Reflections on Creative Nonfiction, Memoir, (Auto)Biography, Life-Writing, and the Essay
17 Aug 2012 at 16:41
Julija Šukys
Canada, Creative Nonfiction, Essays, Events, Personal Essays, Phillip Lopate, Uncategorized, Writers' Workshops, Writing
Eight Thursdays, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. (October 4 to November 22, 2012) 1200 Atwater Ave., Suite 3, Westmount Workshop leader: Julija Šukys Workshop fee: $155 for QWF members; $175 for non-members For more information, or to register: 514-933-0878 or julia@qwf.org *** “Every man has within himself the entire human condition.” – Montaigne (And every woman [...]
14 Nov 2010 at 19:47
Julija Šukys
Contests and Prizes, Creative Nonfiction, Funding, Lithuania, Personal Essays, Phillip Lopate, Vilnius, Writing
The Summer Literary Seminars-Litvak Studies Institute Jewish Lithuania/Litvak Experiences Program announce a new non-fiction contest: East-European Roots: New Writing on the Old World, held this year in affiliation with Tablet Magazine, the leading online magazine providing a “new take on Jewish life,” and judged by Philip Lopate. The theme for the contest is Eastern European [...]
12 May 2010 at 11:20
Julija Šukys
Autobiography, Journalism, Ona Šimaitė, Personal Essays, Phillip Lopate, Research, Writing
I keep going back to that month I spent at the Banff Centre for the Arts almost four years ago. Never before had I been treated with such generosity and respect (one of the Literary Journalism program’s mentors jokingly warned us not to get used to it, since never again would we be treated this [...]
