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NEW RELEASES OF NOTE
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NEW
BOOK from FY creator,
host, and editor Hillary Carlip!
Sensationally
sumptuous, À
la Cart: The Secret Lives of Grocery Shoppers
presents stories and photographs of 26 unforgettable
individuals. They vary in age, gender, sexual orientation,
ethnicity, even facial hairstyles, but they have one
thing in common: They are all Hillary Carlip.
A cross between Lily Tomlin and Tracey Ullman -- with
Cindy Sherman's eye -- Hillary has brilliantly imagined
and then become these 26 people after stumbling upon
one of the most intimate and revealing documents they've
left behind: their shopping lists.
GET
THE BOOK!
SEE
THE SHORT MOVIE ABOUT IT AND READ AN EXCERPT!
SEE
WHAT ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, WALL STREET JOURNAL, and
MORE has to say about Hillary and her book!
CHECK
OUT THE FUN-FILLED WEBSITE!
"The
26 vivid photographic portraits and accompanying narratives
display the author's humor, grace and a brilliantly
creative eye. Carlip's alter egos are larger than life
and twice as entertaining... A hilarious, delightful,
unique achievement." —Publishers Weekly
(starred review)
"A
gloriously idiosyncratic project that taps into the
deeply human pastime of daydreaming about the lives
of others." —Chicago Tribune
"A
la Cart is an altogether unique artifact, a one-woman
show in book form." —Los Angeles Times
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WRITING
OPPORTUNITIES
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Request
for Submissions
FY contributor,
Pamela Holm, author of The
Night Garden and The
Toaster Broke, so we're getting Married,
is seeking submissions for a new anthology project:
Day
Jobs of the Almost Famous: The Dirty Little Secret That
Fame and Fortune Don’t Always Go Together.
PAMELA
SAYS: "Working artists, in all fields, with bonafide
careers, notoriety, followings and the respect of their
peers, find themselves toiling in all sorts of unrelated
day jobs to put roofs over their heads. I'm interested
in explorations on the topics of how creative success
and financial security don't always go hand in hand,
and how a writer, artist and performer actually makes
a living before and/or after they have their star turn.
Day Jobs of the Almost Famous is a combination
of essays by, and interviews with, writers, actors and
musicians of note, about how they actually make a living,
vs. what they actually do. Humor
encouraged.
note*
I'm still in the proposal phase of this project, but
have gotten enthusiastic feedback from my agent about
the prospect of finding the book a home. I'm looking
for essays to include in my proposal.
800-1200
word essay's on day job related themes
Deadline May 15th, 2008
Send your submissions to: pamela@pamelaholm.com
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Request
for Submissions
FY
contributor, Steven Church,
author of The
Guinness Book of Me: a Memoir of Record
(Simon and Schuster) has launched a new magazine called
The
Normal School.
Read.
Subscribe. Submit.
Trust us. We're Normal.
TNS#1 launches in Fall, 2008 and features new work by
Tom Bissell, Steve Almond, Dorianne Laux, Dinty Moore,
Philip Levine, and many others.
They
are currently seeking great material, including personal
essays, unconventional reviews, and cultural criticism.
Visit their site for guidelines. www.thenormalschool.com
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Request
for Submissions
The
Tara L. Masih Intercultural Essay Award 2008
Looking
for essays dealing with matters of culture, race,
and/or a sense of place, either within the smaller
microcosm of self-identity or within the larger environment
of family, society, and world interactions. Essays
in the traditional form, the definition being the
conscious shaping of nonfiction prose around a central
idea or subject.
Winners
and finalists are invited but not required to read
at the annual televised Soul-Making Literary Prize
Award Readings at the Koret Auditorium in San
Francisco in March 2009. This contest, open to
both men and women, is sponsored by the San
Francisco branch of The National League of American
Pen Women.
More
info and guidelines at www.soulmakingcontest.us.
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MISC.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT from FY contributors
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"This
workshop literally changed my life!"
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Find
your most authentic voice and richest, funniest material
in FY contibutor
Beth Lapides' UN-CAB LAB writing & performance
workshop (in Los Angeles).
Develop
essays, one-person shows, standup or any personal narrative
in this creative hothouse.
4
Wednesdays starting May 14 (6-9pm)
1-Day Intensive Sun. May 18 (1-4pm)
4 Sundays starting June 8 (1-4pm)
See
for yourself: Audit any class
April 27, May 4, 11 (1-4pm) - only $10
More info:323-993-3305 or http://www.uncabaret.com/Lab.html
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