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Monthly Archives: August 2003

Australian Poet Doris Leadbetter tells us about Mrs. Arthur P. Craven

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on August 28, 2003 by Doris LeadbetterOctober 2, 2011

I have been in correspondence with a grand dame of Australian Poetry.  I met Doris Leadbetter in 2002, when she and her husband Richard spent their winter holiday (our summertime) away from Melbourne attending writers’ conferences in the US and visiting Richard’s home state of Montana.  All of us at the Colorado Mt. Writers’ Workshop … Continue reading →

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Subscriber Response to Instructional Exercises

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on August 21, 2003 by Sheila BenderOctober 27, 2011

“Poetry is a form of necessary speech,” Edward Hirsch writes in How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry, and “poems strike something deeper than thought itself…experience that takes us to the very heart of being.” Over the months, subscribers have sent results from exercises in Writing It Real, exercises meant to … Continue reading →

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After the Ball

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on August 14, 2003 by Steven WinnOctober 2, 2011

After posting last week’s interview about Steven Winn’s ideas for finding contacts on the publishing scene, I am pleased to reprint his wonderful essay about a spring day during a most difficult passage in his life.  The essay originally appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on Father’s Day 2002 under the headline “Good Day at … Continue reading →

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Make the Stretch to Get Your Foot in the Door

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on August 7, 2003 by Steven WinnOctober 2, 2011

The Sunday July 20, 2003 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle was proud to report that its journalists are serving the Bay Area community well.  Arts and culture critic Steven Winn was among four Chronicle writers who placed in the 15th annual American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors’ Excellence in Writing contest.  This marks … Continue reading →

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