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Welcome to the latest installment of the GrubStreet Rag, a newsletter of the Boston literary scene sent to you every Monday from the ticklish bobsled team at GrubStreet's World Headquarters. As always, if you are receiving this email in horror, please advance to the bottom of the page to unsubscribe yourself.
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 Here are just five things you can do at Muse 2014:
- Sit face-to-face with a literary agent or editor and discuss the pages of your manuscript in person.
- Work closely with four coaches and in small groups with other writers to develop a strategic plan for your writing career.
- Get feedback on your personal website and online presence from seasoned web experts.
- Study craft with eleven different established authors, including Pam Houston, Augusten Burroughs and Roxane Gay.
- Talk Muse with Walter Mosley and Marketplace with Jane Friedman.
Claim your spot now, as sessions and meetings are selling out fast. Also, be sure to check back often as we add new presenters.
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 For those of you interested in the Memoir Incubator with Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, we will be holding our final Open House for the program on Tuesday, February 25th at 6pm. This will be an info session with the instructor and alumni where we'll answer all your questions about the application process and how the program works.
For you novelists, stop procrastinating! The deadline for the Novel Incubator is next Friday, February 28th at 5pm.
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 Come celebrate the release of a groundbreaking creative nonfiction anthology, Wise Latinas: Writers on Higher Education. Join editor Jennifer De Leon and contributors Iris Gomez and Daisy Hernández as they share their narratives and provide crucial insight into the complex intersection of race, class, and identity in higher education, dispelling myths and showcasing the diversity of one community’s experiences. The event will include a Q&A with the authors as well as a discussion of how these authors shaped their experiences into personal essays. Click here to register today.
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Sincerely,
The GrubStreet Staff
(Eve, Chris, Whitney, Sonya, Sean, Lauren, Chip, Drew, Alison, Amy, and Larry)
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Upcoming Multi-day Courses
In addition to our workshops starting this week, we're offering several multi-week classes starting next week. Click on any class title below to read the full description on our website, or view our full calendar of course offerings.
Experimental Poetics
Monday through Thursday, February 24-27th from 10:30am-1:30pm
Instructor: Megan Fernandes
Novel Intensive
Monday through Friday, March 3-7th from 3:00-6:00pm
Instructor: Steven Beeber
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Upcoming Classes & Events
In addition to our ongoing workshops, Grub Street offers numerous writing-related events around town. Click on any class title below to read the full description on our website, or view our full calendar of course offerings.
Pitching Intensive
Friday and Saturday, February 21-22nd, from 10:00am-5:00pm
Instructor: Ethan Gilsdorf
Your Most Meaningful Legacy Is the One You Write
Friday, February 21st, from 10:30am-1:30pm
Instructor: Leslie Lawrence
Novel Endings
Friday, February 21st, from 2:30-5:30pm
Instructor: Ursula DeYoung
The Novel Series: Dynamic Scenes & Chapters
Saturday, February 22nd, from 10:00am-5:00pm
Instructor: Michelle Hoover
SOLD OUT: Click here to join the waiting list
Writing Dialogue
Saturday, February 22nd, from 10:00am-5:00pm
Instructor: Mark Fogarty
It Hasn't All Been Done
Saturday, March 1st, from 10:00am-5:00pm
Instructor: Chris Csont
The Art of Remembering
Saturday, March 1st, from 10:00am-5:00pm
Instructor: Elizabeth Winthrop
Grub Street Book Club - The Obituary Writer
Tuesday, March 4th, 6:00-8:00pm
Instructor: Kate Racculia
Wise Latinas: Shaping the Personal Essay
Thursday, March 6th, 6:30 to 8 pm, on the 3rd floor
Instructor: Jennifer De Leon
So You Want to Write a Poem
Friday, March 7th, from 10:00am-5:00pm
Instructor: Wendy Mnookin
The Foodie Personal Essay
Friday, March 7th, 10:00am-5:00pm.
Instructor: Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
Getting All Emotional: Gracefully and Effectively
Friday, March 7th, from 10:30am-1:30pm
Instructor: Amy Yelin
Structure As Solution: Form and the Personal Essay
Saturday, March 8th, from 10:00am-5:00pm
Instructor: Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
Writing Magical Realism
Saturday, March 8th, 10:00am-5:00pm.
Instructor: Shuchi Saraswat
Using Psychology to Create Strong Characters
Saturday, March 8th, from 10:00am-5:00pm
Instructor: Jacqueline Sheehan
Outlining After the Draft: How to Use Outlines as Revision Tools
Saturday, March 8th, from 10:00am-5:00pm
Instructor: Henriette Power
The Art of Voice
Saturday, March 8th, from 10:00am-5:00pm
Instructor: Lisa Borders
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Spreading the Love
Grub Street wants to promote YOU! Please send events for consideration to whitney@grubstreet.org. Bonus points and undying gratitude for submitting your event info in the same format as the events below. Our apologies in advance if we cannot fit you in. Please note that we do the best we can to evaluate requests, and do privilege requests from members, but cannot be held responsible for the quality of these events and programs or the legitimacy of contests. We expect that readers will do their own due diligence before sending their work or their money to any individual or organization.
-- POETRY READING: February 18, 2014, 7 pm Poetry at the Café
Come out to listen to poets Grey Held, Sue Owen, and Gary Whitehead at the Center for the Arts at the Armory, part of the First and Last Word Poetry series, hosted by Harris Gardener and Gloria Mindock. The Center for Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Avenue, Somerville. Admission is $4. Reading and open mic. Parking is located behind the armory at the rear of the building. More information here.
-- FUNDRAISER: February 18th - March 31st, 826 Boston Write-A-Thon
From February 18th to March 31st, 826 Boston will hold its annual volunteer fundraiser, the Write-A-Thon, to benefit its free youth writing and tutoring programs. A series of write-ins, dance parties, and trivia nights will be held throughout the six weeks to celebrate the fundraising efforts of Write-A-Thon participants. Find more info here.
-- AUTHOR EVENT: Friday, February 21st-22nd, Big Book Getaway at Mohegan Sun
Presented by the Mark Twain House and Museum, the Big Book Getaway is a way to escape to a fabulous resort only a 2-hr car ride from Boston, converge with other book lovers and meet celebrated authors. Plenty of readings, discussions and book-signings throughout the day. This year, the authors include Debbie Macomber, PJ O'Rourke, Pete Hamill, Susan Conley, Charlotte Rogan, Grub's own Christopher Castellani and -- who else? -- Dr. Ruth Westheimer. With the code GRUBST, Grub members get $25 off admission! Click here for more info.
-- READING: Friday, February 28th, 6-8pm, The Coast to Coast Reading @ Ghost
Featuring Grub Street writers and MFAs from Emerson College and Mills College, Oakland. Readers include Nicole Miller (fiction & memoir, Grub Street instructor and emerging writer-in-residence at the University of Kingston's Writing School), Jonathan Papernick (fiction, writer-in-residence at Emerson College, author of There Is No Other, The Ascent of Eli Israel, and Who by Fire, Who by Blood), R.J. Taylor (Novel Incubator, honorable mention for Glimmer Train Short Story Contest and Bridport Prize), Laura Joyce Davis (fiction), Teresa K. Miller (poetry & creative non-fiction),Carly Anne West (YA fiction).The Ghost Gallery, 504 E Denny Way, Seattle, WA 98122 (Capitol Hill); BYOB; Light refreshments provided. More information here.
-- NOVEL RETREAT: May 20-26, 2014, Vermont College of Fine Arts
Join Vermont College of Fine Arts for the first ever Novel Retreat, where emerging and established writers will come to hone their craft and join a legendary community of likeminded artists. The retreat is specifically designed to provide participants with concentrated blocks of writing time in an environment that fosters and sustains emerging novelists. Information about registration and events available here.
-- WRITING CAMP: July 13-18, 2014, Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing
Each summer, Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing invites published authors and poets, literary journal editors, and university creative writing faculty to lead writing workshops, work one-on-one with writers, and provide the necessary tips and tools for editing and publishing their work. Faculty lineup includes Alissa Nutting, Marcus Wicker, Robert James Russell, and Keith Leonard. Comprehensive details about the program can be found here.
-- SEEKING SENIOR CITIZENS: Free Memoir Class For Seniors
Grub Street, Inc. and the Elderly Commission's free Memoir Project class is coming to DORCHESTER! The Memoir Project aims to capture the stories of Boston’s over 60 residents by teaching the basics of memoir writing. An essay from each participant will be published in a collected volume. The free class will run from late March to early May on Thursdays from 10am – 1pm (with lunch provided) at a location to be announced. No writing experience necessary, just life experience! Must be a resident of Dorchester. Space is limited. Call to reserve a seat with Greg Josselyn at 617-635-4250 or gregory.josselyn@boston.gov.
-- OPEN SUBMISSIONS: Day One
Day One is a weekly literary journal dedicated to short fiction from debut writers, English translations of stories from around the world, and poetry. Each issue showcases one writer and poet and includes an introduction from the editor, an interview with the authors, and occasional bonus content. It’s a wonderful opportunity for writers to reach a new audience via digital publishing; all contributors are paid. Looking for original short fiction from debut and emerging writers (Up to ~20,000 words), and poetry from emerging poets. To submit, please email the story or poem as a word document, along with a brief description and author bio to dayone-submissions@amazon.com.
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Welcome to the end of the e-mail, where like a horse drawing a picture of a horse-drawn carriage, we offer you the chance to win a prize.
This week's question: In Winter's Tale, William Shakespeare's portrayal of Hermione's restoration back to life echoes what classic narrative poem? Email your answer and your postal address to sean@grubstreet.org. The first correct respondent wins a $5 Barnes and Noble gift card.
Last week's answer: Katherine Mansfield was close acquaintances and rivals with this other female Modernist writer of that time: Virgina Wolf. Last week's winner: Kara Goodrich.
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