Literary agent Barbara Jones will speak to students at the Drexel Writing Festival on Wednesday, May 8 at 3:30 p.m. She has had an impressive career in the publishing industry as an editor, and she is ...

When scholars approach me for help writing a book proposal, especially when they believe their topic will be of general interest, my first piece of advice is always: Read Thinking Like Your Editor by ...

Printed with colorful imagery and compelling literary pieces spanning genres, the Brink Literary Journal in Iowa City offers a creative outlet for both readers and writers. Now, writers have the ...

Elizabeth Kracht has heard it time and time again: “I have a book idea.” The Tiburon literary agent knows the feeling well. She dreamed of writing one herself from a young age. But, after writing and ...

“Towards a Literary Prehistory of the Welfare State: Writing in a Reformist Mode, 1880-1910”: This paper outlines a literary prehistory of the welfare state through readings of works by Edward ...

Each of the Nonfiction Writing Group sessions will find participants reading samples of published essays and memoirs for inspiration. They will also discuss craft and form, draft nonfiction writing in ...

"Haunted houses may be full of ghosts, goblins, and guillotines, but it's their more prosaic features that pose the real danger." You'd be forgiven for thinking that's the opening line to a novel, ...

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