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by Jodi Scheer Hernandez When I left the WordSpring writing conference in April I was so inspired to write. As the days went on I took down a few “glimmers”, as Pam Houston suggested in her workshop, and wrote down a lot of what seemed to be great beginnings but my enthusiasm quickly fizzled out. … Continue reading
by Jasmeen Bassi I was very pleased to interview Ayşe Taşkıran for the Habedasher’s WordSpring 2015 presenters series. Taşkıran uses art to create awareness of the beauty and the problems of the world. Throughout her travels, she has combined her many interests — painting, photography, and writing — to do just that. By finding kindness … Continue reading
by Alexis Butcher For the fifth interview our series with WordSpring 2015 presenters, The Haberdasher spotlights novelist and teacher Finn Kraemer. Before becoming an English instructor at Butte College, Kraemer lived in various locales — the African bush, an Irish coastal village, the Saudi desert, small town America, and Los Angeles — and tackled a … Continue reading
by Erica Valdez For the fourth installment of our WordSpring 2015 interviews, The Haberdasher caught up with novelist Zu Vincent. National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson says Vincent’s novel The Lucky Place, “takes your breath—then gently hands it back to you again,” and Vincent’s annual holiday fiction, published by the Chico News & Review, is … Continue reading
by Jasmeen Bassi I had the great pleasure of interviewing Erin McCabe, author of the novel I Shall Be Near To You, which follows Rosetta, a strong willed woman who disguises herself as a man to fight alongside her husband in the Civil War. There aren’t enough strong female heroines in literature. Especially, when it … Continue reading
by Alexis Butcher In the second installment of our WordSpring 2015 interviews, The Haberdasher is pleased to spotlight award-winning poet Ken Letko. Letko will be leading both a poetry and a publishing workshop at this year’s conference, on Saturday, April 25th. When he isn’t being nominated for the Pushcart Prize by both The North American … Continue reading
by Jodi Scheer Hernandez Spring Session has started and things are busy for author, speaker, teacher, Pam Houston. Though her moments to give away are likely rare, Pam was gracious in accepting my invitation for an email interview in anticipation of her upcoming appearance at the WordSpring creative writing conference later this month. I became … Continue reading
by Alexis Butcher Problem As a result of the federal No Child Left Behind law(NCLB) in 2002, schools have had to become “accountable.” This has resulted in requiring all schools to test students in grades 2-12 in reading, math, and science. Each state chooses its own test and standards for proficiency. Schools that don’t show … Continue reading
On behalf of the Yuba College Literary Arts Club, The Haberdasher is pleased to announce the winners of the first annual Halloween Writing Contest. This year’s categories include Spell Poems (inspired by the three witches infamous ” Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble,” from Shakespeare’s Macbeth), 13 Word Horror Stories, and … Continue reading
As writers, why should we attend writing conferences? Are they worth our time and money? Can conference workshops help us resolve a technical issue or figure out how to get our work to people who will publish it? Or, are conferences just another way to procrastinate and avoid putting fingers to keyboard or … Continue reading
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