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Oct 22, 20203 min read
The Ingenuity of Indie Presses by Diego Berrocal
A recent article in The Atlantic, “Why American Publishing Needs Indie Presses,” makes notable points. For example, the five major...
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Oct 13, 20203 min read
Form as a Container by Victoria Hill
This summer, Chautauqua Writers’ Center featured a virtual porch series and held a brown bag with Poet in Residence, Mathias Svalina....
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Sep 23, 20201 min read
Marjorie Maddox and "Whistle"
We hope you all are finding ways to survive and perhaps thrive in these challenging times. In hopes of inspiring you to read and write,...
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Sep 16, 20204 min read
Todd Davis on Poetry
Todd Davis has long been a friend to and supporter of Chautauqua. When I was serving as interim director for the Chautauqua Writers...
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Sep 11, 20203 min read
Saying Goodbye and Best Wishes
It is not hyperbole for me to say the Chautauqua team is special. I don’t know of another project like Chautauqua that links a private...
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Jul 17, 20204 min read
Kristen Dorsey Talks About Craft
I have heard young writers ponder if they should tell their hard stories. Our audience likes those stories—and let’s face it—writers need to
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Cara Marsicano
May 12, 20202 min read
Memoir Writing: 6 Tips From One Beginner to Another
I am by no means an expert in memoir writing. And yet, as I finish up my first year as an MFA candidate, I find myself “in deep” so to...
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Kayla Green
May 4, 20202 min read
Creating During COVID-19
It goes without saying that right now is hard on most everyone. I’m lucky. Lucky that I had a job during this time that still pays me...
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Ryleigh Wann
Apr 22, 20204 min read
The Gray Area of Posthumous Publishing
Franz Kafka, on his death bed, asked his best friend Max Brod to burn his work. Brod ignored this request, and because of the denial of...
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Bella Wick
Apr 17, 20203 min read
4 Tips for Self-Editing Before Submission
1. Get the piece workshopped. American writer Jodi Picoult said, “Read a ton. Take a workshop course so you learn to give and get...
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Kristen Dorsey
Apr 6, 20202 min read
Just The Essentials
My money is tight as a full-time student, but I really wanted to get a rest from classes over spring break--so I decided to pack up my...
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Susan Polizzotto
Mar 9, 20202 min read
Water Log
Twenty-five years old Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, I’m in the pool by 6:00 am for an intense, hour and fifteen minute workout....
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Chautauqua Team
Mar 2, 20203 min read
What We Read Over Winter Break Pt. 4
From Matt Over the Christmas break, I read The Geography of Risk by Gilbert Gaul, which tackles the sticky subject of sea level rise and...
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Chautauqua Team
Feb 24, 20201 min read
What We Read Over Winter Break Pt. 3
From Tori In Katie Farris's hybrid micro-fiction, Boysgirls takes you into a fantastical world through her lyrical language and...
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Chautauqua Team
Feb 17, 20202 min read
What We Read Over Winter Break Pt. 2
From Susan Masks, by Fumiko Enchi (1958, trans. from Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter 1983) is a short but powerfully haunting novel...
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Chautauqua Team
Feb 10, 20201 min read
What We Read Over Winter Break
From Ryan This Is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, is an epistolary novel about time travel, secret...
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Melissa Newcity
Jan 21, 20203 min read
5 Tips on Renewing Creative Energy & Shaking Up Your Writing Routine
1. Dedicate time to foster relationships with other writers. As writers, we need relationships and engagement with other writers—not only...
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Heather Darrow
Nov 21, 20193 min read
Tips for Rewriting
Ernest Hemingway declared, “The only kind of writing is rewriting.” In my much shorter experience as a writer, I have found myself...
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S. J. Stephens
Oct 18, 20193 min read
Three Writers on Writing – Whose Voice Works for You?
A plethora of books, websites, blogs and other resources exist that offer advice to writers. Many assume that time management is the most...
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