'The greater the resistance to the telling of a particular story, the greater the value in its being told.' HOW TO WRITE THE UNBEARABLE STORY Steve Almond Zando Poets & Writers pw.org/content/truth_…

Mile-High MFA poetry faculty, Suzi Q. Smith, is on the news inspiring the public with her poetry! Regis University Suzi Q. Smith #MileHighMFA

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Audio on, please! My 'Serenade for Strings' Finale - with video of deer on Virginia's Eastern Shore #ClassicalMusic #FilmMusic youtube.com/watch?v=1bwhjL…

Do you want to try your hand at writing image-driven flash fiction? Then this coming Wednesday's class is for you with Christine Sneed!

Register here: writersleague.org/calendar/writi…

I'll be teaching an online flash fiction class - March 13 - 6:30 - 9:30 PM CT - more details here! writersleague.org/calendar/writi…

Thanks to Leslie Jill Patterson, Josh Luckenbach, and everyone at Iron Horse for publishing my new story in their brand-new Party Issue! Glad to be printed alongside other writers such as my friend Teresa Milbrodt.

Few of you've asked so here's my next (and last class till fall) GUT REAL is an anti-workshop workshop for the busy writer trucking through their WIP--all gut, all forward motion, all active listening, no prep. Join this May + funnel the energy into summer
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Today, I'm recording this story for a podcast. I feel like it's one of my best pieces and I'm so honored by the response it's received. Thank you. 💙

In this Episode 224 clip, ⁦Peter Coviello⁩ discusses a core theme of his book, the interplay between love and sorrow, as well as how love for art isn't mutually exclusive with critique.

Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi…

Buy from UChicagoPress: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…

At long last, the cover of my new book, which contains everything I know about writing, based on 30 years of teaching and failing and trying again. It's short:

RT Christine Sneed

For Newcity Chicago, Christine Sneed reviewed Ep224 guest Peter Coviello Is There God After Prince. Key quote: '[Is There God After Prince is an] omnibus of brainy, exuberant essays that explore with insight and nuance an extraordinary range of subjects.'

Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi…

Book Fairs, Barflies, Rogue Genies:
Readings, the AWP book fair, where I'll be spending time at table 1133 for Northwestern's MFA program Feb. 7-9, and a publishing Zoom on 2/25, 2 PM PT for monthly & annual subscribers (subscriptions are 20%). open.substack.com/pub/christines…

Thanks to the The Washington Post for letting me run long about Lee Gutkind’s new book and get into some GENRE TALK

*running in the Sunday paper if anyone has access*

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Chats

A Conversation with Writer and Podcast Creator
Suzanne Clores

#podcast #parapsychology #otherworldly #amwriting

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Congratulations to current COAGS (Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study) student Fadia who just had a new poem published in @chicago_reader 'I Love Your Green Eyes: A Haibun for Baba'!

chicagoreader.com/reader-partner…

#poetry #amreading #WritingCommunity #amwriting #newpoem

Sharing a link to an interview with Don Tassone who has a new book out!
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But, wait! There's more. This one closes THIS FRIDAY (January 19). twitter.com/gardenpartylit…

Attention, #WritingCommunity : As noted on the Ecotone Magazine site, they'll be open for general submissions (fee-free, nonfiction only) January 26-31. ecotonemagazine.org/submissions/