The Whole Megillah- Mid-Week Field NotesThree quick things this week: A client of mine at the Olswanger Literary LLC agency saw that my middle-grade novel in verse, 37 Days at Sea: Aboard the MS St. Louis, 1939, is on amazon for pre-sale. Thanks, Joanne Fritz! … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Editor’s Notebook | Lili Rosenstreich about Kalaniot BooksThe Whole Megillah (TWM): Tell us about Kalaniot Books. How, when, and why was it founded? Lili Rosenstreich (LR): After a lifetime of work in the mainstream book world, my partner (in life as well as business), Mitchel Weiss and … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots–Week 3During two of the Amherst Writers sessions I participated in last week, I drafted my second of #52snapshots. This was a different kind of essay, because it needed factual information about my ancestral shtetl of Kozlow (from a page of … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Thursday LinksHere are this week’s links: From The Librarians blog (thanks, Erika Dreifus!): Rebuilding Isaac Bashevis Singer’s mother’s shtetl of Bilgoraj From the Rutgers University Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life: “A Rosenberg of Any Other Name: A History … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field NotesThree quick things this week: For two weeks now I have set aside an hour on Fridays to engage in collage. For me, it’s a good way to end the week and get into a different headspace for Shabbos. My … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots–Week 2My first snapshot about my paternal great-grandmother, Bryna Dvorkin Krasner, is now drafted, thanks to an Amherst Writers memoir group I’ve been writing with since August 2020. I have added portraits of her and my great-grandfather, Mordechai (Mottel) Krasner, to … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Thursday LinksHere are this week’s links: From the Jewish Literary Journal: “The Klezmer Clarinet” by Mel Goldberg From Creative Nonfiction: More craft webinars to come From Allison K. Williams: The Year of the Writer From Jane Friedman: Upcoming online classes, reasonably priced … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field NotesThree quick things this week: My writing goals for 2021 include working on two new book-length projects, one adult hybrid of found poetry and prose and one YA historical novel in verse. To fuel inspiration, I’m going to read, read, … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots–Week 1This week begins a new The Whole Megillah feature based on a Creative Nonfiction webinar given last week by memoirist/essayist Sonja Livingston. She titled it “52 Snapshots.” Livingston defines a snapshot as a written description of a scene or image … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field NotesThree quick things this week: For my “Artist Date” this week, I engaged in an evening of “Soul Collage.” I created eleven cards that I can use as prompts for my writing. You basically find images that speak to you … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
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Monthly Archives: October 2013
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Book Review | Leonard Bernstein and American Music by Catherine Reef
Leonard Bernstein and American Music Morgan Reynolds, 2013, 128 pages I had the pleasure of hearing a medley from West Side Story at the Spanish Synagogue in Prague in 2011. To bear witness, to hear the work of an American Jew … Continue reading
October 2013 | Monthly Writing Prompt
Here is the October 2013 prompt: Write a poem about a dream you’ve had. Floating over your town with your deceased grandfather. Re-entering your childhood home to find your parents in the kitchen. Chatting with a long-lost love. Write whatever … Continue reading
November Is Picture Book Idea Month | Guest Post by Tara Lazar
When I finally decided to write for children with the intention of becoming published, I got online. I made writing friends. And I listened to them talk. In the fall of 2008, everyone got loud about an event: NaNoWriMo—National Novel … Continue reading
Two-in-One Notebook Special | Children’s Nonfiction in the 21st Century
A Conversation with Lionel Bender and Sally Isaacs, Organizers of the 21st Century Children’s Nonfiction Conference The Whole Megillah (TWM): What prompted you to offer the nonfiction conference? How did the two of you come together? Lionel Bender (LB) and Sally … Continue reading
Third Annual Write Your Own Megillah Event | Jewish Book Month 2013
Attention Jewish children’s novel writers! In honor of Jewish Book Month, The Whole Megillah is hosting its third annual Write Your Own Megillah event. Think of it as the Jewish equivalent of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). From October 26 … Continue reading
Announcing Two Opportunities
The Whole Megillah is proud to announce two opportunities: The Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee The Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee has three vacancies and is looking for replacements. Desired qualifications include: Applicants should be members … Continue reading
