From the Archives: Howard Norman (2/22/21)
Posted in Writing, Memoir, Vermont on Feb 22nd, 2021 Comments
Good luck with your work in the coming week, and tune in next week for another prompt or suggestion.
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Posted in Writing, Memoir, Vermont on Feb 22nd, 2021 Comments
Good luck with your work in the coming week, and tune in next week for another prompt or suggestion.
Music Credit: Aaron Shapiro
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Posted in Fiction, YA Fiction, Novels, Race, Bullying, LGBTQIA, African Americans, Friendship, Depression, Books on Feb 18th, 2021 Comments
A conversation with two of YA's finest: Sharon G. Flake, whose new book is The Life I'm In, and Bill Konigsberg, whose latest novel is The Bridge (both are published by Scholastic).
Both of my guests write about the pain, joy, discovery, and hope of the teenage years. This week’s Write the Book Prompt is to write a paragraph on each of those four subjects: pain, joy, discovery, hope, from the perspective of your own teenage self. Perhaps you are still a teenager. Or maybe you fit that description five years ago. Perhaps fifty. No matter the case, a young adult sensibility still lives in your memories and the person you became and are still becoming each day. Harness those feelings and memories, and write.
Good luck with your work in the coming week, and tune in next week for another prompt or suggestion.
Music Credit: Aaron Shapiro
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Posted in Writing, Judaism, Nonfiction, Memoir, Family, Academia, Books, Latin Americans on Feb 8th, 2021 Comments
Columbia University Campbell Family Professor of Anthropology Claudio Lomnitz whose new memoir is Neustra América: My Family in the Vertigo of Translation (Other Press).
My guest’s title, Nuestra America translates in English as Our America. In the case of Professor Lomnitz’s book, the title refers to his own family’s experience of America. But if you were to say them aloud, what might the words “Our America” mean to you? This week’s Write the Book Prompt is to write about that. Consider America, the continent or the country, as you interpret it, and whatever sense of ownership and community the word “Our” might bring to your own mind. In times of post-election fallout, particularly this year, it might be a good exercise for all of us. What is Our America, and who are “We?” Who is a member of Our America, from your viewpoint; what does that collective share in common, and what do you think about or hope for that group?
Good luck with your work in the coming week, and tune in next week for another prompt or suggestion.
Music Credit: Aaron Shapiro
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Posted in Writing, Fiction, Novels, History, Maine, Setting, Holocaust, Books on Feb 2nd, 2021 Comments
A conversation about setting with Susan Conley, author of Landslide, and Lauren Fox, author of Send For Me, both published by Knopf.
This week we have four Write the Book Prompts, thanks to the generosity of my guests.
From Susan:
From Lauren:
Good luck with your work in the coming week, and tune in next week for another prompt or suggestion.
Music Credit: Aaron Shapiro
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