If you want to publish your first book and launch a career as a nonfiction writer, then Pagan Kennedy (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow '10) may have a few ideas for you. A widely published writer, Pagan is getting ready to teach a year-long, "MFA-level" course at the Grub Street writers' service organization called the Nonfiction Career Lab (applications accepted until by … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – October 11
Contrary to popular belief, artists don't pack up their practices for the month of October so they can concentrate solely on churning out witch-crashed-into-a-tree decorations for Halloween. No, they keep doing great stuff like this. Here's what past MCC Artist Fellows and Finalists are up to this month: The Boston Book Festival, taking place on Saturday, October 15, … [Read more...]
Page to Screen, Part II
Further adventures in movies Yesterday, we talked about adapting novels to film and past MCC awardees who have done so. Today, ArtSake returns to Hollyword (i.e. the special place movies of books get made). The following is a list of books by past state fellows in literature that have been made into movies. Andre Dubus (Fellow '76) wrote Finding a Girl in America (1980). … [Read more...]