Erica Peplin: On Writing Messy, Lovable Characters

In this interview, author Erica Peplin discusses how working at The New York Times partially inspired her debut novel, Work Nights.
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https://www.writersdigest.com/erica-peplin-on-writing-messy-lovable-characters

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Lapham’s Quarterly Will Begin Its Revival with Website and Podcast #journalism #literary #magazines
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/books/laphams-quarterly-relaunch.html

Free Fiction Monday: Something Blue

For Amelia’s second marriage, Gram gives her a visit to a wedding counselor. Not a marriage counselor, but someone who will advise how to achieve a perfect marriage through the perfect ceremony. Superstitious nonsense, Amelia thinks, although she doesn’t want to offend Gram. But as the meeting…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/06/09/free-fiction-monday-something-blue/

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Jennifer Oko: On the Community Focus of Indie Publishers

In this interview, author Jennifer Oko discusses the benefits of working with an independent publisher for her new literary novel, Just Emilia.
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https://www.writersdigest.com/jennifer-oko-on-the-community-focus-of-indie-publishers

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Allison King: On Writing Between Genres

In this interview, author Allison King discusses how the delineation of genre informed her editing process with her new novel, The Phoenix Pencil Company.
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https://www.writersdigest.com/allison-king-on-writing-between-genres

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Parents versus Teachers

A timid teacher in an unruly class leads to a situation that rapidly escalates... My ballad in light verse in MuddyUm on
@medium https://medium.com/muddyum/parents-versus-teachers-550b6c4bd124?sk=f22105b254df2f20d4c3ff9c8df1c29c

#poetry #verse #humor #education #school #teacherstudent #discipline #administration #literary #ballad

Every once in a while the stars align and you get to work on a paper that aligns all your interests. For me it was this side project:

Speculative Ecologies: Anxieties, Hierarchies, and Anarchies in the Natures of Speculative Fiction

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https://www.literarygeographies.net/index.php/LitGeogs/article/view/437

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Opps. I forgot a book for my thread. It's under the African authors category. Chigozie Obioma: THE ROAD TO THE COUNTRY. This author's novels are about the Biafran civil war in Nigeria. OK...not a happy story, but he writes well.
I'm going to try and lighten up for the summer.

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I’m no AI but I did read some books over the past 12 months and I’m happy to share the titles and what I thought about them. All but one (CARELESS PEOPLE – read it!!) are fiction… a short thread.
African Authors or books involving Africa
Shubnun Khan: THE DJINN WAITS A HUNDRED YEARS -Indian family moves to coastal So. Africa and lives in a house haunted by a love sick Djinn – well written but a little sad. 1/7
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The 10 #Books That Defined the #1970s

Books that paint a fair picture of the landscape of #literary #culture for the decade.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/a-century-of-reading-the-10-books-that-defined-the-1970s

"know that another kind of #literary world, one that doesn’t traffic in blood money and self-interest but in solidarity and collective power already exists because we the people have made it so.” https://breachmedia.ca/scotiabank-israeli-arms-canlit-campaign/

Secrets We Keep From Each Other: Building Tension in Fictional Marriages

Author Paul Vidich examines the way three novels portray deception in fictional marriages to build tension and compelling stories.
https://www.writersdigest.com/secrets-we-keep-from-each-other-building-tension-in-fictional-marriages

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Tarisai Ngangura: On the Sadness of Finishing a Book

In this interview, author Tarisai Ngangura discusses the surprising feedback she received from publishers with her debut literary novel, The Ones We Loved.
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https://www.writersdigest.com/tarisai-ngangura-on-the-sadness-of-finishing-a-book

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"As #YIVO Institute for #Jewish Research archivists pored over 200,000 pages of materials from the #literary estate of acclaimed #Yiddish #writer Chaim Grade, which the #nonprofit acquired in 2010 after Grade’s widow died, they knew of rumors of an unpublished novel. Several years into their research, they found the #manuscript of Sons and Daughters, which, with YIVO’s help, was #published in English last month.

Excavating lost Jewish cultural gems has been a cornerstone of YIVO’s mission for 100 years, since it was founded in 1925, according to Jonathan Brent, the nonprofit’s CEO, who has led the organization for more than 15 years."

https://tjvnews.com/2025/04/at-100-yivo-aims-to-be-more-global/