The Whole Megillah- Reminder: A Free Introductory Writing Session!Everyone Has a Story to Tell Launching in June 2020, the Writing Chai Studio offers writers of all genres and all levels the opportunity to find the stories within them and bring them onto the page. Find the voice that … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: Yesterday I announced Writing Chai Studio with a free introductory session and three new summer writing workshops. Please check it out! I attended a wonderful poetry reading last night sponsored by CavanKerry Press. The Whole Megillah subscriber … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Announcing the Writing Chai Studio and a Free Introductory Writing SessionEveryone Has a Story to Tell Launching in June 2020, the Writing Chai Studio offers writers of all genres and all levels the opportunity to find the stories within them and bring them onto the page. Find the voice that … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: I’ve been participating in Amherst Writers & Artists Write Around the World fundraising event. I’ve written in two events so far and have coming up later this week. I’ve written some poetry and started a new short … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: I’ve been listening to some free Highlights Foundation craft sessions. I found the one with award-winning poet and picture book author Lesléa Newman particularly inspiring. Check them out. I decided this week to be kinder to myself. … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: I’m now exploring Sol Stein’s craft book, Stein on Writing. It’s a good refresher. Though funds may disappear as a result of COVID-19-induced university cuts, I’ve signed up for several Amherst Writers & Artists generative writing sessions, … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: I have officially begun to translate Yiddish poetry. I’m starting with short poems of Rayzl Zhikhlinsky. Only two more Yiddish classes left this semester. My paper proposal, “Faceless: Dehumanization of Holocaust Perpetrators in Children’s Picture Books,” has … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- The Partisans Hymn – Yom HashoahThis came into my email today. I found it very powerful.Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: Chag Sameach! A zisen Pesach! We may be conducting a Seder with family through Zoom or braving it alone, but hey, we as a people have been through worse. Are you keeping any kind of COVID-19 journal? … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: Each day brings new writing opportunities into my email inbox whether from Amherst Writers & Artists group leaders, past workshop leaders, or more formal organizations such as Writers Studio. I toyed with the idea of signing up … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Reminder: A Free Introductory Writing Session!
Tag Archives: Yom HaShoah
The Partisans Hymn – Yom Hashoah
This came into my email today. I found it very powerful.
Why We Write and Publish Holocaust Books for Young Readers
To commemorate Yom HaShoah, The Whole Megillah sponsored a survey of writers and publishers/editors of Holocaust books for young readers. The writers include Jane Yolen, Janet Wees, Susan Lynn Meyer, Andria Rosenbaum, Nancy Churnin, Susan L. Ross, and Kathy Kacer. … Continue reading
Author’s Notebook | Ellen Cassedy, author of We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust
In early March at the annual conference of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP), I had the pleasure of attending a panel on family story and meeting Ellen Cassedy, author of We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian … Continue reading
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