2011 Memphis Creative Nonfiction Workshop Memphis, Tennessee September 23-25, 2011 The 2011 Memphis Creative Nonfiction Workshop will feature faculty-led manuscript critique sessions, craft talks, a “pitch fest” hosted by a literary agent, panels, and keynote presentations by published authors in the field of creative nonfiction, including creative nonfiction authors, Neil White, Kristen Iversen, […]
SLR Contributor Signs Debut Novel
June 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Meet SLR contributor, Paul Yarbrough, as he signs his debut novel, Mississipi Cotton, Tuesday, June 7 from 5:30-7 at Main Street Booksin Hattiesburg, MS.
Register Now for 2011 Squire Summer Writing Residency
June 3, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Registration is now open for the North Carolina Writers’ Network’s 2011 Squire Summer Writing Residency, July 14-17 at the Hilton Riverfront in New Bern. The Squire Summer Writing Residency is open only to the first fifty registrants, who can choose one of the following workshops: Creative Nonfiction with Virginia Holman; Poetry with Peter Makuck; […]
Meet Mark Richard, Author of June Read of the Month – House of Prayer No. 2
June 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Award-winning author, Mark Richard, graciously took time to discuss his memoir, House of Prayer No. 2, which was selected as the SLR June Read of the Month. We hope you enjoy reading the fascinating conversation between Richard and SLR editor-in-chief, Julie Cantrell. SLR: What I love about this book the most is that my high school […]
June Read of the Month: House of Prayer No. 2, by Mark Richard
June 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
House of Prayer No. 2 By Mark Richard Click to Buy In the first few sentences of his intoxicating memoir, House of Prayer No. 2: A Writer’s Journey Home, Mark Richard builds a unique relationship with the reader. He plucks you out of the real world and drops you directly into a bizarre parallel […]
Harvard Offers Class on Southern Literature
May 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Think Southern Lit doesn’t have broad impact in other regions? Harvard is offering a class in this year’s Summer School Writing Program that will examine Southern works in conjunction with the Harlem Renaissance. Specifically, the course is described as follows: “Beginning with the renaissance in Southern letters that emerged in the early 1920s, and […]