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Jonathan Woods in NY Magazine & reading at KGB
Sirenlander Jonathan Woods has more good juju for his Bad Juju: New York Magazine just rated his book, Bad Juju & Other Tales of Madness and Mayhem, as highbrow brilliant on their Approval Matrix for the week of April 26, … Continue reading
Huffing and Puffing: Montepertuso to Positano
You work out five days a week, you do a fair job in the nutrition department–you consider yourself to be in good shape. That is, until you find yourself at a writers conference in Positano, Italy, and one of your … Continue reading
Jim Shepard on Close Reading
“Improving as a reader is something you have to do to improve as a writer.” In this brief talk from Sirenland, Jim Shepard outlines how to improve as a reader. Tweet
Arrivederci
Our last day in Positano, and Antonio Sersale, our dear host, just passed me this message he wanted to forward on to everyone who attended this year. Thank you for making it such a wonderful conference. – Hannah Arrivederci… I … Continue reading
Positano: The Music Video
Sylvia Mann’s (Sirenland ’09) ode to Positano. Tweet
Jonathan Woods’s Bad Juju
Sirenlander Jonathan Woods just finished a trailer for his book, Bad Juju & Other Tales of Madness and Mayhem. Check it out, below: Tweet
Ron Carlson’s Got the Touch
Ron was my workshop leader at Squaw Valley Writers Conference last summer, helping me fine-tune my short story, “Farallon,” which Narrative Magazine is featuring as a Story of the Week (through this Saturday; archived on Sunday). I learned so much … Continue reading
Nam Le at Sirenland
We’re excited to announce that award-winning writer (and One Story author) Nam Le will be joining us as at Sirenland for a day or two. He’ll be giving a reading and you’ll all get a chance to meet him and … Continue reading