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Book Fair - Iowa City Book Festival
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Literature in Iowa City. October 4 - 9, 2016. Iowa City, IA. Events will be held in and around downtown Iowa City. The 2016 Book Fair, Saturday, October 8th, 10 AM-4PM. Pedestrian mall, downtown Iowa City. To reserve a booth. 2016 Book Fair Vendors. Caveworks Press and Studio. Iowa Writers’ House. Iowa Youth Writing Project. University of Iowa Press. Usborne Books and More. Julie Burns, author of The Purse. Eliza David, author of Brew Girl. Ricky Dragoni, author of Ripples. Interested in having a booth?
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The Fail Safe • Page 2 of 2 • a podcast about writing and failure
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A podcast about writing and failure. A podcast about writing and failure. Episode 7: Laura van den Berg. Episode 6: New Year’s Eve Wrap-Up. Episode 5: Leslie Jamison. And The Iowa Writers’ House. The Fail Safe provides encouragement for anyone who’s ever wanted to write and pulls back the curtain on the creative process for a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the writer-at-work. Short story writer Kelly Link invites readers into the slipstream with stories of the fantastic. Link has collected a Hugo. Roxane G...
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Alissa Nutting • The Fail Safe
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A podcast about writing and failure. Is author of the short story collection Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls. Selected by judge Ben Marcus as winner of the 6th Starcherone Prize for Innovative Fiction, and the novel, Tampa. Ecco/HarperCollins, 2013). A new novel, Made for Love,. Is forthcoming from Ecco in the summer of 2017. Her writing has appeared in T in House, Fence, BOMB, Elle, The New York Times, Conduit,. And O: The Oprah Magazine. THE FAIL SAFE is a production of. Draft: the journal of process.
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Episode 5: Leslie Jamison • The Fail Safe
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A podcast about writing and failure. Episode 5: Leslie Jamison. Host Rachel Yoder talks with best-selling author LESLIE JAMISON about the compost heap of failure, a tool for reframing failure that Leslie calls Detroiting it, and how to navigate feedback of all sorts from classmates to spouses. 8216;s most recent book, a collection of essays called. The Empathy Exams,. Won the 2012 Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize and was named one of the best books of the year by NPR,. The New York Times. The Gin Closet,.
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EVENTS • The Fail Safe
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A podcast about writing and failure. April 4, 2017 Mission Creek Festival. 15 S Dubuque St. Iowa City, IA. Join us for a live recording at Mission Creek, an Iowa City festival featuring music, literature, comedy, and free community events. The show starts at 4pm. Hope to see you there. Short story writer Kelly Link. Invites readers into the slipstream with stories of the fantastic. Link has collected a Hugo Award, three Nebula Awards, and a World Fantasy Award. Her most recent collection,. April 28, 2016.
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Pikes Peak Writers’ Conference 2016 | The Evening Ramble
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Writing. Learning. Doing that whole grown-up thing. April 20, 2016. Pikes Peak Writers’ Conference 2016. Oh my god oh my god oh my god, did I have an amazing weekend. For anyone who hasn’t attended a writers’ conference before, do it. If you’re able, do this one. Pikes Peak Writers’ Conference. Go look at the website. Easily one of the best conventions I’ve ever been to and I already cannot wait for next year. Good Things I Learned:. Make a lot of maps. Visit a lot of places. Do your research, treat them...
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07 | April | 2016 | The Evening Ramble
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Writing. Learning. Doing that whole grown-up thing. Daily Archives: April 7, 2016. April 7, 2016. State of the Blog. Being an adult is weird. Those of you who know me personally know the reason the blog’s been on hold for a couple weeks: I recently started my first Actual Grown-up Job (with a desk and everything), I’ve been doing a ton of work with the Iowa Writers’ House. And I’ve been editing. The Thrilling Adventures of Clara Delaney. Anyway. Here’s more information on all that stuff. If you’re in Iow...
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abpenland | The Evening Ramble
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Writing. Learning. Doing that whole grown-up thing. November 15, 2016. Open Letter to Donald Trump. Last political thing on here. I promise. Request: if you’re a marginalized person, tell Trump here. That you will not be silenced, and share what I said below. Continue reading →. November 10, 2016. I’m Not Going to Shut Up. We all know what I’m writing about today. Continue reading →. October 26, 2016. More Thoughts To Come. Her name was Sarah Foster, and I was eight years old. Continue reading →. They...
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The Blank Slate | The Evening Ramble
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Writing. Learning. Doing that whole grown-up thing. September 28, 2016. Everyone who knows me well knows that I’m not a fan of heroes. I’m just not a fan. I’m not just hating on heroes to be edgy, I promise. This is grounded in proper literary analysis. Namely, the white-bread moral paragons of virtue are a subset of what I hope is a fading literary trend: The Everyman. This is how to avoid falling into that trap. Definition: Make Them Boys Go Loco. They make things accessible. There’s nothing wron...
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