Reflections on Creative Nonfiction, Memoir, (Auto)Biography, Life-Writing, and the Essay
15 Dec 2011 at 07:52
Julija Šukys
Academia, Alternate Economies, Archives, Calls for Submissions, CNF Conversations, Contests and Prizes, Countdown to Publication, Creative Nonfiction, Essays, Friendship, Funding, Marketing, Publicity, Publishing, SheWrites, Uncategorized, Writing
I started my blog almost two years ago after attending a writers’ workshop on publishing in the digital age. There wasn’t much talk of e-books or self-publishing from the presenters. Instead, they hammered a single message into us all day: you, as writers, need an electronic presence . . . preferably a blog. It’s how you control [...]
20 Jan 2011 at 10:41
Julija Šukys
Alternate Economies, Creative Nonfiction, Journalism, Literary Pyramid Scheme, Malcolm Gladwell, Personal Essays, Research
Those of you who follow this blog know about what I call the Literary Pyramid Scheme. Nonetheless, in case there are some newbie readers, here’s a quick recap: Some time ago, I posted a call for volunteers to step forward to help me with a literary experiment. I described a letter I received that invited [...]
28 Dec 2010 at 10:37
Julija Šukys
Algeria, Alternate Economies, Letters, Literary Pyramid Scheme, Writing
A while ago, I posted a call for volunteers to step forward to help me with a literary experiment. I described a letter I received that invited me to become a member of an informal book club. It went on to outline a kind of literary pyramid scheme, whereby I would send out one book [...]
16 Nov 2010 at 10:49
Julija Šukys
Alternate Economies, Letters, Literary Pyramid Scheme, Personal Essays
Yesterday I received a letter in the mail from a really funky writer friend of mine in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It contained an invitation to be part of an “informal book club” project. The letter asked me to send one already-read book to a designated recipient, and to send six more such letters to others, [...]
31 Mar 2010 at 08:59
Julija Šukys
Alternate Economies, Anthropology, Domesticity, Eastern Europe, Friendship, Gardening, Journeys, Margaret Paxson, Research, Russia, Siberia, Slavs, Villages, Writing
I’ve been reading my friend Margaret Paxson’s book, Solovyovo: The Story of Memory in a Russian Village. Paxson, an anthropologist, watched, interviewed and listened to the villagers of Solovyovo for many months to learn how they related to each other, to their land and to the past. Yesterday, shortly before going to a dinner party [...]
