Jean Shepherd, Langston Hughes, Lena Dunham, Literary Boroughs, Mark Winegardner, MFA programs, Northeast Ohio MFA, Ohio City Writers, Salvatore Scibona, Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, Whiskey Island Review
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Literary Boroughs #49: New Orleans, LA
The Literary Boroughs series will explore little-known and well-known literary communities across the country and world and show that while literary culture can exist online without regard to geographic location, it also continues to thrive locally. Posts are by no means exhaustive and we encourage … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Boroughs
Tagged Charles Bukowski, Colum McCann, Gertrude Stein, Herbert Asbury, Jack Kerouac, John Kennedy Toole, Kate Chopin, Literary Boroughs, Loyola University, Mark Twain, MFA programs, Nelson Algren, New Orleans, NOCCA, Tulane University, University of New Orleans, Walt Whitman, William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston
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Literary Boroughs #48: Berlin, Germany
The Literary Boroughs series will explore little-known and well-known literary communities across the country and world and show that while literary culture can exist online without regard to geographic location, it also continues to thrive locally. Posts are by no means exhaustive and we encourage … Continue reading
Literary Boroughs #47: Seattle, WA
The Literary Boroughs series will explore little-known and well-known literary communities across the country and world and show that while literary culture can exist online without regard to geographic location, it also continues to thrive locally. Posts are by no means exhaustive and we encourage … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Boroughs
Tagged Blue Moon, Boeing, Bumbershoot, Charles Burns, David Shields, Elliott Bay Book Company, Jonathan Raban, Literary Boroughs, Maria Semple, MFA programs, Michael Byers, Microsoft, Nirvana, Octavia Butler, Open Books, Pike Place Market, Poetry Northwest, Richard Hugo, Richard Hugo House, Seattle, Sherman Alexie, The Central Library, Theodore Roethke, Tom Robbins, University of Washington
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Literary Boroughs #46: Stone Town, Zanzibar, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The Literary Boroughs series will explore little-known and well-known literary communities across the country and world and show that while literary culture can exist online without regard to geographic location, it also continues to thrive locally. Posts are by no means exhaustive and we encourage … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Boroughs
Tagged A Novel Idea, Dar es Salaam, Emily Reute, Going Solo, Literary Boroughs, Maneno, Memoirs of an Arabian Princess in Zanibar, Roald Dahl, Soma Book Cafe, State University of Zanzibar, Stone Town, Swahili, Tanzania, TPH Bookstore, University of Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar
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Literary Boroughs #45: Columbia, MO
The Literary Boroughs series will explore little-known and well-known literary communities across the country and world and show that while literary culture can exist online without regard to geographic location, it also continues to thrive locally. Posts are by no means exhaustive and we encourage … Continue reading
