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The Shipman Agency offers complete literary services to writers at all stages of their careers: event booking, independent publicity, mss consultations, The Work Room. Knicks4ever. she/her https://www.theshipmanagency.com/
Amazing collaboration between clients @sandyernestallen.bsky.social and @maris.bsky.social
Congratulations @rabihalameddine.bsky.social 🎉
Jane Hirshfield
YES!!!!!!
My daughter sent this to me from Guatemala today and it helped.
We’ll also try a few in-class live attempts at interviews to demonstrate how to navigate conversations. Register here! www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/mast...
A few days left to register for Tricia Romano's master class! The group will look at some of Tricia's own interviews from "The Freaks Came Out To Write" and Q&A’s she conducted and talk about what worked and what she wish she'd done differently.
Auction:
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Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.
THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
Exhaustion talking!
#AWP
Yes, Darcey is my client. Also yes, this book is a beautiful revelation.
American publishing regularly punishes women in their 50s by simply not interviewing them for new jobs in the way @saribotton.bsky.social describes here. So it’s great revenge that she launched Oldster magazine on her own, now with 70k subscribers.
My story after leaving NBF at 56. Sari is an absolute hero!
Happy pub date to the great @jordyrosenberg.bsky.social, whose second novel NIGHT NIGHT FAWN is in the world today!
We’ll start with the tales of the Brothers Grimm, as well as the 1001 Nights and the work of Hans Christian Andersen, before moving to more modern practitioners, including Leonora Carrington, Angela Carter and Helen Oyeyemi. Register! www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/mast...
In this seminar, we will visit these wondertales and see in all their darkness and boldness, how they still speak to us today and how they can liberate our writing.
A necessary and practical workshop for writers looking to apply for fellowships, residencies, MFA programs, and grants. You will be provided with resources, sample statements, strategies, and tips that will ensure your applications are taken seriously. www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/mast...
In this weekend's class, we’ll discuss the key components that every personal statement and statement of purpose should include, as well as holistic, big-picture considerations for making your application as strong as can be.
Ahoy, Bluesky! Edward Carey is teaching an online course on Fairytales as Inspiration. He's taught fairytales to writers for two decades, at both the Iowa Writers Workshop & UT Austin, & knows everything about their joys & shadows.
www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/mast...
Thank you @alexanderchee.bsky.social !
it's 2016: north carolina introduces a bill to ban trans people from using bathrooms safely. there's a national outcry; companies withdraw business up to and including the NCAA cancelling a publicized game. the bill fails.
it's 2026: kansas passes a law nullifying trans people's licenses. crickets.
How to understand American politics:
400 women have been arrested for having a miscarriage.
No one on the Epstein list has been.
Fiction folks, poets, CNF and journalists, we've got something for everyone this spring. Classes start April 1
The view from Ridgewood Queens
The snow has just started here in NYC, but spring is already happening in the Work Room. Classes with Laura van den Berg, Lidia Yuknavitch, Yasmin Zaher, Tricia Romano, Edward Carey, Rickey Laurentiis and other greats 🌟
This looks amazing! Just signed up!
@shipmanagency.bsky.social
www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/work...
Despite my lactose intolerance, I bravely interviewed the incomparable Megan Milk about their new collection Mega Milk: Essays about Family, Fluidity, Whiteness and Cows. 🐄 I loved our conversation and I hope that you will, too. flaminghydra.com/milking-milk...
