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Wendy Call

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female

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http://www.wendycall.com

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Nonfiction, translation of poetry & fictio

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thouands of people working together for social change

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May 2007

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Wendy Call is an itinerant Writer in Residence -- at Penland School of Crafts and the Everglades National Park in 2010, and recently at Seattle University (2009) and Richard Hugo House (2006 to 2008). She has worked as a freelance writer, editor, and creative writing teacher since 2000. Before that, she devoted a decade to full-time work for social change organizations. She lives in Seattle and Miami.
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Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University
by Wendy Call (Goodreads author)
avg rating 4.01 — 69 ratings — published 2007

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Wendy is currently reading

	10/15 Wendy gave to: Selected Cronicas (New Directions Paperbook, 834) by Clarice Lispector bookshelves: currently-reading, essay, latin-america, lit-in-translation	my rating:
	read in October, 2009 Wendy said: "I am awed by her trenchant intelligence, her honesty, her sense of irony. Wow. Wowwowwow. " add a comment
	09/21 Wendy is currently reading: Fatelessness (Paperback) by Imre Kertész bookshelves: currently-reading, fiction, memoir, translation	my rating:
	read in September, 2009 Wendy said: "Wow. Twenty pages in and I am enthralled. My buddy Lisa Orlick recommended this when I asked for book recommendations on the subject of FEAR. So far, what I find so compelling about this book is the voice of the young narrator. Such a believable boy ...more " add a comment
	09/12 Wendy gave to: Developmental Editing: A Handbook for Freelancers, Authors, and Publishers (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) by Scott Norton bookshelves: currently-reading, on-editing, teaching-writing, writing-biz	my rating:
	read in September, 2009 Wendy said: "Finally, a method for my madness! It is enormously interesting to read of someone else's editing process -- especially someone with so much experience -- and see how it matches and where it diverges from one's own. This book offers me a more complete...more " add a comment

Wendy's recent updates (rss)

October 15
	Wendy gave to: Selected Cronicas (New Directions Paperbook, 834) by Clarice Lispector	my rating:
	read in October, 2009 Wendy said: "I am awed by her trenchant intelligence, her honesty, her sense of irony. Wow. Wowwowwow. " add a comment
	Wendy gave to: This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life (Hardcover) by David Foster Wallace	my rating:
	read in October, 2009 Wendy said: "So, I guess the answer to his own question would be "no"? " add a comment
September 24
	Wendy gave to: Notes from No Man's Land: American Essays (Paperback) by Eula Biss	my rating:
	read in July, 2009 Wendy said: "The range of style and of subjects treated in this collection is impressive. I will admit, that the book doesn't even meet one of my basic criteria for reading a new book: if the back has more than three blurbs, one of them must be from a woman. But ...more " add a comment
	Wendy gave to: The Optimist's Daughter: A Novel (Hardcover) by Eudora Welty	my rating:
	read in September, 2009 Wendy said: "OK, I will embarrass myself and admit this is the first book I've read by Eudora Welty. The expansion of a small period of time into an entire novel is stunning. I will admit the density of dialogue -- and lack of deep, interior life of the main char...more " add a comment
September 21
	Wendy is currently reading: Fatelessness (Paperback) by Imre Kertész	my rating:
	read in September, 2009 Wendy said: "Wow. Twenty pages in and I am enthralled. My buddy Lisa Orlick recommended this when I asked for book recommendations on the subject of FEAR. So far, what I find so compelling about this book is the voice of the young narrator. Such a believable boy ...more " add a comment
September 12
	Wendy added: Dubious Angels: Poems After Paul Klee (Paperback) by Keith Ratzlaff	my rating:
	read in September, 2009 add a comment
	Wendy added: The Lost Origins of the Essay (Paperback) by John D'Agata	my rating:
	read in September, 2009 add a comment
	Wendy gave to: Developmental Editing: A Handbook for Freelancers, Authors, and Publishers (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) by Scott Norton	my rating:
	read in September, 2009 Wendy said: "Finally, a method for my madness! It is enormously interesting to read of someone else's editing process -- especially someone with so much experience -- and see how it matches and where it diverges from one's own. This book offers me a more complete...more " add a comment
	Wendy gave to: 4 A.M. Breakthrough: Unconventional Writing Exercises That Transform Your Fiction (Paperback) by Brian Kiteley (Goodreads author)	my rating:
	read in July, 2009 Wendy said: "Many of the exercises here need -- at least for me -- to be broken down into smaller steps -- but there are some excellent ideas here. " 1 comment
	Wendy gave to: Healing Through the Dark Emotions: The Wisdom of Grief, Fear, and Despair (Paperback) by Miriam Greenspan	my rating:
	read in September, 2009 Wendy said: "I'm reading to inform my writing more than my life (to the extent those things can be separated), but I'm finding it useful in both realms. Greenspan is deeply intelligent. " add a comment