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Rachel Yoder
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Rachel Yoder posted an event
Best of the Web 2010 Reading at The Book Cellar
August 19, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm
The Book Cellar and Dzanc Books present an evening of readings from the recently released Dzanc Books' Best of the Web 2010. The reading will feature at least four authors included in the anthology. Please join us as we see if the Blog --> Book --> Reading metamorphosis will make the world explode.
Rachel Yoder left a comment for Diana Raab
"Hi Diana! Nice to see you here. Hope the anthology is coming together well!"
Profile Information
- Who I am:
- http://www.pw.org/content/rachel_yoder
- Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
- Work forthcoming in Dzanc's anthology Best of the Web 2010
Best American Short Stories 2010, listed in Top 100 Distinguished Stories
- Media outlets that I currently write for:
- Along with Mark Polanzak, I edit draft: the journal of process, an educational literary journal, featuring stories, their early drafts, and interviews with authors focusing on process rather than product. Visit our website draftjournal.com and blog at draftjournal.blogspot.com.
I've also written for The New York Times, Sun Magazine, Kenyon Review, and Missouri Review, among other print and online publications.
- My writing is:
- Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir
- Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:
- Yes
- Services I offer to other writers:
- If you teach creative writing or are interested in learning more about the process of drafting and revision, Draft Journal's blog features discussions and exercises related to craft and revision. (draftjournal.blogspot.com)
- I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
- Nonfiction Writing Program (University of Iowa)
- My professional associations:
- I'm currently a Senior Editor at Defunct Magazine (defunctmag.com) and Co-Editor--along with Mark Polanzak--of Draft: A Journal of Process, premiering summer 2010.
Before moving to Iowa, I earned a BA from Georgetown University, MFA in fiction at the University of Arizona, and served as the Managing Editor of the award-winning literary journal Alligator Juniper, published by Prescott College and founded by Melanie Bishop. I'm now an Iowa Arts Fellow in the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa.
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 11:12am on November 6, 2010,
Amy Butcher said… - oh hi there.
- At 10:12pm on January 31, 2010,
Diana Raab said… - Hi Rachel! ~
How are you ?
Diana
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