Reflections on Creative Nonfiction, Memoir, (Auto)Biography, Life-Writing, and the Essay
13 Apr 2012 at 07:19
Julija Šukys
Academia, Contests and Prizes, Funding, Humanities, Research, Residencies and Fellowships, Uncategorized, Writing
Ah, the Guggenheims… Other than the MacArthur “genius” grants (which you can’t apply for), these are the most coveted awards among artists, writers, and researchers. Congratulations to this year’s winners, and especially to Ruth Franklin of The New Republic, whose pieces I’ve been reading with great interest ever since we got connected on Facebook. You [...]
05 Feb 2012 at 06:37
Julija Šukys
Academia, Calls for Submissions, Contests and Prizes, Creative Nonfiction, Eastern Europe, Humanities, Jerusalem, Research, Uncategorized
Established in 2011, this prize in memory of Abraham Meir Schwartzbaum, Holocaust Survivor, and his Family who was murdered in the Holocaust is awarded annually in recognition of high scholarly research and writing on the Holocaust. Last year’s prize was awarded to: Prof. Christopher R. Browning, for his book Remembering Survival: Inside a Nazi Slave-Labor [...]
22 Jul 2011 at 17:39
Julija Šukys
Academia, Autobiography, Canada, Domesticity, Editing, Grad School, Humanities, Journeys, Language and Multilingualism, Uncategorized
The books that have surrounded me in this room for six years now go into boxes to make space for our tenants. The books – mine and my husband’s – are all mixed together. Our collection includes books of theory from our student days, Lithuanian novels, linguistic studies of Sanskrit, Chinese literary anthologies, memoirs of [...]
07 Feb 2011 at 11:33
Julija Šukys
Academia, Conferences and Symposia, Creative Nonfiction, Friendship, Grad School, Humanities, Jobs, Journeys, Personal Essays, Writers' Workshops, Writing
The AWP stands for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs. It’s a professional association, much like the MLA (Modern Language Association) or the APA (American Philological Association). These organizations offer a number of services to their members: they publish journals, coordinate job listings, and organize annual conferences. Though it was my first time at [...]
27 Jan 2011 at 15:48
Julija Šukys
Academia, Calls for Submissions, Contests and Prizes, Creative Nonfiction, Humanities, Jerusalem, Publishing, Research
The International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem is pleased to announce the establishment of the Yad Vashem Book Prize for Holocaust Research in recognition of high scholarly research and writing on the Holocaust and invites submissions for consideration. This prize is endowed through the generosity of Sabina Schwartzbaum in memory of her father, [...]
24 Jan 2011 at 16:58
Julija Šukys
Academia, Editing, Grad School, Humanities, Research, Uncategorized, Writers' Workshops, Writing
I’m a very solitary writer, and don’t generally give my work to anyone to read until I’ve sat with something for a very long time. In part, this is just the craft (we all write alone), but in part, it speaks to a fear (that I suspect we all have) of not living up, of [...]
A few months ago, I posted an appeal to write letters in support of keeping the University of Toronto’s Centre for Comparative Literature open. The threat to close the Centre was another in a long series of alarming and depressing attacks on the humanities not only here in Canada, but in the US and the [...]
15 Mar 2010 at 08:46
Julija Šukys
Academia, Funding, Grad School, Humanities, Linda Hutcheon, Research, University of Toronto, Writing
I defended my PhD thesis at the University of Toronto in August of 2001, under the supervision of a renowned literary scholar and theorist. Linda Hutcheon has written about a dozen books, scores of articles, is respected by her peers, adored by students, and is one of the best examples of a successful writer-teacher you [...]
