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‘Pippin’ Breaks the Magic Spell
photo credit: Craig Schwartz Other than a vague impression that it was a musical, I knew little about Pippin as I took my seat at the Mark Taper Forum in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday night. A season ticket holder to … Continue reading
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Wednesday Writing Exercise: Group Highlights
I recently joined a new writing group that’s different from any other in which I’ve participated. Rather than sharing their work for critique, these writers gather once a week to, well, write. This is how it works: each member—as few … Continue reading
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Monday Morning Grammar: Nouns Part II—Plurals
This week, Monday Morning Grammar continues our discussion on that most basic part of speech, the noun. Last week, we established what a noun is, common versus proper nouns, and count versus noncount nouns. Today, let’s look at plural nouns. … Continue reading
AWP Dispatch: NEA Grant Apps
At nine a.m. on the first day of AWP, informational sessions already provided the practical advice sought by conference attendees. Much of what was reviewed during this morning’s panel on “Applying to the National Endowment for the Arts: Helpful Hints … Continue reading
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Writing and Editing News Roundup
Yes, 2009 is off to a rocky start for Mots Justes. Returning to a regular posting schedule post-thesis has proven just as challenging as returning to a regular writing schedule post-thesis. (More on that later.) This will change, however, this … Continue reading
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Best Books Read in 2008
For years I’ve been putting together year-end top-ten lists of movies. One can do this as a film critic because one has presumably seen a prodigious number of current titles in order to make a qualified assessment of the cinematic … Continue reading
“Review” Revue
Mots Justes hopes you’ll indulge a little self-promotion today, as the second edition of Southern California Review is now available! The literary journal, published by the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California, celebrated with a … Continue reading
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“Every Life Is Worthy of a Novel”
At a special event curated by novelist Mona Simpson at the Hammer Museum in Westwood last week, Michael Cunningham (Specimen Days, The Hours, A Home at the End of the World) gave the audience an early holiday present: a reading … Continue reading
Deadlines Are Our Friends—Part II: How to Function Without One
As discussed at length in yesterday’s post, I handed in my thesis last week. As the deadline approached, I was writing furiously, madly. Now that the deadline has passed, however, I fear I may stop. (I prefer to think of … Continue reading
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Deadlines Are Our Friends
Hello again! Yes, Mots Justes is back online, having survived the thesis throes. And yes, as a commenter on the post below notes, unfortunately it is well past November 4. Here’s what happened: As noted in my last post, I … Continue reading
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