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I’ve got an idea for a book, and I’ve got some drafts of pieces. So what’s next? Well, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to structure the book overall. Continue reading
Beginning the book
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My own private MFA: the final project proposal
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I’m writing a memoir. It’s a memoir about the aftermath of two—no, three—major events which have affected my life. The first event is my father’s death. He died when I was 10 years old. The second event is the Japanese American incarceration of World War II, which affected my father’s life and continues to affect my own. The third event, the one that made me turn to writing this project at all, is the loss of my job and my return to the writing life. Continue reading
5(ish) Questions: Diana Abu-Jaber’s Own Private MFA
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I am excited to have a guest post here from Diana Abu Jaber, an author I’d followed for a long time before we “met” on Twitter. I first read her lovely food memoir The Language of Baklava, then went backwards … Continue reading
5(ish) Questions: Tara Austen Weaver’s Own MFA
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I started reading blogs around 2007, but I can’t remember when or how I began reading Tea and Cookies, by Tara Austen Weaver. I’m not sure if I found her blog first, or Shauna‘s blog first–and was happy to see … Continue reading
5(ish) Questions: Brian Oliu’s Own MFA
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Brian Oliu is the dear friend of my dear friends Elizabeth and Colin, and teaches creative writing at the University of Alabama. He’s just come out with his first book–more about that below. Through the wonders of social media, we’ve … Continue reading
5(ish) Questions: Christine Lee Zilka’s Own MFA
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Up next in the “(private)” MFA series is Christine Lee Zilka. We met recently on Twitter, partly through a mutual friend, partly because I knew (from research a while back) that she was editor-at-large of Kartika Review before I submitted … Continue reading
In print
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Here is a link to Kartika Review, the wonderful Asian American literary magazine that accepted my creative nonfiction essay, “How It Feels to Inherit Camp.” You can download the essay and the issue, but please consider buying a copy of … Continue reading
5(ish) Questions: Elizabeth Wade’s Own Private MFA
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My friend Elizabeth and I have bonded over food, Twitter, grief, writing, and many things in between. She has been an informal writing mentor for me in this private MFA process, and while she’s published quite a bit (poetry, essay, … Continue reading
Reflections on the private MFA, year 1 (part 2)
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(In which I continue to reflect on Year 1 of the “private MFA.”) Have you submitted anything for publication? Yes! And happily, it was accepted, by a kind editor with very encouraging words. I know this is not how submissions … Continue reading
Reflections on the private MFA, year 1 (part 1)
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Approximately one year ago, I wrote yet another menu status update on Twitter. “You’re making me hungry!” my friend Shauna wrote back. Confession time for me: “I have always been auditioning to be a food writer.” “Well then,” she decided. … Continue reading