In our Roundups segment, we’re looking back at all the great posts since the blog started in 2009. We explore posts from our archives as well as other top literary magazines and websites, centered on a certain theme to help you jump-start your week.
We’ve hit the dog-days of summer, dear readers, and the mercury is climbing. As the days get hotter, we dream of fleeing to the beach or the mountains or our back porches to relax and take a break. Vacation is not only good for us as humans, but it can also be good for us as writers. So this week Ploughshares bring you a roundup on taking your writing on vacation.
To combat the siren call of summer laziness, The Loft Literary Center offers “4 Ways to Keep up Your Writing Habit this Summer.” Useful for both your focused and beach writing.
Legend had it that a famous scholar of nineteenth century American literature visited my college to lecture, and someone asked him a question about Melville. He began his answer with “While I’ve never read Moby-Dick…” At this remove, I still question the man’s scholarship and sanity—but I do admire his honesty. For writers, there’s a lot…
Guest post by James Arthur During the last few years I’ve been lucky enough to have some opportunities to travel, and not surprisingly, the places I’ve visited have begun showing up in my poems. In fact, these days when I sit down to write, I usually begin by flipping through my journals, which are full…
The ‘Writers and Their Pets’ series began with my own desire to celebrate my dog Sally, and since then I have also invited other writers to share with the rest of us the details of their lives with beloved pets. Today, please enjoy this essay by Enid Shomer. —Ladette Randolph, Editor-in-Chief Because a large portion of my spine is…
