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mexico (23)
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Wendy Callauthor profile |
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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. ************************************ 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... |
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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 Callcombine editionsavg rating: 4.21 | 29 ratings | 1 distinct work
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Wendy's writing
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Mountains Beyond Mountains: Healing the World: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer (Hardcover) by Tracy Kidder |
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"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 » | |
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Little house in the big woods (Little house) by Laura Ingalls Wilder |
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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
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"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!
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Letters from Young Activists: Today's Rebels Speak Out (Paperback) by Chesa Boudin bookshelves: anthologies, grassroots-organizing, journals, politics |
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The Complete Stories (Paperback) by Zora Neale Hurston bookshelves: fiction |
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"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.
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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
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"A period piece, of course, but shows what a great anthropologist Zora was. She was a natural.
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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
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"Great introduction to Zora's work, will help you decide what to read next.
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Letters from Mexico (Paperback) by Hernan Cortes bookshelves: journals, mexico |
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recommended for: all travel writers
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"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
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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
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"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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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.
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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