The Writer’s News
The Writer’s News keeps you informed about new developments in the writing world, including award and publication announcements, news from AWP and the field, and updates about important literary figures.
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October 1, 2007
Knopf’s Embarrassing Archives at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
In an article in the New York Times Sunday Book Review, David Oshinsky, a historian, writes about all the classics that Knopf’s readers rejected. Read more...
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October 1, 2007
Dave Eggers Wins $250,000 Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities Category
Established in 1993 by Teresa Heinz in memory of her late husband Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania, the awards, according to the Heinz Family Foundation, which administers them, “recognize exceptional leadership and accomplishments in areas of special interest to Sen. Heinz.” Read more...
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October 1, 2007
Author Travels The Silk Road
British author Colin Thubron recently traveled along the ancient Silk Road, the legendary route that connects Asia to Europe, and wrote of his experiences in a new book, Shadow of the Silk Road. Read more...
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October 1, 2007
Hamline University Announces Its Joint JD/MFA In Creative Writing Degree
A program set to “produce lawyers capable of exploring social and political issues through fiction and creative nonfiction writing,” is the first of its kind in the nation. Read more...
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October 1, 2007
Schools Cut Arts Education Since the No-Child-Left Behind Measure Of 2002
A study by the DC-based Center on Education Policy has released the details of its report surveying school curriculum changes since the No-Child Left Behind measure of 2002. Read more...
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October 1, 2007
National Book Awards Ceremony Honors Joan Didion And Terry Gross
The National Book Foundation recently announced Joan Didion and Terry Gross as its honorees for the National Book Awards ceremony on November 14. Read more...
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October 1, 2007
The Mccormick Tribune Foundation Awards Women’s eNews a $40,000 Grant To Support its “New Writers Program”
A program for undergraduate and graduate students in journalism or related fields to work for Women’s eNews, new writers will work through the entire journalistic process, including brainstorming for story ideas, completing the reporting and research procedures, and writing the final news article. Read more...
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October 1, 2007
French Author Under Fire
Author Mazarine Pingeot’s fifth novel, Le Cimetiere des poupees (The Doll Cemetery), is under recent fire since a French family has accused her of exploitation, citing the similarities between the novel’s plot and their real-life infanticide case. Read more...
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October 1, 2007
Garrison Keillor Writes Again
Garrison Keillor’s new book, Pontoon, is the fifth in the series chronicling the fictional Lake Wobegon, the town he has been talking about on his radio show, “A Prairie Home Companion,” for more than thirty years. Read more...
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October 1, 2007
Award Series Winner’s Book Becomes A Lifetime Television Movie
Sue William Silverman’s Love Sick: One Woman’s Journey Through Sexual Addiction is being made into a Lifetime Television Original Movie starring Sally Pressman as Silverman. Read more...