Wendy Call


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Wendy Call

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website http://www.wendycall.com
genre Nonfiction

about this author

Wendy Call is writer in residence at Seattle's Richard Hugo House, the third-largest literary center in the country. Wendy became a freelance writer and editor in 2000, after devoting a decade to work for social change organizations in Boston and Seattle.
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This spring and summer, I will be teaching writing classes & workshops at Richard Hugo House, Seattle Center for Book Arts, & the Port Townsend Writers Conference.

In June 2008, I'll be teaching a week-long intensive workshop in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. (See info here: http://www.wendycall.com/teach...

See more info about my readings here: http://www.wendycall.com/event...

upcoming events

event: Field's End Writer's Roundtable
date: May 20, 2008 05:00PM
location: 1270 Madison N. , Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
description: "How Do We Render Other People's Stories? Tales from Mexico"
http://www.fieldsend.org/event...




books by Wendy Call

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avg rating: 4.21 | 29 ratings | 1 distinct work
Telling True Stories: A Nonfic... Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University (Paperback)
by Wendy Call (goodreads author!)
avg rating 4.21 — 29 ratings — published 2007
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Wendy's writing

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May 14
Mountains Beyond Mou... Wendy gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Mountains Beyond Mountains: Healing the World: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer (Hardcover)
by Tracy Kidder
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May 12
540140 Wendy read and liked Mary Louise 's review of Farming in the Dark: A Discussion About the Future of Sustainable Agriculture:

"Janke refers to her method as "narrative nonfiction inquiry" providing a necessary critique of the sustainable agriculture movement by going directly to the source. Genre? Think Studs Turkel"   ...read more »
Little house in the ... Wendy gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Little house in the big woods (Little house)
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Shock and Awe: War o... Wendy added:
Shock and Awe: War on Words (Paperback)
by Institute FOR ADVANCED FEMINIST RESEARCH
bookshelves: anthologies, politics, warstories
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read in January, 2004

Wendy Wendy said: "I have a super-short piece in this book, so I'll refrain from reviewing it, other than to say that it was an honor to be in the company of several of the writers in this book! "
Letters from Young A... Wendy gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Letters from Young Activists: Today's Rebels Speak Out (Paperback)
by Chesa Boudin
bookshelves: anthologies, grassroots-organizing, journals, politics
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read in January, 2007

Wendy Wendy said: "The very unevenness of this anthology is what makes it so lovely. The writers range from brilliant 11-year-olds to think-they're-brilliant late-twenty-somethings, but overall, it's an engrossing trip into youth activism at the dawn of the 21st centur...more "
The Complete Stories Wendy gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
The Complete Stories (Paperback)
by Zora Neale Hurston
bookshelves: fiction
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read in February, 2008

Wendy Wendy said: "This book shows how Zora developed as a writer, but also how fully formed she was, in many ways, as a woman in her early twenties. "
Every Tongue Got to ... Wendy gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-tales from the Gulf States (Paperback)
by Zora Neale Hurston
bookshelves: anthologies
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read in February, 2008

Wendy Wendy said: "A period piece, of course, but shows what a great anthropologist Zora was. She was a natural. "
I Love Myself When I... Wendy gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
I Love Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader (Paperback)
by Zora Neale Hurston
bookshelves: anthologies
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read in March, 2008

Wendy Wendy said: "Great introduction to Zora's work, will help you decide what to read next. "
Letters from Mexico Wendy gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Letters from Mexico (Paperback)
by Hernan Cortes
bookshelves: journals, mexico
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recommended for: all travel writers
read in January, 2002

Wendy Wendy said: "What a PR master Hernan Cortes was. So much contemporary travel writing simply reenacts the conquest and the reactions of the conquistadors. If you're going to do that, might as well go back to the source. This is an excellent translation, with good ...more "
The Poem Behind the ... Wendy gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
The Poem Behind the Poem: Translating Asian Poetry (Paperback)
by Frank Stewart
bookshelves: anthologies, essay, poetry, translation
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recommended for: all translators

Wendy Wendy said: "This book is a treasure of deep thought about the art and craft of translating poetry. Made me glad that my task is the relatively simple one of translating Spanish to English. A lovely collection of essays. "



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from Carter
03/01/2008 11:57PM

573509 I won a class tonight with SCBA and I was all excited that I was going to get to your class w/ Yuka, but it's on the same day as another event I'm doing. Dang. Maybe next time.










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