Janice Beetle is a long-time writer and editor for various publications in the Western Massachusetts area as well as the owner of Beetle Press. She was recently interviewed by Cheryl Malandrinos. Why did you become a writer? I have always been a big reader, and I think loving to write stems from knowing that I can create […]
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Pick up this week\’s Valley Advocate to see a mini-feature on Pat Schneider, who\’s reading from her poetry and her latest work, \”How the Light Gets In: Writing as a Spiritual Practice,\” on Friday, Oct. 11, at the Augusta Savage Gallery, UMass, 7 pm — Free! <a href=\”https://fac.umass.edu/Online/October11\”>Read more about it</a>. writeangles
Pat Schneider speaking at UMass Read More »
Patricia Lee Lewis, who will act as moderator of the panel on Small Presses this year, returned recently from southern Africa where she led a two-week writing and yoga retreat in Zimbabwe. The photograph shown here of a Matapos Hills cave drawing that is 6,000 years old was taken by Patricia. A local guide shades
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We are happy to present our program for this year (98% of it), and our FIVE agents who will be available for individual meetings and participate in an afternoon panel. Very soon we will be posting biographical information on our panelists and moderators. We expect to begin registration at the beginning of October. writeangles
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Hedgerow poet Maya Janson will read June 19, 7 pm, at Broadside Bookshop, 247 Main Street in Northampton MA. Maya will be running the poetry panel at this year’s WriteAngles conference. David Rivard writes about Montaigne Medal finalist Janson’s work, “Wide-open love of the world and its mad inhabitants is one of the holiest of
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Organizer Boris Kolba and Christine Molloy At the registration table: Cheryl Malandrinos, Jan Whitaker, and co-organizer Daisy Mathias writeangles
WriteAngles in pictures Read More »
A huge thank you to everyone who made yesterday\’s WriteAngles conference a big success. Thanks to our wonderful keynoters, Maria Luisa Arroyo and Ann Hood and to all our panelists who shared their knowledge and experience, often entertainingly. Thanks to all the panel moderators who recruited panelists and guided discussions. Thanks to all the behind-the-scenes
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The importance of tenacity is one of literary agent Jenny Bent\’s observations in an interesting and informative interview with her about how she became an agent and how she regards her role in book publishing. Among her insights is this: \”There are a lot of ways to attract the attention of an agent these days.\”
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Congratulations to this year’s WriteAngles panelist Gina Apostol on the publication of her new book GUN DEALER’S DAUGHTER. An impressionistic thriller of a novel, the book tells the story of an older Filipina woman looking back on her youth as a rebel in the 1970s Philippines. One critic called the book “a daring, fever dream
Popular favorite Jenny Bent is back and we have three great, new agents available for meetings with participants of the WriteAngles conference. Read more about them. Agent meetings are arranged on a first-come, first-served basis once registration begins in September. To get our announcement of the start of registration, be sure to subscribe to this
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