Blog Posts for Evelyn Sharenov

Writing residency on the Big Island

Evelyn Sharenov — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:06:58 -0700

I've been accepted for a writing residency on the Big Island. Hawaii here I come. Two weeks in a pareo, no email or phone. Computer, desk, sand, sea. End April through first week May. I am so looking forward to this writing time away from everything.

The Patient Who Changed My Life - Anthology

Evelyn Sharenov — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:00:32 -0700

I have two essays in this beautiful anthology - one originally published in Etude, edited by Lauren Kessler, the other in Citadel of the Spirit, edited by Matt Love. Please read, respond, enjoy. http://www.universaltable.org/patientcontents.html

Wordstock readings

Evelyn Sharenov — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:48:15 -0700

I've updated my events to include Wordstock, next weekend's orgy of readings, workshops, book signings in Portland, OR. There's a full schedule of readings online at http://www.wordstockfestival.com/#/page_id=110/.

Cutbank literary journal online competition

Evelyn Sharenov — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:24:49 -0700

My beautiful friend and most exquisite writer, Megan Kruse, has asked for my help in publicizing Cutbank's online literary competition. She is in her second (last) year in the MFA program at Missoula, Mt. and is now an online editor for the journal. It's a classy publication. Link below. http://www.cutbankonline.org/

Reading at Wordstock

Evelyn Sharenov — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:38:24 -0700

ORLO/The Bear Deluxe, a very classy environmental organization/art and literary magazine, is hosting readings at Wordstock on Saturday and Sunday, October 10th and 11th, in Portland, OR. They've invited me to read on their stage on Sunday at 3:30. I've contributed book reviews and flash fiction to their magazine. Also appearing are Gina Ochsner, Paulann Peterson, Walt Curtis, Brian ...

Essay accepted for the NYTimes

Evelyn Sharenov — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:46:21 -0700

In case any of you believe that I've been kidnapped by facebook, quit writing, or ran away to live on the beach in Moorea (although that's always a possibility), let me update you that I've been busy writing. Today an essay of mine was accepted by the NYTimes. I'll keep you all posted on the publication date. It will not be in MODERN LOVE. It will be in the science/health section. One ...

Clinton Global Initiative

Evelyn Sharenov — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:24:57 -0700

I'm away from my patients for ten days - working toward a deadline for an essay on animal intelligence that I'm both anxious to write and happy to get off my plate. My husband, photographer Adam Bacher, is in NYC with the press corps for Clinton's Global Initiative, which starts Tuesday. He's attending a conference with Pres. Kagami of Rwanda on Monday. This has all come about quickly and ...

Everyday Heroes -

Evelyn Sharenov — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:10:24 -0700

True heroes don't wake up in the morning and say 'I think I'll be a hero today.' Heroes understand what needs doing and do it.The phrases 'in the trenches' and 'on the front lines' were originally used to describe troops in battle. These days, they have meaning in addition to positions in war; they are often used to describe dangerous and critical occupations: physicians, nurses, EMTs, ...

Do men plan what they're going to wear when they give a reading?

Evelyn Sharenov — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:59:24 -0700

Or is it a woman thing? Or is it a personal narcissistic ritual that has no connection with any reality whatsoever? I have a reading on Monday evening. Part of my weekend is editing down a 20 page short story for a 20 minute reading. Which also means I'll be walking around the house holding a watch and talking to myself (well, reading aloud actually). The other part of my weekend is ...

When novelists sober up

Evelyn Sharenov — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:32:08 -0700

When I moved to Portland, OR and got to know some of the writers here, I discovered they were a group of jogging, coffee-swilling granola-eating types. A great Saturday night date was a reading at Powell's books and an espresso. I was disappointed - not in the reading scene, but I had imagined that the writing life in the Pacific Northwest would lead to alcoholism on a grand scale. These ...