on the reason for throwing parties: Here was So-and-so in South Kensington; some one up in Bayswater; and somebody else, in Mayfair. And she felt quite continuously a sense of their existence; and she felt what a waste; and she felt what a pity; and she felt if only they could be brought together; so she did it. And it was an offering; to combine, to create; but to whom?
Monthly Archives: February 2006
a clean well-lighted place
A couple of interesting events coming up at ACWLP in the next couple of weeks. Sarah Vowell will read from Assassination Vacation on Feb. 8, Julian Barnes will read from Arthur and George–”a tale about low crime and high spirituality, guilt and innocence, identity, nationality and race, in which two men’s lives become interwoven and each becomes the other’s salvation”–on Feb. 10, and local author Brenda Webster will read from her latest, The Beheading Game, on Feb. 13. “Who would have thought that Gawain and the Green Knight could lend itself to such a brilliant–and thoroughly contemporary–retelling? In Webster’s...
Gulf Coast Writing Contests
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Gulf Coast are given annually for a poem, a short story, and a work of creative nonfiction. Submit up to five poems totaling no more than 10 pages or a story or essay of up to 25 pages with a $15 entry fee, which includes a one-year subscription to Gulf Coast, by March 15. Send an SASE or visit the Web site for complete guidelines. Gulf Coast, Writing Contests, Department of English, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-3013. David Ray Vance, Associate Editor.
Sarabande Books
Two prizes of $2,000 each and publication by Sarabande Books are given annually for book-length collections of poetry and fiction. The Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry is given for a poetry collection of at least 48 pages. Michael Ryan will judge. The Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction is given for a manuscript of short stories of 150 to 250 pages or a novella of no more than 250 pages. Norman Rush will judge. Submit a manuscript with a $20 entry fee by February 15. Send an SASE or visit the Web site for the required application and...
Radar Reading Series
I’ll be reading at the Radar Reading Series on Thursday night, with Heather Rogers (Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage), Robin Pickering, and Joy Castro–hosted by Michelle Tea, who, as always, will be baking cookies for the event (ask a question, get a cookie!). 6-7:30pm. San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch, Lower Level, Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room, 100 Larkin St. at Grove. Info: sfpl.lib.ca.us/news/events.htm
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