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Matching entries for 'mayborn'Scent of success for Dallas writer Susannah CharlesonA busy spring is shaping up for Dallas' Susannah Charleson, whose Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership With a Search and Rescue Dog, is due from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on April 14. It's their lead title, notes her agent,... How Michael J. Mooney became a two-time "Best American"As noted earlier, Michael J. Mooney, whose work once ran in The Dallas Morning News, recently scored a coup by landing pieces in Best American Crime Writing 2009 and Best American Sports Writing 2009. He talks about his craft in... Mayborn wrap-up: A list of winnersUnfinished business from last month's Mayborn Conference: The conference awards $15,000 in prizes to aspiring writers; the winner in the book manuscript category is offered a book contract with the University of North Texas Press. This year's winners are listed... Mayborn: Closing analysis, ways to improve?I reluctantly had to miss the final morning of the Mayborn, but I'll note the analysis of regular Dallas Morning News contributor Edward Nawotka, who covers the industry at Publishing Perspectives. He asks: "Could this be America's best writing conference?"... Final Mayborn thoughts: mariachis and MerceThe last day of the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference on Sunday brought great sessions, as usual, and a few totally unexpected surprises. I overslept a little, but made it in time for the fascinating 9:40 a.m. talk by Michael... Mayborn keynote: Ira Glass rocksFrom Staff Writer Lindsay Kalter, whose interview with public radio's Ira Glass can be read here: For Ira Glass, the dryness of the term "literary nonfiction" conjures up images of schoolroom boredom. But his Saturday presentation on the subject was... Mayborn: Your thoughts?We'll be posting more later about Mayborn keynote speaker Ira Glass -- who delivered what was by all accounts a knockout presentation on Saturday, then stuck around to sign books and CDs until after midnight -- later. But I want... Mayborn Day 2: Roy Blount Jr. gets juicyI last saw Roy Blount Jr. at the Texas Book Festival, where he was amusing in discussing Alphabet Juice. Frankly, he was better Saturday afternoon in Grapevine. The master of digression -- a title I suspect he wears proudly --... Mayborn Day 2: Stephanie Elizondo Griest and the truthEarlier Saturday, Stephanie Elizondo Griest turned in one of my favorite performances of the Mayborn. Not because she was the most polished speaker -- she speaks so rapidly, she sounds a bit like a 33 record playing on 45, or... We were there: Day Two of the MaybornJulia Reed, author of The House on First Street and Queen of the Turtle Derby and Other Southern Phenomena among other books, was a big hit Saturday afternoon at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference in Grapevine. By the time Reed... Live from the Mayborn: Narrative journalists on TwitterInteresting mashup unfolding here as long-form journalism meets new-era technology: Follow the #mayborn feed on Twitter. (Yes, I'm tweeting in between access to WiFi points.) (Update: Here's the direct link to those tweets. What do you think -- is there... Live from the Mayborn: Bill Minutaglio on Molly IvinsBill Minutaglio, biographer of George Bush and others, spoke this morning about writing about the lives of the deceased, as he did in City on Fire. It's a journalistic maxim, he noted, that "You can't libel a dead man. But... We were there: Paul Theroux at the MaybornThe fifth annual Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference got off to an inspirational start earlier tonight, as Paul Theroux presented a keynote address that was both thoughtful and thought-provoking. Mayborn director Mitch Land introduced Theroux as "the nation's foremost travel... Live from the Mayborn (almost)Several of us are on our way to the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. Check back later for updates involving Paul Theroux, Larry McMurtry, Ira Glass, Roy Blount Jr. and anyone else we happen to run into.... Q&A with Mayborn-bound Paul TherouxPaul Theroux is one of the highlights of this weekend's Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. He'll also be speaking at noon Thursday on KERA-FM's Think. Ahead of all that, Mayborn Writer-in-Residence George Getschow interviewed Theroux for the new issue of MAYBORN... The Mayborn is coming! The Mayborn is coming!The folks at the Mayborn Conference have reminded me that today is the last day to qualify for the conference rate at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center. Read the list of speakers, and understand why attendees tend to... Nan Talese to Oprah: "Brava"Nan A. Talese, who drew worldwide attention two years ago for her criticism of Oprah Winfrey, is offering kinder words in the wake of Winfrey's recent apology to author James Frey. "It takes a generous spirit to offer apologies and... Mayborn deadline approachingThe Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference is offering $15,000 in prizes to narrative writers who take part in the annual gathering. Personal essays, reporting-and-research-based narratives and book manuscripts are eligible. The best work will be published in the journal Ten Spurs,... Mayborn alum is a double-"Best American"Word comes today from the University of North Texas that Mayborn Graduate School of Journalism alum Michael Mooney will appear in not one but two "Best American" anthologies this year. Mooney, a onetime Morning News contributor who works at Village... Paul Theroux, Ira Glass, Alma Guillermoprieto, more headed to MaybornAs always when writing about the Mayborn, I really wanted to spin this note as a narrative: "Feeling fatigued yet doggedly determined to serve the readers of Texas, the editor cracked his knuckles, sipped his coffee and faced his computer."... |
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