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Getting it Out On Paper Begins the Healing Process: An Interview with Brookview House CEO Deborah Hughes

I first met Deborah Hughes, the CEO of Brookview House, at a dinner hosted by a mutual friend. I learned she was taking GrubStreet classes, and was thrilled when she told me how much she loved the experience. A few months later, we found ourselves in the same class: Calvin Hennick’s “Six Weeks, Six Essays.” One night, we stayed talking in the hallway after everyone else had left the building, and Deborah mentioned that on some level it was awkward for her to be writing about other women’s stories. Brookview House supports women and mothers out of homelessness and ...

July 27, 2017 | Eve Bridburg

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Still Learning to Take Up Space: At the VONA/Voices 2017 Summer Workshops

Writer Allison Scott shares her experience at the VONA/Voices summer workshops, an organization founded by Junot Díaz, Diem Jones, and Elmaz Abinader, authors who wanted to support growth in, and create a platform for, writers of color. VONA now makes its home at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

July 7, 2017 | Allison Scott

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Julio the Pool Boy and 12 Other Lessons from the Field: How We're Building a More Inclusive Writing Center

About a year ago, GrubStreet staffers Jonathan Escoffery and Sarah Colwill-Brown held a focus group with six students of color to find out more about their experiences in Grub classrooms and within our community at large. The group met in the evening in our small conference room overlooking the Boston Common. A large poster created by a locally famous ad man hung above the table

March 15, 2017 | Eve Bridburg

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Novel, Inc.

Our Diploma is Your Published Novel: The Books of the Novel Incubator

The Novel Incubator is a program for writers interested in a deep revision of their novel draft, a comprehensive study of the novel form, and a thoughtful introduction to the publishing world

February 1, 2017 | Info

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Behind the Launch Lab: Craft & Commerce

The Secrets to Writing a Great Book

By Katrin Schumann

People tend to think writing is romantic, and they’re not entirely wrong. It’s romantic in the way that being obsessed with someone who kind of, basically, mostly loves you back can be romantic—it’s a compelling, desperate, all-encompassing, occasionally fabulous experience. It’s romantic like starving in a garret is romantic: you’re hungry (which sucks), but at least you’re doing something that feels meaningful.