How many people can say the 1993 slaying of Fulbright scholar, Amy Biel, in South Africa, is an event that has remained fresh in their memory? And for those too young to have been exposed to such brutal news, how many can say they have, in recent years, heard it talked about or written about … [Read more…]
You’ve read Bukowski’s “So You Want to be a Writer?” and in spite of it all, though your stillness is in fact a kind of madness, it nonetheless “doesn’t come bursting out of you.” Not the way it comes bursting out of Bukowski. “How to Become a Writer Or, Have You Earned This Cliche?” by … [Read more…]
The following list is a quick outline of why you should consider the low-residency option for your master of fine arts in creative writing. This is not meant to be an exhaustive argument for or against the MFACW. Instead, consider these points, one student’s reasons why the degree has not been a bad decision. Community—the … [Read more…]
Waccamaw Journal is a favorite online literary site edited by Dan Albergotti and Joe Oestreich, supported by Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina. Waccamaw takes its name from the Waccamaw River, which wanders through Conway on its way to the sea. Albergotti has a collection of poems called The Boatloads that you must read … [Read more…]
In Nate Silver’s recent best selling book, The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don’t, the Great Predictor begins with a history lesson.He begins with a brief history of what he considers the information age. The lesson does not begin with the personal computer or the internet, but with … [Read more…]