http://acoustictypewriter.com Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:49:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en    Writer, poet, editor and critic, Edgar Allan Poe is one of the best remembered figures of the American Romantic movement.  This was not always so. Though relatively prolific during his lifetime, Poe lapsed into near obscurity after his death. A prolific critic with barbed tongue and acid wit, Poe collected many enemies during his ... http://acoustictypewriter.com/?p=200 Grub Street is a non-profit creative writing center dedicated to nurturing writers and connecting readers with the wealth of writing talent in the Boston area. In addition to their workshops, Grub Street offers a host of services to writers of all levels. Their upcoming Muse and the Marketplace Conference (April 25-26) ... http://acoustictypewriter.com/?p=179 Want to get in with a great journal from the start? Thinking of starting a journal of your own? Randi Shapiro and Jim Cronin, two founding editors, talk about their experience getting White Whale Review off the ground. They share their views on submissions, reading slush, and give great tips ... http://acoustictypewriter.com/?p=152 Doug is director of the Creative Writing MFA at Emerson College, where he also teaches. He is the author of five books of nonfiction, most recently A Country Practice: Scenes from a Veterinary Life. In this segment, Doug talks extensively about MFA programs. He gives useful information for those thinking of ... http://acoustictypewriter.com/?p=87 Natalie is Associate Professor of English at Hope College. Aided by an NEH Fellowship, as well as a grant from the Massachusetts Historical Society, she's written a biography of Clover Adams (forthcoming, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). In this segment, Natalie discusses her research methods, her evolving relationship with her subject, the art and roll of biography, ... http://acoustictypewriter.com/?p=84 Megan has published essays and reviews in The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Slate Online, the New York Times Book Review, and elsewhere. Her biography The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism (2005) won the Francis Parkman Prize, the Mark Lynton History Prize, the Massachusetts Book Award in nonfiction, ... http://acoustictypewriter.com/?p=72