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Mid-Week Field Notes–October 19, 2022

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Barbara Krasner

Some very quick things: Happy writing!

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#52snapshots–Weeks 51-52

Posted on December 27, 2021 by Barbara Krasner

This is the final week of my year-long exploration into #52snapshots. In the 52 weeks of 2021, I’ve written 23 essays, sent out nine, and saw the publication of three. I have much revision to do in 2022. Because these … Continue reading →

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#52snapshots–Week 49-50

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Barbara Krasner

I’m exploring sibling relationships in some new poetry writing. I came across this interview with poet Emma Hines in Ploughshares. But I also began to write a new piece about my father’s grocery store and what that meant to me. … Continue reading →

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#52snapshots–Week 48

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Barbara Krasner

In an Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) generative writing session last week, I wrote about my childhood dream of becoming a fashion designer, catalyzed by “Bunny” comics, featuring Bunny Ball, international fashion model and by a supermarket novel about Barbie … Continue reading →

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#52snapshots–Week 47

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Barbara Krasner

For the rest of this calendar year, I’m pretty much putting #52snapshots aside to work on my dissertation. I’m still, though, jotting down notes into Evernote, reading memoir and about memoir, and engaging with other memoirists. I just won’t be … Continue reading →

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Mid-Week Field Notes–November 17, 2021

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Barbara Krasner

Some very quick things: I am announcing the launch of StoryScapes Studio! Two writing workshops start in January: Writing Family History (starts Jan. 9, 2-4 pm ET) and Memoir (starts Jan. 8, 11 am – 1 pm ET). Both are … Continue reading →

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#52snapshots–Week 46

Posted on November 15, 2021 by Barbara Krasner

During the last week, one more rejection came in for my paternal grandfather essay. I haven’t sent it out widely, and that’s a good thing, because revision is certainly necessary. Memoirist and Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA instructor Sue … Continue reading →

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Announcing the Winner of The Whole Megillah Yom Kippur Memoir Challenge

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Barbara Krasner

And the winner is…Yael Levy. Her winning memoir first page of Brooklyn Diaries was chosen by Memoir editor-in-chief Claudia Sternbach, who will also be providing Yael with a critique. A freelance illustrator and journalist, Yael Levy has been published in … Continue reading →

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