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SUMMARY:STORIES ON SUNDAY: Jennifer Lang (Places We Left Behind)
DESCRIPTION:Hear Jennifer Lang read from Places We Left Behind: A Memoir in Miniature\, followed by a discussion with our flash editor Rae Pagliarulo and an audience Q&A. \nMore about the book: When American-born Jennifer falls in love with French-born Philippe during the First Intifada in Israel\, she understands their relationship isn’t perfect. Both 23\, both Jewish\, they lead very different lives: she’s a secular tourist\, he’s an observant immigrant. Despite their opposing outlooks on two fundamental issues — country and religion — they are determined to make it work. For the next 20 years\, they root and uproot their growing family\, each longing for a singular place to call home. \nIn Places We Left Behind\, Jennifer puts her marriage under a microscope\, examining commitment and compromise\, faith and family while moving between prose and poetry\, playing with language and form\, daring the reader to read between the lines. \nAbout the Series: Stories on Sundays are bi-monthly readings from a recent/forthcoming work of creative nonfiction followed by an author interview + audience Q&A. Your registration helps fund our contributor payments and other costs associated with running our journal. \nMeet the Speaker\nAn American-French-Israeli hybrid\, Jennifer writes about identity\, language\, home. While raising kids in the San Francisco Bay Area at the dawning of the internet\, she worked as copy editor/editor/content writer for BabyCenter\, PlanetRx\, and many other now obsolete .coms. But Jennifer dreamed of seeing her name on paper\, in print\, eventually writing for Parenting\, Parents\, Natural Solutions\, Scholastic\, Woman’s Day\, Real Simple. \nThen\, in the early 2000s\, something else caught her eye: the back-page essays. Who were these first-person voices and how did they tell such moving stories? Curious and on the opposite coast\, Jennifer enrolled in a creative nonfiction class: one\, which led to another\, and then another\, finally culminating in an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/stories-on-sunday-jennifer-lang-places-we-left-behind/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom Webinar)
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SUMMARY:How-To Tuesday: Getting Found — Discoverability & SEO for Writers in a Time of AI\, Evolving Algorithms and Information Overload (Donna Talarico)
DESCRIPTION:Most people turn to search engines or a specific website’s search feature to find what they’re looking for — including books. Getting found — showing up in a Google or other search engine results/listings — is crucial in a day of information overload\, short attention spans\, and evolving algorithms. \nIn this talk focused on SEO for writers\, Hippocampus Magazine founder/managing editor Donna Talarico shares tips from her day job in content strategy about how SEO can help you build and sustain your platform. This session will: \n\ngive a primer on search engine optimization (SEO) and debunk some myths\ncover how to research what users (aka potential readers) are actually searching for (hint: it’s probably not your name)\nshare how to use that data to inform content creation choices across mediums and platforms\nexplore how AI and voice assistants are affecting the ways people find things on the internet\nlook ahead to anticipated challenges and trends for SEO\n\nAttendees will leave with ideas to revise existing (or create new!) content and marketing materials\, including your website\, book metadata\, directory/catalog listings\, and more — maybe even your book subtitle! \n>>Read our related craft column\, “You’re Writing for Search Engines\, Too: SEO for Tips for Writers” \nAbout the series: How-To Tuesdays are monthly talks on the craft of creative nonfiction\, publishing\, marketing and the writing life led by Hippocampus Magazine editors & contributors. Your registration helps fund our contributor payments and other costs associated with running our journal. \nMeet the Speaker\nDonna Talarico\, founder/publisher of Hippocampus Magazine\, has more than 25 years of experience in marketing and communications; about half of that time has been in higher education. She serves as an editor for Link Journal (from the HighEdWeb Association)\, writes an adult learner recruiting column for Wiley\, and has contributed to Guardian Higher Education Network\, The Writer\, mental_floss\, Games World of Puzzles\, and others. Her creative nonfiction appears in The Superstition Review\, The Los Angeles Review\, The New York Times (Tiny Love Stories)\, Wanderlust Journal\, and The Writing Disorder (which nominated her essay “A Prequel to My Sister’s” for a Pushcart Prize). Donna serves on the residency faculty (with a focus on the business of publishing) at the Maslow Family Graduate Creative Writing Program at Wilkes University.
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/how-to-tuesday-getting-found-seo-for-writers/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom Webinar)
CATEGORIES:Hippo Organizing,How-to Tuesdays,Marketing/Promotion,Online
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SUMMARY:HippoCamp Minis Part 2: An Evening With the Editors!
DESCRIPTION: Registration closes at 2 p.m. eastern\, 8/13.  \nOur volunteer editors are incredible humans — and their expertise goes well beyond their roles at Hippocampus\, and even the literary world. In this session full of brief sessions\, you’ll take away plenty of practical knowledge about writing\, publishing\, marketing\, and living the creative life.  Oh… and this event also serves as special preview of an TBA series from Hippocampus Magazine! \nNote: This is ONE OF THREE events we’re hosting the weekend of the 12-13th! Read about all of them here. \nThis webinar session will feature: \n\nHow to Survive That Angsty First Year After Your Book Pubs (Steph Auteri\, essays editor)We’ve all heard of postpartum book depression. I can confirm: the struggle is real. I spent the year after my own book pubbed flailing about\, trying to find the Next Big Project\, forcing myself to write a proposal that never felt quite right. In this flash session\, I’ll share my top tips for writers who have just introduced their first book to the world\, including how to create your own metrics for success; knowing when to cut yourself a break; allowing yourself creative play; considering the possibility of non-book projects; and remembering what you’re passionate about… and why. \nDon’t worry: If your book project is still in the work\, you’ll still benefit from the ideas covered here! \nAbout the speaker: Steph Auteri has written for the Atlantic\, the Guardian\, Pacific Standard\, VICE\, and other publications. Her more literary work has appeared in Poets & Writers\, Creative Nonfiction\, Under the Gum Tree\, and elsewhere. She is the author of A Dirty Word and the founder of Guerrilla Sex Ed. \n\nWhat If I Can’t Remember? Using Mistakes of Memory to Write Creative Nonfiction (Wendy Fontaine\, assistant flash editor)Memories fade\, morph and sometimes disappear. And yet\, we still need to write about them. In this flash session\, we will touch on the science behind memory distortion and explore how these so-called mistakes might be useful in unlocking the emotional truth of our experiences. \nAbout the speaker: Wendy Fontaine’s work has appeared in dozens of literary journals and magazines including Pithead Chapel\, Hippocampus Magazine\, Longridge Review\, Creative Nonfiction’s Sunday Reads\, Sweet Lit and Yemassee. She has received nonfiction prizes from Identity Theory\, Hunger Mountain and Tiferet Journal\, as well as nominations to the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net anthologies. A native New Englander\, she currently resides in southern California with her daughter and husband. \n\nHeart and Soul: 10 Things Contributors Taught Me About Writing & Life (Kristen Paulson-Nguyen\, writing life editor)Writing Life Editor Kristen Paulson-Nguyen dives deep into the column\, rediscovering hard fought wisdom from contributors. She’ll explore timeless topics\, from working with your first book editor\, to finding the writing groups that help you soar\, getting stuck and finding a path forward. \nAbout the speaker: Kristen Paulson-Nguyen is a graduate of GrubStreet’s Memoir and Essay Incubators and has taught courses in flash and the memoir proposal. She edits the Writing Life column for Hippocampus. Through her service Title Doctor\, she has titled 17 works of fiction\, nonfiction\, memoir\, a craft book\, a memoir-in-essays\, and The Writer’s 2021 contest-winning essay. She is querying her memoir \n\nThe Web is for Everyone: Accessibility & Inclusivity Tips for Writers & Content Creators (Donna Talarico\, founder/managing editor)As writers engaged in the literary community\, it’s likely that you create and/or share content across the digital platforms\, including your website\, social media\, and email. But before you hit send\, post\, or publish\, are you certain what you’re about to share will be accessible to all? In this flash session (geared toward non-techies!)\, Donna will share wisdom from her day job in content strategy/UX. We’ll cover the basics of web accessibility — what it is and why it matters — and how to become more mindful about the written and multimedia content your create or share online. \nAbout the speaker: Donna Talarico\, founder/publisher of Hippocampus Magazine and Books\, has more than 25 years of experience in marketing and communications; about half of that time has been in higher education. She serves as an editor for Link Journal (from the HighEdWeb)\, writes an adult learner recruiting column for Wiley\, and has contributed to Guardian Higher Education Network\, The Writer\, mental_floss\, Games World of Puzzles\, and others. Her creative nonfiction appears in The Superstition Review\, The Los Angeles Review\, The Los Angeles Times\, and Wanderlust Journal. Donna serves or has served on the faculty of graduate creative writing programs\, including Wilkes University and Rosemont College\, as well as at Pennsylvania College of Art & Design. \n\nThis is ONE OF THREE events we’re hosting the weekend of the 12-13th! Read about all of them here.  \n(events will be recorded and made available to registered attendees for 30 days)
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/hippocamp-minis-part-2-an-evening-with-the-editors/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom Webinar)
CATEGORIES:Craft,Hippo Organizing,Online
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SUMMARY:HippoCamp Minis Part One: 5 CNF Topics in a Flash!
DESCRIPTION: Registration closes at 9 a.m. eastern\, 8/13.  \nSome conferences call these fast-paced events lightning round talks. In honor of the short CNF subgenre\, we call them flash sessions! These have always been a popular and fun part of our in-person conference and\, this year\, we’re bringing them online. \nYou’ll hear from five speakers who will share bite-sized wisdom with practical takeaways on a topic they’re passionate about. Stay tuned for the line-up! \nNote: This is ONE OF THREE events we’re hosting the weekend of the 12-13th! Read about all of them here. \n(events will be recorded and made available to registered attendees for 30 days) \nThis webinar session will feature: \n\nThe Excavation of Glimmers with Anita GillGlimmers\, a concept coined by Pam Houston\, is a method of collecting random observances in the world and finding them as sources for inspiration or enhancement in one’s writing. In this flash session\, we will uncover our own glimmers and how they offer an innovative approach to generating new work and/or enhancing revision. \nAbout the speaker: Anita Gill is a Fulbright Scholar whose work has appeared in The Iowa Review\, Kweli\, Prairie Schooner\, Coachella Review\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, The Rumpus\, and elsewhere. Her writing has been listed as Notable in Best American Essays and has won The Iowa Review Award in Nonfiction. She holds an MA in Literature from American University\, and an MFA in writing from Pacific University. She currently serves as nonfiction editor for Hypertext Review while working on a novel. Find her online at www.anitagill.ink. \n\nThe First Book Vulnerability Hangover with Megan J. KaleitaHere’s everything I did wrong when it came to my first book being published: All of it. I did everything wrong. I didn’t have a community where I lived. I moved across the country when I should have been doing readings and networking. I thought my job came first (the one that paid the bills\, not the one I liked). I didn’t understand the impact my book would have on the right people and was too worried about the people who wouldn’t like it. In truth\, I had a vulnerability hangover and was running from it. This is everything I’d do differently. \nAbout the speaker: Megan J. Kaleita is the author of This Book is Brought to You By My Student Loans\, and has comedic essays in McSweeny’s\, LitReactor\, LadySpike\, Daily Drunk Mag\, and the upcoming anthology Isn’t She Great: Writer’s On Women Led Comedies from 9-5 to Booksmart. She has a BA from Hartwick College and an MA from Wilkes University\, and has had a jumble of careers including medical receptionist\, marketing manager\, professional blog writer\, and more. She currently lives in Boise\, Idaho but please don’t judge her for that. \n\nOn Chaos and the Researched Braided Memoir with Jennifer LundenContemporary memoir is becoming more multidisciplinary\, incorporating research and original reporting on subjects as wide-ranging as science\, history\, social justice\, cultural criticism\, and more. Finding the form for these complex\, non-linear narratives can feel chaotic and overwhelming. How do people pull it off? How does a writer decide what goes where? In this talk Jennifer Lunden will discuss her process in structuring her book American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation\, My Body’s Revolt\, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life\, and how she came to recognize the role of chaos theory as both subject and inspiration. \nAbout the speaker: The recipient of the 2019 Maine Arts Fellowship for Literary Arts and the 2016 Bread Loaf–Rona Jaffe Foundation Scholarship in Nonfiction\, Jennifer Lunden writes at the intersection of health and the environment. Her essays have been published in Creative Nonfiction\, Orion\, River Teeth\, DIAGRAM\, Longreads\, and other journals; selected for several anthologies; and praised as notable in Best American Essays. A former therapist\, she was named Maine’s Social Worker of the Year in 2012. She and her husband\, the artist Frank Turek\, live in a little house in Portland\, Maine\, where they keep several chickens\, two cats\, and some gloriously untamed gardens. \n\nSetting as Character: When Place Enlivens Narrative with Suzanne Ohlmann To keep the your reader on the page\, you must invite them immediately into a sense of place. At times\, a well-written place elicits not just setting\, but morphs into its own character. This flash session will take a brief but colorful dive into the technical skills that launch the magical blurring between character and setting\, and create a more tangible experience of place for the reader. \nAbout the speaker: Suzanne Ohlmann is a writer and registered nurse who lives in Nebraska and San Antonio\, Texas. She and her husband\, a firefighter\, share their home with a community of dogs\, cats\, the occasional opossum\, and their son. She works with rural heart failure patients who would otherwise not have access to advanced health care\, and who love to remind her that they’d rather be frying frog legs or fixing fence line than listening to her advice. \n\nWriting Beyond Shame: 5 Steps to Exposing Yourself on the Page with Paul ZakrzewskiMemoir and essays often hinge on the power of your narrator—a version of you—to tell a compelling story. But for writers recovering from trauma\, the effects of toxic shame can overwhelm our desire to get our voice and inner journey down on the page. Drawing from findings and tools in contemporary psychology (ie. Internal Family Systems)\, 12-step recovery\, and writing teachers like Peter Elbow and Julia Cameron\, we’ll explore several ways to recover and (re)center your authentic self in your work. \nAbout the speaker: Since 2005 Paul Zakrzewski has helped writers to dig deep and tell their most authentic life stories through the application of craft and insight. He currently works 1:1 to help authors finish market-ready drafts\, proposals\, query letters\, and more. His writing has appeared in the New York Times\, Washington Post\, Brevity\, Essay Daily and elsewhere. The recipient of an MFA from VCFA\, he edited the prize-winning anthology Lost Tribe: Jewish Fiction from the Edge (Perennial) and currently hosts The Book I Had to Write show\, available wherever you listen to podcasts. \n\nThis is ONE OF THREE events we’re hosting the weekend of the 12-13th! Read about all of them here.  \n(events will be recorded and made available to registered attendees for 30 days)
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/hippocamp-minis-part-one-5-cnf-topics-in-a-flash/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom Webinar)
CATEGORIES:Craft,Hippo Organizing,Online
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SUMMARY:A Night of Nonfiction: Debut CNF Author Readings & Discussions - Summer 2023
DESCRIPTION: Registration is closed.  \nThis is the online version of our ever-popular in-person event! It will feature readings from debut CNF authors\, followed by a special guest reading and then a panel discussion\, led by Hippocampus Magazine’s interviews editor Lara Lillibridge. \nNote: This is ONE OF THREE events we’re hosting the weekend of the 12-13th! Read about all of them here. \nThe evening will feature: \nAlyssa Graybeal (Floppy: Takes of a Genetic Freak of Nature at the End of the World) Alyssa Graybeal  is a writer and cartoonist whose work explores the emotional landscape of chronic illness and disability\, which can be funnier than it sounds. Her memoir Floppy: Tales of a Genetic Freak of Nature at the End of the World (2023) won the Red Hen Press Nonfiction Award\, and it is one of the first books about living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome from a patient’s perspective. She works as an editor and writing coach in Astoria\, Oregon. \nAnne Pinkerton (Were You Close? A Sister’s Quest to Know the Brother She Lost)  Anne Pinkerton’s memoir\, Were You Close? A sister’s quest to know the brother she lost\, published in April 2023 through Vine Leaves Press. Her poetry and essays have appeared in Hippocampus Magazine\, Modern Loss\, “Beautiful Things” at River Teeth Journal\, Entropy\, Lunch Ticket\, among other journals and anthologies. Anne holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from Bay Path University and studied poetry as an undergrad at Hampshire College. She grew up in Texas and lives in western Massachusetts. \nAnthony J. Mohr (Every Other Weekend: Coming of Age With Two Different Dads) Anthony J. Mohr served for twenty-six years as a judge on the Superior Court of California\, County of Los Angeles. He also sat as a judge pro tem on the California Court of Appeal. In January 2021\, Anthony became a fellow at the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University and is now a senior editor of the Harvard ALI Social Impact Review. His stories and essays have received five Pushcart Prize nominations. He has worked on the staffs of Evening Street Review\, Fifth Wednesday Journal\, Hippocampus Magazine\, and Under the Sun. \nSean Enfield (Holy American Burnout!)  Sean Enfield is a writer and educator from Dallas\, Texas. His debut collection of essays\, Holy American Burnout!\, is forthcoming from Split/Lip Press in December 2023. His work has been published in Reed Magazine\, Hayden’s Ferry\, Witness Magazine\, Terrain.org\, Tahoma Literary Review\, and The Rumpus\, among others\, and he was the 2020 recipient of the Fourth Genre’s Steinberg Memorial Essay Prize. Sean received his MFA in creative writing from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks where he served as the editor-in-chief of Permafrost Magazine. Now\, he serves as an assistant nonfiction editor at Terrain.org. \nAthena Dixon\, special guest reader (The Loneliness Files)  Born and raised in Northeast Ohio\, Athena Dixon is a poet\, essayist\, and editor. She is the author of the forthcoming essay collection The Loneliness Files (Tin House 2023)\, The Incredible Shrinking Woman (Split/Lip Press 2020) and No God In This Room (Winner of the Intersectional Midwest Chapbook Contest\, Argus House Press 2018). Her work also appears in The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic (Haymarket Books) and Getting to the Truth: The Practice and Craft of Creative Nonfiction (Books by Hippocampus; 2021). \n\nAthena’s work has appeared in various publications both online and in print. She has been nominated for three Pushcart Prizes for both poetry and creative nonfiction as well as a Best of the Net nomination for poetry. She is a fellow of Callaloo and V.O.N.A. as well as a Tin House Winter Workshop attendee. Additionally\, she has presented at AWP\, HippoCamp\, and The Muse and the Marketplace among other panels and conferences across the nation. Athena was the Founder of Linden Avenue Literary Journal\, which published from 2012-2021. She writes\, edits\, and resides in Philadelphia. \n\nLearn more about (or purchase!) these titles at our Bookshop affiliate site. (Sean Enfield’s book can be preordered directly from Split/Lip here. \nThis is ONE OF THREE events we’re hosting the weekend of the 12-13th! Read about all of them here.  \n(events will be recorded and made available to registered attendees for 30 days) \n Registration is closed. 
URL:https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/event/night-of-nonfiction-2023/
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