Filed under: Random Cool Things, Read, Reviews | Tags: andre agassi, autobiography, memoirs, new york times, tennis
The New York Times Book Editor posted a wonderful video interview with Andre Agassi, tennis player turned writer. Agassi recently published his autobiography OPEN, which chronicles his struggle with his dislike of tennis while he was growing up. If you’re an Agassi fan (or even if you justl ike sports memoirs) this interview is worth checking out.
Filed under: Author Interviews, Awesome Writers | Tags: interviews, maya angelou, poets
For the Maya Angelou fans out there ,The Guardian did a recent interview with her. Click here to check it out.
Filed under: Awesome Writers, Random Cool Things, Writing News | Tags: colum mccan, contests, national book award, writers
Congratulations to Colum McCann! McCann recieved the 2009 National Book Award for his novel Let the Great World Spin, an allegorical tale surrounding the 9/11 terrorist attack and a man who walks between the towers on a tight rope. Click here to check out the videos from the event and shortlist of finalists.
Filed under: MFA Schools | Tags: graduate school, low res mfa, MFA, warren wilson, writers
Warren Wilson College has a very rare bragging right in the literary world–they were the first college in the United States to create a Low Residency MFA program. Since 1976, faculty and graduates of the Warren Wilson MFA program have won nearly every major literary prize including Guggenheim Fellowships, National Book Awards, Pushcart Prizes and Pulitzers. With tuition topping out at a mere $7K per semester(not including financial aid), the low residency program at WWC has proven to be a great alternative for phenomenal writers who couldn’t commit to a traditional MFA program. Here are some fast facts about Warren Wilson College and links for those who want more informaation: (more…)
Welp kiddos, its about that time. The year is winding down and to celebrate, the New Oxford American Dictionary has picked a word of the year. And the word is *insert drumroll here*…
Unfriend: (v.)–To remove someone as a friend from a social networking site such as facebook.
In a year of social networking explosion, we felt that this was the right choice. Click here to check out the full article.
