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AWP Official Guide to Writing
Programs
Published for the Association of Writers & Writing Programs, this
official guide tells you all you need to know about writing programs
in universities here and abroad. Information in each listing includes
degrees and programs offered, courses and requirements, faculty, costs
and other vital information. Edited by David Fenza of AWP at George
Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, this 400-page guide lists more
than 400 programs as well as colonies, conferences and centers.
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Holy Grail: Charles Bukowski
and the Second Coming Revolution by
A.D. Winans
A book about America's foremost non-academic poet, his work, his philosophy,
his life. Small magazine editor A.D. Winans writes a personal memoir
of his professional relationship and his friendship with this two-fisted
poet. . .
[more]
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The
American Directory of Writers' Guidelines, 4th edition
Compiled & Edited by Brigitte M. Phillips,
Susan D. Klassen and Doris Hall
Both periodical publishers and book publishers make available
writer's guidelines to assist would-be contributors. These guidelines
help writers target their submissions to the exact needs of the individual
publisher. A compilation of information for freelancers from more
than 1,500 magazine editors and book publishers.
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The Portable Writers'
Conference: Your Guide to Getting and Staying Published
Edited by Stephen Blake Mettee Over
45 editors, authors, and agents advise writers on the art and business
of writing and getting published. Chapters range from how to write
a dynamite love scene to how to find an agent.
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Fiction: The Art
& Craft of Writing & Getting Published by
Michael Seidman
Covers everything from how to write and develop fiction to networking
and the business of publishing.
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Self-Publishing Manual
by Dan Poynter
Another industry standard on how to write, print and sell your own
book. Poynter reveals the secrets of low-cost book promotion and
how to set up your own distribution system!
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The Grassman
Fulton's first novel is set in Wyoming Territory, 1886. It is a saga
of the last days of the open ranges in a land which brands its people
as distinctly as its cattle. The clash over cattle and water resounds
against the mythic backdrop of a family curse. "This is the story
of Ishmael and Ahab in the grasslands." -San
Francisco Chronicle
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Dark Other Adam
Dreaming
Vermont, 1948: the northern dairyland of Vermont is the scene of Fulton's
gritty farm story of a boy's struggle with his peers, with the wild
land all about him and with ancient archetypes and modern family ghosts.
Published with a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts, 1975.
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American Odyssey
Len Fulton with Ellen Ferber
This bookselling travelogue chronicles the 1974 cross country trek
of Fulton and Ferber as they visit some 350 retail bookstores from
California to New York City introducing his first novel. It is at
once a confrontation with American commerce, a study of the sense
of place, and a practical guide for getting your book into the market
place.
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Grandmother Dies
[play/comedy]
A family gathers to pay its last respects but is constantly at odds
with itself. Gideon (grandfather) wants to travel but first must deal
with the excesses of his spoiled children. A comedy/love story!
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For the Love
of Pete
[play/comedy]
Max is a widower leading a comfortable if uneventful life until
his friends "buy" his a birthday gift in the form of a
hooker named Pete. Novelist Cole looses his writer's block and Max
looses his head. A comedy/romance!
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Headlines [play/comedy]
The story of a hapless editorial crew at a small town daily newspaper
struggling to solve a series of grisly murders. Press cards, typewriters,
politics, and Samurai swords punctuate this riveting drama of journalistic
skulduggery!
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The Court Martial of Paul Revere
[historical play/manuscript]
Set in Revolutionary America (1779) this play unfolds the story of
the biggest naval disaster in American military history - and the
downfall of one of the Revolution's heroes on the shores of Penobscot
Bay.
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Majibigwadoos [screenplay/history]
This is the movie of the great naval battle at Penobscot Bay between
the American and British in 1779. It is a clash of more than fifty
ships and 3,000 men and bids fair to lose the Revolution for the Americans.
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