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Calling All Local Writers: Would You Like To Have Your Work Of Fiction Or Poetry Published On The Bites?

Photo via Flickr/Fredrik Rubensson.Sheepshead Bites will begin showcasing works of fiction and poetry from local writers on the weekends. If you’re a writer and want to see your work published, here is the chance! We will be publishing short stories no longer that 2,000 words, so

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Local Writer Talks First Novel And Millennial Life In Ditmas Park

Jack Houghteling at Sycamore (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Jack Houghteling, 24, has found a unique way to blend two of his identities — picture-perfect millennial and evolving writer. When we sat down together for a beer in Sycamore’s backyard garden, I immediately saw that Houghteling is smart, confident, and

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Jumpstart Your Creative Resolutions With Neighbor Christy O’Shoney

Photo via Christy O’ShoneyThe new year has begun and many of us have made all sorts of resolutions to improve ourselves in 2016 — some of which might have already been broken. For those with creative resolutions or projects to work on in the new year, it can be hard

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Neighbor Helen Phillips’ Debut Novel, ‘The Beautiful Bureaucrat’ Is An Intriguing, Fast-Paced Thriller

Photo via Helen PhillipsA novel about bureaucrats doesn’t seem like it could be thrilling, but neighbor Helen Phillips’ new novel, The Beautiful Bureaucrat [http://www.helencphillips.com/books/the-beautiful-bureaucrat/], is a fast-paced and intriguing story about a young woman who gets a strange data-entry job, which has been compared

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Learn How To Pen A Memoir At A Free Workshop With Author Donna Minkowitz This Saturday

Photo by Ramunas Geciauskas [https://www.flickr.com/photos/qisur/4350431493/in/photolist-7Cr6Hx-jpFnNp-5JbLXg-685JZD-9qaJEC-5USMf-9fNJoC-4Fed5z-3FoKDC-8tDLei-9jeqKN-7zVEeH-4JxCEv-5XxKVN-5SWiFw-5FXJ99-pbXNem-dBwsYv-nQBFxR-b3SmLg-7AAijz-8TMmV5-9281YT-6fTUpA-65AFAY-4UHnN-5yshnG-8BcTfx-4nBvk4-7STuq4-5vWhNR-5hKrgH-dGiyJX-bytCDK-n4XLG-qhFYWi-bzPn9u-uF5jem-daTqKi-u5hHFP-9fNFAm-4zCtDc-mm7f9T-5WtxrQ-6zmScn-333FS1-85jKxY-mm6qXa-gUvmaT-a1rJqP] Get out your pens, neighbors! This Saturday, June 27, from 2-4

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Join A Winter Fiction Writing Workshop With Local Author Rachel Sherman

Local author Rachel Sherman [http://www.rachelsherman.net/] will be leading her winter fiction writing workshop at Lark Café [http://www.larkcafe.com/] (1007 Church Avenue) beginning Tuesday, January 13. Rachel says: > Structured around in-class discussions of your work, we will focus on outline, structure, plot, narrative, dialogue and

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Get Your Literary (& Caffeine) Fix And Hear Local Authors Read At Lit At Lark This Sunday

This Sunday, November 16, you can get your literary (and caffeine) fix while hearing neighborhood writers in author Rachel Sherman’s Ditmas Writing Workshop [http://www.rachelsherman.net/] read their work during Lit at Lark [https://www.facebook.com/litatlark?fref=ts] at Lark Café [http://www.larkcafe.com/] (1007

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Check Out Free Readings & Performances Tomorrow Night At Pratt

Pratt [https://www.pratt.edu] will be hosting Now Before And After Is Not Enough [https://www.facebook.com/PrattInstitute/posts/732889460106245], an evening of no-cost public performances and readings tomorrow (Thursday, August 28) to celebrate the launch of their new MFA writing program. From 6-7:30pm, audiences will be

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We Are Looking For Interns

Rapidly expanding Corner News Media [http://cornernewsmedia.com], which runs four hyperlocal news sites in Brooklyn, is looking for energetic interns to cover stories this summer ranging from local politics to transportation issues to resident profiles. The ideal candidate is a self-starting multimedia journalist who thrives on hitting the streets

Ditmas Fiction Writing Class At Lark Begins October 1 (Partner)

The next Ditmas Fiction writing class [http://www.rachelsherman.net/writing-workshops/] from author Rachel Sherman [http://www.rachelsherman.net/] is starting at Lark [http://www.larkcafe.com] (1007 Church Ave, between E 10th and Stratford) on October 1, and meets on Tuesdays from 7-9pm, $425 for 10 weeks. Structured around

Rachel Sherman

Join A Fiction Writing Class With Author Rachel Sherman At Lark

Local author Rachel Sherman [http://www.rachelsherman.net/], who teaches at Columbia and Rutgers Universities and has taught previously at the Ditmas Workspace [/blog/art-music/rachel-sherman-fiction-workshop-class-reading-on-monday], will be leading a fiction writing course at Lark [http://larkcafe.com/] beginning June 12. Rachel says: > Structured around in-class discussions of your

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Ditmas Park’s Fiction Writers Share Their Work

Rachel Sherman’s [http://www.rachelsherman.net/] fiction workshop is coming to a close at the Lark Cafe on December 11 at 7:30 pm with a public reading. You can stop to hear local writers share their fiction and, if you’re interested in the class, you can get