Tag: 1

“Writing On The Edge” Is Anthology of Alaska Stories

David James, editor of the Alaskan literature anthology “Writing on the Edge,” during a signing at Title Wave Books on March 4. James will be at Barnes & Noble in Fairbanks this Saturday from 1 to 3. PHOTO BY Karen Jensen Alaska means different things to different people. A new anthology of 33 Alaska stories, […]

Exposition in Literature: Definition, Examples, and a Complete Guide for Writers

How do good stories start? In the middle of the action? With a slow buildup to the action? What would you say is the literary definition of exposition, and how can knowing it help you write better stories? Exposition is a literary term that deals with how to start a story. In this article, I’ll […]

New Releases Tuesday: The Best Books Out This Week

It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for new books! Here are a few of the books out today you should add to your TBR. This is a very small percentage of the new releases this week, as well as a few others you may have missed from recent weeks. Make sure to stick around until […]

1 – 2 November 2022

They’ve announced the winner of this year’s Nordic Council Literature Prize, the leading Scandinavian literary prize, and it is the first three volumes of Solvej Balle’s septology — yes, another Nordic septology … — Om udregning af rumfang ; see also, for example, the Danish Arts Foundation information page for volume three. Balle’s According to […]

Award-winning author, Atlantic staff writer Clint Smith to deliver 2022 Rev. Bernie Clark, C.S.C., Lecture

Clint Smith, award-winning author and staff writer for The Atlantic, will deliver the Center for Social Concerns’ 2022 Rev. Bernie Clark, C.S.C., Lecture at 5 p.m. Nov. 9 (Wednesday) in the Smith Ballroom at the Morris Inn on the University of Notre Dame campus. The event is free and open to the public. Smith is […]

‘Generally, I feel the more people involved in songwriting, the less personal it gets.’

MBW’s World’s Greatest Songwriters series celebrates the pop composers behind the globe’s biggest hits. In this edition, we meet Per Gessle, one half of Sweden’s second most successful band of all time, Roxette, and the writer behind all their biggest hits. World’s Greatest Songwriters is supported by AMRA – the global digital music collection society […]

Two local writers pen new books

Picture are Lelia Moskowitz, author of “Growland,” and Kathy Wollenberg, author of “Far Less.” (Photo by Janine Volkmar) Lelia Moskowitz, author of “Growland,” and Kathy Wollenberg, author of “Far Less,” have been part of a writing group since 2003, and both wrote novels published by The Press at Cal Poly Humboldt in 2020 just as […]