Lit Hits: What We're Reading in October
Here at Grub HQ, we're always talking about the novels keeping us up at night, the poems that call to us over our morning coffees, and those un-put-down-able memoirs you'll find us reading while walking through four lanes of traffic [Ed.'s note: all walk-reading is performed by Grub's trained extreme readers; do not try this at home]. Every month, we'll share our staff's latest literary obsessions to add to your own never-ending reading list.
October 20, 2017 | GrubWrites
What It Means
An organization staffed almost entirely by immigrants and first-generation Americans, we at GrubStreet are as keenly aware of the sheer breadth of "the immigrant experience" as we are the crucial contribution immigrants make to American arts, culture, and society. In defiance of an ethics of exclusion, we’re curating a series of immigrant stories that celebrate and illuminate the plurality of immigrant life. This installment comes from writer Christopher Louis Romaguera.
My father is an immigrant. He left Cuba at the age of eleven. Being in Miami meant he could see his island from the Keys ...
October 19, 2017 | GrubWrites
October Top Picks: Opportunities for Writers
Welcome to the October 2017 edition of "Writing Life Essentials," a monthly hand-curated list of contests, grants, scholarships, submissions calls, and awards, with a focus on opportunities that are at least one of the following: local, free to apply, and/or committed to celebrating and supporting writers from historically marginalized communities
October 18, 2017 | Sarah Colwill-Brown
Best of the Web 10/16/17
Thrice a month, we feature our favorite literary links. As ever, we promise: You’ll ruminate. You'll ponder. You won’t get any writing done.
From The Sewanee Review, Danielle Evans' short story, "Boys Go To Jupiter."
October 16, 2017 | GrubWrites
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