So honored. My story,The Road Out of View, won first place in the 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration, judged by Michael Nath. Thank you @LEspritLit
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Erika Krouse, of Colorado, is the eleventh recipient of the Joyce Carol Oates Prize awarded by New Literary Project. The author receives $50,000. Her most recent publication is a book of short stories, Save Me, Stranger (Flatiron Books). See link in bio.
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Wrote a review for @zyzzyvamag of the stunning new novel There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak, a story which attempts to resurrect the ancient Sumerian goddess of writing, Nisaba, among other things. Link in bio.
#Project2025 proposes a radical overhaul of the United States education system, with the foreseeable effect being a frontal assault on the freedoms to read, learn, and teach.
Read Part One of our analysis: https://t.co/bieQB5I92X (1/2)
Saw Ben Fountain read and speak at Berkeley last evening (interviewed by redoubtable Mark Danner). The guy, on any number of subjects, is absolutely on fire. Civil and funny is an unbeatable combination. Worth seeing.
Delighted to be in conversation with the amazing Ben Fountain this Saturday @OrindaBooks 3pm. If you’re in the east bay, join us. Free. Registration recommended. Link in bio.
The scariest part of Project 2025 for higher ed is its dismantling of accreditation. Ron DeSantis could refuse to accredit public/private universities that teach sociology or gender studies or promote diversity, while accrediting diploma mills that don't.
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Congratulations to Joyce Carol Oates, honored at The 13th Annual Prix Fitzgerald Awards, held at the Hôtel Belles Rives in Juan-les-Pins on the French Riviera. "This year's prize winner was Joyce Carol Oates for her book 48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister."
"while the DEI field is under attack, the need for this work is greater than ever. In fact, a survey released this week by Bridge Partners found that nearly 75 percent of companies plan to increase their DEI commitments during the next two years."
Great piece on the fight for DEI co-authored by former Spelman and Bennett college president @johnnettabcole, a signatory of PEN America's Champions of Higher Education initiative.
https://t.co/JjPrHUYV5k
You know what the biggest problem with pushing all-things-AI is? Wrong direction.
I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.