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Tag Archives: reading
“It’s Not You, It’s Me” & Other Reasons We Don’t Finish Good Books
You’re sitting across from someone you really dig. One of you is fiddling with a napkin edge or straw wrapper, avoiding eye contact. One of you finally says: It’s not you. It’s me. And then the unraveling begins. One-sided endings … Continue reading
My Ideal Bookshelf* (*For Today)
The package arrived earlier than expected, its corners sharp, its weight hardbound. I tore open the seal and inhaled its out-of-print mustiness. This was the book with all the answers. This book contained all I needed in the world right … Continue reading
Posted in Ploughshares Bloggers
Tagged characters, disaster, fire, history, Ideal Bookshelf, novels, reading, research, Wisconsin, writing process
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The Best Story I Read in a Lit Mag This Week: “My Parasite” by Gina Frangello
The thing about a well-developed setting is that in many ways it’s invisible: it’s hidden in a sentence that reveals a character’s flaw, it sits quietly beside an emotional truth, it’s the catalyst for a surprising behavior. Setting grounds us … Continue reading
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Tagged fiction, Gina Frangello, My Parasite, reading, reviews, short story, Sunday Rumpus Fiction, The Rumpus
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Patricia Hampl Reads at Emerson (October 4 @ 8:00)
Mark your calendars! Fall 2012 guest editor and award-winning author Patricia Hampl will visit Emerson to read from her work and introduce her all-essay issue of Ploughshares. This event is free and open to the public! WHEN: Thursday, October 4 … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Ploughshares News
Tagged Fall 2012, guest editor, Patricia Hampl, reading
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How Much of Your Salary Would You Spend on a Book?
Last year my husband, Adam Stumacher, and I moved to Guatemala so we could work on our novels. That was the plan. Our first week there, he worked diligently, often using Freedom on his computer so he could stay focused … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Bloggers
Tagged Guatemala, guest blog, Jennifer De Leon, literacy, reading, salary
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Book People
Apparently, E.L. Doctorow once taught a course that only had one book on the syllabus. The class read the one book and decided from there what the next book should be. If it was Jane Eyre, somebody might then suggest … Continue reading
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Tagged Guest Bloggers, literature, literature classes, Michael Klein, reading
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Nick Flynn: Q&A and Reading (with videos and blurry photos!)
Spring guest editor Nick Flynn stopped by Emerson last night to read, introduce the issue, and chat with Ploughshares poetry editor John Skoyles. He was introduced by poet and novelist Pablo Medina and Ploughshares editor-in-chief Ladette Randolph. Nick read his … Continue reading
Posted in Multimedia, Ploughshares News, Uncategorized
Tagged memoir, Nick Flynn, poetry, reading, Spring 2012
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Fanny Howe and Martha Ronk reading at the Blacksmith House
Former Ploughshares guest-editor Fanny Howe (Vol. 2/1, Spring 1974) and Ploughshares contributor Martha Ronk will be reading from their work on December 7th at the Blacksmith House. Fanny Howe is the author of over twenty books of poetry and prose. … Continue reading
