Sometimes I feel the need to explain why so many of the readings I select for my classes are tinged with sadness. It’s what I’m drawn to as a reader, I say. I like stuff that is dark. As a…
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April, 2018
Renewal: Writing About Change by Anne Liu Kellor
Posted Wed, 4/18/2018 - 9:24am by Guest Contributor | Category: Hugo Classes, Writing, Writing Advice
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Poets & Writers Features the New Hugo House
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If you’ve picked up the latest issue of Poets & Writers, you might have seen the familiar sight of our ramshackle old home resurrected on its glossy pages. For the May/June issue, Lora Shinn spoke with Executive Director Tree Swenson…
Poet Ada Limón Offers a Luminous New Collection and Some Insight
Posted Tue, 4/10/2018 - 12:23pm by Lucienne Aggarwal | Category: Events, Poetry, Word Works, Writing, Writing Advice
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Ada Limón is the author of five collections of poetry. The most well-known, Bright Dead Things (Milkweed Editions, 2015), was a finalist for the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award among other prestigious nominations. Her newest collection, The Carrying, will be…
Micro Lesson: Asking and Answering Questions of Travel with Elizabeth Bishop by Carolyne Wright
Posted Mon, 4/09/2018 - 11:09am by Guest Contributor | Category: Hugo Classes, Poetry, Writing, Writing Advice
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Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) was the consummate American poet of travel, writing and translating worldwide, and living for fifteen years in Brazil. Her “traveler takes a notebook, writes” about the mysteries of maps, the wonders of cultures and landscapes. In my…
Micro Lesson: An Exercise in Empathy by Ruth Joffre
Posted Thu, 4/05/2018 - 7:35am by Guest Contributor | Category: Hugo Classes, Writing, Writing Advice
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It is often said that reading makes us better, kinder people. Many articles expound on how the act of reading benefits the mind and body by decreasing stress levels, teaching us about other people and cultures, and introducing us to…
Accessing Hinduism in Your Writing by Shankar Narayan
Posted Wed, 4/04/2018 - 7:48am by Guest Contributor | Category: Hugo Classes, Writing, Writing Advice
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Hinduism is an entire universe of gods, concepts, traditions, and philosophies. Just as you can practice any religion concurrently with being a Hindu, you don’t have to be a true believer to take advantage of Hinduism in your writing practice. Many of…
Writing Women’s Lives by Susan Meyers
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In the United States, women buy statistically more books than men—but publish fewer books, win fewer literary prizes, and get reviewed with far less regularity. Similarly, women account for only 10% of op-ed pieces that are published nationally. Why is…