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Christi Clancy on Her Most Recent Novel, USA Today Bestseller The Snowbirds
"I try to write about people who feel real—flawed, complicated, and not always lovable."
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In-Progress or Opening Soon: Book Contest Submissions
For Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction
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Beauty! Art! Poetry! Vaudeville! Joyce's Hinnefeld's The Dime Museum
"I think there are pieces of me, and of people I’ve known, in all of my characters. I feel a sense of kinship with all of them."
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Agent List (#33)
And assorted literary news
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July 2025

A Small Disturbance on the Far Horizon
New book spotlight: a conversation with novelist, editor, & journalist Richard Babcock about his excellent new novel
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New Books, Bons Mots, First Lines
In the spirit of the curated MLB and WNBA All-star game line-ups
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Feminism in a Men's Bar? Journalist and Novelist Anthony Pignataro on His New Novel, The B Girls
And a second new book by Anthony: Remembering Lahaina: What I Learned About Tourism, the ‘Āina, and Myself During Twelve Years on Maui
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Allons-y: A Writing Retreat in Bordeaux Next Spring
And a new book (and an event in Cincinnati) from past Bookish interviewee Don Tassone
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Agent List (#32)
If you’re looking for an affordable writers conference you won’t have to travel to, allow me to suggest the Northwestern Summer Writers Conference on…
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June 2025

The Seemingly Unknowable Darkness: A Conversation with Fiction Writer Lena Valencia
Author of Mystery Lights and One Story managing editor
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Summer Reading and Writing
August 2 - online - Northwestern Summer Writers Conference
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Agency and Connection: A Conversation with Novelist and Nonfiction Writer Alex Poppe
"Writing [Breakfast Wine] made me realize what I’ve always wanted is to have experiences, purpose, agency, and connection."
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