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Congratulations to one of our founding members of Tate Street, Elly Bookman, who had her first poem published in The New Yorker! Read “Privilege” by Bookman, and sift through her work on [...]
Tate Street Podcast
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In this episode we speak with Melissa Hassard, founder of Women Writers of the Triad (WWOT). Founded in 2012, WWOT's mission is “to support, encourage, and nurture each other while working to find our voice, and hone our craft”. Join us as we talk to Melissa about the challenges and rewards she has experienced on her journey with WWOT. [...]
Three-Sentence Reviews
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Reviewers and interviewers are billing Ben Marcus’ new novel The Flame Alphabet (Knopf) as a departure for the author, whose tricky, experimental fiction has been praised [...]
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Originally published in 1985, this collection by late poet Larry Levis deserves a fresh look right here right now: Reading Levis’ Winter Stars is such a consistently [...]
Writing Advice with Julia Patt
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Novel Fridays: Workshops
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Today we'll tackle one of the trickier issues facing the contemporary writer: workshops. [...]
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Alicia Ostriker and L. Lamar Wilson At the 2015 Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference this year, our team at tatestreet.org were excited to kick off [...]
Three-Sentence Reviews
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A Prison Wherever He Turned (Stoner by John Williams)
July 22, 2017
The plot of John Williams’ 1965 novel, Stoner (NYRB Classics, 2006): Young man becomes assistant professor at University of Missouri, lives unhappy life, has undistinguished career, dies. You can hardly be blamed if you don’t find this particularly enticing, but make no mistake: Stoner (last name of the protagonist—sorry to disappoint) is a work of almost unbearable beauty. [...]
Tweeted Writing Prompts
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This Week’s Tweeted Writing Prompts (September 28- October 4)
October 4, 2015
Each day, we tweet fiction and poetry writing prompts to help writers loosen up and let loose. Get started with the prompts below! Follow us on twitter (@tatestreetorg) to [...]