You’re 17 years old. For some reason you’ve decided you want to go to college to learn how to be a journalist. My hat’s off to you — first, for wanting to […]
Pekar Tribute 11: James Smith
Short fiction satisfies quickly, succinctly
by Zack Witzel Succinct. Compact. Crisp. A successful short story can captivate. It can console. It can discomfort. And all in just one sitting. In short fiction, writers must force themselves to […]
Pekar Tribute 10: Zina Saunders
Writing for ‘new media’? The old still serves the new
As profs consider changing the names of their schools of journalism and (mass, strategic, public, etc.) communication, they are hurriedly reshaping writing curricula to reflect changes in the media of information delivery […]
A little Grinchistory
“Why, for fifty-threes years I’ve put up with this now….” So growls the Grinch as he laments the oncoming onslaught of Christmas joy certain to echo up from the little town of […]
Pekar Tribute 9: Kenny Be
A conversation with playwright Christopher Shinn
photo by Talbot Eckweiler “All writing is the same,” says playwright Christopher Shinn. “The hard part is doing it in the first place.” Shinn, who won the Obie Award for playwriting in […]
Pekar Tribute 8: Aengus Cargo
NaNoWriMo Breaking News: Stick a fork in me, I'm done
A WordsDay Special Let’s run the numbers. At approximately 2:00 a.m., EST, I finished the first draft of my novel for National Novel Writing Month. My word count came in at 50,390; […]
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