Joseph Scapellato

Oh man, thanks, Dylan! That's really kind of you. Being an open node -- having your metaphorical doors open -- has made a real difference in my life, and I'm glad to hear that it's doing that same work for you, too. Hope all's well!

West Branch Wired is live! Some really great stuff in this issue.
westbranch.blogs.bucknell.edu

Point of View Workout with Joseph Scapellato - StoryStudio Chicago You’ll walk out of the class with practical point of view handouts—including terminology, strategies, and writing exercises—that you can use to revitalize an existing project or to help you get cracki...

Have you found point of view—in theory, and/or in practice—to be a rather slippery concept?

If so, join @josephscapellato.bsky.social tomorrow night (5/7) on Zoom for a POV Workout!

#writingcommunity

www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...

I read it last summer for the first time! I found it to be the kind of book that is The Kind of Book You Can Only Read for the First Time Once. Enjoy!

Point of View Workout with Joseph Scapellato - StoryStudio Chicago You’ll walk out of the class with practical point of view handouts—including terminology, strategies, and writing exercises—that you can use to revitalize an existing project or to help you get cracki...

Hi all! I'm teaching a remote @storystudiochicago.bsky.social class on point of view next week. Still some spots available! www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...

Great people organizing great classes for great students!

Hit me up for Independent Bookstore Day recommendations!

Will you be at AWP? We will! Join us for an offsite on that Saturday night with this stellar lineup. We’re partnering with @ninthletter.bsky.social and so hyped about this event!! We’ll have free drink tickets, too! See you there!

reminder the deadline to apply is Friday!!!! send in your app today!!!

Looking for VAPs in Fiction and Nonfiction at Bucknell! Spread the word -- bucknell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

Poets/fiction-writers-interested-in-editing! @westbranchmagazine.bsky.social is seeking two (PAID) Associate Editors. See below!

Hugs to you and your family --

Come join us!

Poets and fiction writers! WEST BRANCH is looking for two Associate Editors, one in poery, one in fiction. We pay! Details below --

We're exactly three months away from the release of my debut collection of short fiction, THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES, from
@cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

I hope you’ll check it out and I hope you are (but not likely) as excited as meeeeeee!

WEST BRANCH WIRED 107 is live! Amazing work, featuring a special portfolio of poetry curated by @sabadilla15.bsky.social! westbranch.blogs.bucknell.edu

Bread! Made with a poolish. A riff on a recipe in Forkish's FLOUR WATER SALT YEAST --

A gentle reminder that your attention is a form of currency. Spend it wisely.

"In governance, good is to be tidy" -- this is so true in administrative work, too!

The Answer That Which Bringeth More Questions!

Right! You fill the spaces with your self/yourself.

Beautifully put! Love the idea that mystery is inherently interactive. I think this is true even if the mystery routes the reader to one answer (cozy mysteries, crime procedurals, etc.) or many possible answers/more mysteries (Lynch, and all the wild fiction that we love best).

Teachers-of-undergrad-poets! Just a reminder that the deadline for this (completely free) (very storied) program is 1/31.

Hey writers! What are your favorite quotes/passages -- from writers -- on language?

One of my all-time favorite poems, and the one I read aloud every New Year’s Eve.

Thanks for this. And I completely agree that extraordinary flash is being written right now! Again, just out of curiosity -- what do you think might help academia and the larger literary world catch up?

Do you feel that there's a trend towards pressing the two together? (And if so, are you seeing this in the way that people talk about the two, and/or in the kind of flash fiction that's being published at the moment?) Just curious!

I've always felt that flash fiction is entirely its own entity, operating in its own universe of varied conventions, pressures, and expectations, a universe parallel to the universe of longer prose!

Just a reminder to encourage your undergrad poets to apply to the Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets!

Just a reminder to apply for the Philip Roth Residency!