Reflections on Creative Nonfiction, Memoir, (Auto)Biography, Life-Writing, and the Essay
28 Dec 2012 at 12:14
Julija Šukys
Biography, Canada, CanLit, Creative Nonfiction, Epistolophilia, Essays, Ona Šimaitė, Publicity, Publishing, Quebec, Reviews, Uncategorized, Virginia Woolf
Maisonneuve Magazine is published out of Montreal and “has been described as a new New Yorker for a younger generation, or as Harper’s meets Vice, or as Vanity Fair without the vanity.” The quarterly offers “a diverse range of commentary across the arts, sciences, daily and social life.” When the publication asked its contributors to [...]
07 Dec 2012 at 20:54
Julija Šukys
Academia, Adam Gopnik, Chris Arthur, CNF Conversations, Creative Nonfiction, Dylan Thomas, Essays, Georgia o'Keefe, Interviews, Ireland, Journeys, Ordinariness, Paul Valéry, Personal Essays, Reviews, Uncategorized, Writing
Chris Arthur, On the Shoreline of Knowledge: Irish Wanderings. Iowa City: Shoreline Books, 2012. The carefully crafted, meditative essays in On the Shoreline of Knowledge sometimes start from unlikely objects or thoughts, a pencil or some fragments of commonplace conversation, but they soon lead the reader to consider fundamental themes in human experience. The unexpected [...]
14 Sep 2012 at 10:27
Julija Šukys
Academia, Calls for Submissions, Canada, Essays, Interviews, Publishing, Reviews, Uncategorized, Writers' Workshops, Writing
I’m reposting this from Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs. It seems like a good opportunity for community-building, and I may send them something about my essay workshop this fall. Perhaps you have something to share too: After a successful conference in Toronto this past spring, CCWWP (Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs) needs your [...]
20 Jul 2012 at 12:05
Julija Šukys
Canada, CanLit, Epistolophilia, Letters, Media, Mothering, Publicity, Reviews, Writing
Šukys’s great respect for her subject inspires respect for her own book. “When I read [the letters]” Šukys writes, “I feel as though she is speaking to me directly…” And that’s also how readers of Epistolophilia feel, as though Šukys is personally telling us the story of this incredible, and incredibly important, woman over a [...]
03 Jun 2012 at 13:05
Julija Šukys
Academia, Archives, Biography, Canada, Children, Creative Nonfiction, Domesticity, Eastern Europe, Editing, Epistolophilia, Essays, Exile, Feminism, France, Interviews, Journeys, Language and Multilingualism, Letters, Libraries, Life-writing, Lithuania, Marketing, Media, Mothering, Ona Šimaitė, Publicity, Publishing, Research, Reviews, Uncategorized, Vilna Ghetto, Vilnius, Virginia Woolf, Writing
Here’s an interview I did with ForeWord Reviews, a great publication that focuses on books published by independent presses. You can access the original here (scroll down to the bottom of the page): Conversational interviews with great writers who have earned a review in ForeWord Reviews. Our editorial mission is to continuously increase attention to [...]
29 Mar 2012 at 07:00
Julija Šukys
Antanas Sileika, Creative Nonfiction, Eastern Europe, Epistolophilia, Letters, Life-writing, Ona Šimaitė, Reviews, Uncategorized, Vilnius, Writing
The insightful and generous writer Antanas Sileika offers his read of two new books about Jewish Lithuania published by the University of Nebraska Press. One is mine, Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Šimaitė. The other is Ellen Cassedy’s We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust. Sileika is an accomplished writer, with four books [...]
20 Mar 2012 at 04:44
Julija Šukys
Biography, Epistolophilia, Marketing, Ona Šimaitė, Publicity, Publishing, Reviews, Uncategorized
Of the publishing industry’s four major trade (the other three include Kirkus, Booklist, and Library Journal) magazines, Adelle Waldman writes at Slate that “Publishers Weekly, or PW, is the biggie—it plays Coke to Kirkus‘ Pepsi.” A “‘starred’ review in PW still increases a book’s chance of getting media coverage and showing up in your neighborhood bookstore.” These also [...]
08 Mar 2012 at 07:26
Julija Šukys
Archives, Chronology, Countdown to Publication, Creative Nonfiction, Epistolophilia, Letters, Life-writing, Memory, Ona Šimaitė, Research, Reviews, SheWrites, Structure, Uncategorized, Writing
The first review of Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Šimaitė appeared a few days ago. And even though this isn’t my first book or review, it’s still a wild ride to have strangers reading my work. In her review of the book, Claire Posner points to a major challenge that I faced writing this [...]
06 Mar 2012 at 07:41
Julija Šukys
Epistolophilia, Ona Šimaitė, Reviews, Uncategorized, Vilna Ghetto, Writing
The first review of Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Šimaitė appeared a few days ago. It’s very positive, and I’m very thankful. In ForeWord, whose tag line reads “good books, independently published,” Claire Posner calls the book “nuanced and compelling.” I couldn’t ask for more. You can read the full review here. [Photo: roeyahram]
