20 Must-Read Short Story Collections by Women in Translation

20 Must-Read Short Story Collections by Women in Translation While looking back at my reading over the last few years, I noticed that many of my favorite books have been short story collections by women in translation. This came as a surprise to me initiallyâ€"I hadn’t realized I had even read that many short story collectionsâ€"but once I began to look these books over again I was struck anew by their brilliance. And so I sought out others to round out a list from around the world that will hopefully bring as much joy to you as the reading and compiling did for me. Because boy was compiling this list of 20 must-read short story collections by women in translation a pleasure! I dipped in and out of these stories with utter amazement, finding something for every mood, whim, and desire. Do you want to laugh? Maybe pick up  An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good or The First Prehistoric Serial Killer. Is it October and you want to be utterly terrified and not sleep for days? There are so many options, from Revenge to Flowers of Mold to The Houseguest. Do you want to read a story so achingly perfect that youll never try to write again? Well, there are more than a few stories like that in these collections, but I would start by flipping to almost any story in The Woman Who Borrowed Memories. The list could go on. I wish you many hours of happy reading! 20 Must-Read Short Story Collections by Women in Translation The Houseguest by Amparo Dávila, translated by Audrey Harris and Matthew Gleeson The horrors of The Houseguest are rarely described on the page. They lurk in the margins. They haunt the shadows. And its this thrilling psychological tension that leaves you gasping for air after each story of desire, paranoia, and isolation.  Carmen Maria Machado writes  that Each of these stories is equal parts Hitchcock film and razor blade: austere, immaculately crafted, profoundly unsettling, and capable of cutting you. Amparo Dávila is Kafka by way of Ogawa, Aira by way of Carrington, Cortazár by way of Somers, and I’m so grateful she’s in translation. And do you really need more than that? Thirteen Months of Sunrise by  Rania Mamoun,  translated by Elisabeth Jaquette In this beautiful debut collection, Sudanese author, journalist, and activist Rania Mamoun crafts a complex and moving portrait of contemporary Sudan. Its a uniquely urban collection as Mamoun reflects on the isolation that can come with urban life, but she also depicts powerful stories of human connection and love. Youll feel these stories deeply in Elizabeth Jaquettes thoughtful translation. The First Prehistoric Serial Killer: And Other Stories  by Teresa Solana, translated by Peter Bush I love this short story collection and don’t think it gets nearly the attention it deserves! It is one of the funniest books, especially if you like dark humor. Very odd things happen in Teresa Solana’s stories. Statues decompose and stink out galleries. Two old grandmothers are vengeful killers. The first prehistoric serial killer is afoot, but so is the first detective. The collection also includes an interesting and fun web of stories that explore the darker side of Barcelona. Clever and effortlessly funny, this collection is a gem. Mouthful of Birds: Stories by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell Samanta Schweblin, author of the literary sensation  Fever Dream, returns with her first short story collection translated into English. Like  Fever Dream, I was struck by the elusive, almost unsatisfactory nature of the stories. Some are strikingly short. Others are carefully crafted to confound. All leave you wanting more and thinking about them long after. Strange and fantastic, dark and disturbing, the stories in  Mouthful of Birds  are sure to please fans of Schweblin’s uniquely unsettling style. The Woman Who Borrowed Memories: Selected Stories by Tove Jansson, translated by Thomas Teal and Silvester Mazzarella If youve ever read Tove Janssons classic The Summer Book, a novel that distills the essence of the summerâ€"its sunlight and stormsâ€"into twenty-two crystalline vignettes, then you wont be surprised that Janssons short stories are also exquisite. Dealing with many of the same themes as her longer works, her stories touch on art, nature, isolation and so much moreâ€"the various stages between sunlight and storm, the spectrum of shades between light and dark. In her introduction, Lauren Groff writes, We read Tove Jansson to remember that to be human is dangerous, but also breathtaking, beautiful. Aetherial Worlds: Stories by Tatyana Tolstaya, translated by Anya Migdal This fascinating collection from one of Russias most important contemporary writers transcends ordinary realities into dazzling other worlds of folklore and fantasy,  rendered with the emotional insight of Chekhov, the surreal satire of Gogol, and a unique blend of humor and poetry all her own. Rich and clever,  these stories explore  politics, identity, love, and loss in Tolstayas masterful voice. After finishing it, I rushed out to get her collection of essays  Pushkins Children: Writings on Russia and Russians, translated by Jamey Gambrell. The Complete Stories by Clarice Lispector, translated by Katrina Dodson Gathered from the nine collections published during her lifetime,  The Complete Stories captures Clarice Lispector in all of her “darkness and dazzle.” The stories, written during her adolescence all the way up until her death, are inventive and haunting, often about women at various stages of their lives. Some are more traditional than the novels she’s come to be known for, but as a whole the collection is a great way to “get” (or grasp at, at least) a sense of Lispector and her prose. You can dip in and out of these storiesâ€"86 in the hardcover and 89 in the paperback with three newly discovered storiesâ€"but I would recommend picking them up early in your reading of Lispector. Find your way into the other works of Clarice Lispector with this reading pathways post. The Sea Cloak   Other Stories by  Nayrouz Qarmout, translated by Perween Richards Author, journalist, and women’s rights campaigner Nayrouz Qarmout draws from her own experiences growing up in a Syrian refugee camp as well as her current life in Gaza in this collection of stories that looks at what it means to be a woman in Palestine today. Qarmout thoughtfully weaves together stories of conflict and strife with tales of ordinary life, resulting in a deep and moving collection. The Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya, translated by Asa Yoneda I loved this collection of quirky and wonderful stories. Winner of the Akutagawa Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe Prize, Motoya is a magicianâ€"she takes mundane, daily life and just twists it into these amazingly strange and fantastic tales. In these stories, a newlywed notices that her husband’s features are sneakily sliding around his face to match hers, umbrellas are more than they seem, women are challenging their boyfriends to duels, and you might want to reconsider dating the girl next door. I’d recommend this collection to fans of Hiromi Kawakami. I Am the Brother of XX by Fleur Jaeggy, translated by Gini Alhadeff Once youve read one book by Fleur Jaeggyâ€"an undeniable master of the short formâ€"you wont want to read much else until youve finished all of her work. In these stories, which are so emblematic of her short, piercing style, Jaeggy writes of madness, obsession, and violence and “contrives to somehow stealthily possess your mind with her champagne gothic worlds [that are] seething with quiet violence. Her prose has been compared to shards of glass and cut gems and while I wont add to the descriptions, I will warn you nowâ€"you wont come away from these stories unscathed. An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten, translated by Marlaine Delargy An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good  is dark, funny, and oh so satisfying. Maud is an 88-year-old Swede who has no scruples about solving life’s problems with some lowkey murder. I enjoyed this story collection and have since picked up Helene Tursten’s mystery novels, including the Inspector Irene Huss series and the  first installment in her brand new series featuring Detective Inspector Embla Nyström,  Hunting Game.  An Elderly Lady  is also just such a great packageâ€"the title is fun and clever, the needlepoint cover is hilarious, and the small trim size finishes it off perfectly. Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories by Marianna Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell I was blown away by this collection of dark, macabre short stories set in contemporary Argentina. They are stories of ghosts, disappearances, violence, inequality, and more, and I promise that you will be haunted by them. My favorites were stories of obsession like “The Dirty Kid” in which a young professional woman discovers that a local child has been killed and mutilated, and “The Neighbor’s Courtyard,” a story of an exâ€"social worker who believes her neighbor has a child chained up in the backyard. The collection is reminiscent of Shirley Jackson and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoyed Her Body and Other Parties: Stories  by Carmen Maria Machado. Flowers of Mold Other Stories by Ha Seong-Nan, translated by Janet Hong “If you’re looking for a book that will make you gasp out loud, you’ve found it.” So says  Kirkus Reviews  and dozens of other publications and reviewers who can’t stop talking about  Flowers of Mold, myself included. Unnerving, haunting, captivating, these ten stories follow ordinary characters going about their livesâ€"they have a nightmare, lend their neighbor a spatula, or find out their landlord wants to sell their building. But something disturbing lies just below the surface. One small crack and everything’s unleashed. “The latest in the trend of brilliant female Korean authors to appear in English, Ha cuts like a surgeon, and even the most mundane objects become menacing and unfamiliar under her scalpel.” The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington by Leonora Carrington, translated by Kathrine Talbot and Anthony Kerrigan For the first time, all of surrealist artist and writer Leonora Carringtons short stories have been collected in one definitive volume, many of which are translated from French and Spanish. The result is a fiercely intelligent and fantastical collection. The stories themselves are pure flights of imagination, ranging from biting satire to the macabre, and even some outrageously comedic tales. A strange and surreal treat! Arid Dreams: Stories  By Duanwad Pimwana, translated by Mui Poopoksakul Duanwad Pimwana, an important literary figure in contemporary Thai literature, hit the U.S. literary scene by storm last April with two new books, both translated by Mui Poopoksakul. Bright, published by Two Lines Press, was the first-ever novel by a Thai woman to appear in translation. And Pimwana made her short story English debut with Arid Dreams, published by Feminist Press. In Arid Dreams,  Pimwana turns her keen eye and sharp wit on modern Thailand, as she explores issues of class and gender in insightful and subtly subversive stories. Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder I’m in awe of Yoko Ogawaâ€"shes published more than 20 works of fiction and nonfiction and has won every major Japanese literary award. Her range is incredible, from books like this dark collection to her touching novel The Housekeeper and the Professor  and her latest The Memory Police, her take on an  Orwellian novel of state surveillance. Revenge is an intricately interwoven collection of stories about grief, death, and yes, revenge, where each story stands alone but also connects in surprising ways to its fellows. This layered effect coupled with the subtle calm of Ogawas prose makes the disturbing elements of these stories feel even more chilling. Forgotten Journey by Silvina Ocampo, translated by Suzanne Jill Levine and Katie Lateef-Jan Silvina Ocampo is one of our best writers. Her stories have no equal in our literature, wrote Jorge Luis Borges. Now for the first time in English translation, readers can delight in all of the strange brilliance that is Silvina Ocampos first collection of stories, Forgotten Journey. Published alongside her novella The Promise, this collection is primarily concerned with the lives of young women and girls. Often menacing and strange, each story has a thrill to it, a dark joy that keeps you fixed to the collection. In her foreword, Carmen Boullosa writes of the often cited comparison between Ocampo and Julio Cortázar but argues instead that, While in his fabulous stories Cortázar discovered the unreal in everyday life, Silvina enters real, detailed, intimate spaces, which she observes with an eye that is intimate, real and detailed, and yet an eye from another world. Toddler Hunting And Other Stories  by Taeko Kono, translated by Lucy North Kenzaburo Oe calls Taeko Kono “the most carnally direct and the most lucidly intelligent woman writing in Japan” and its hard to disagree after reading the unsettling and striking stories in Toddler Hunting. Pleasure and pain mix in the lives of the women of Taeko Konos stories, as scenes  of sadomasochism and obsession veil her sharp attacks at the ideals of motherhood and femininity. Love in a Fallen City by Eileen Chang, translated by Karen S. Kingsbury Eileen Chang is one of the great writers of twentieth century China, and her first collection in English, Love in a Fallen City, introduced many readers to her incredible short stories. In this collection, written when Chang was still in her 20s, the stories swirl around themes of love, loss, and family, combining an unsettled, probing, utterly contemporary sensibility, keenly alert to sexual politics and psychological ambiguity, with an intense lyricism that echoes the classics of Chinese literature. A Nail, A Rose by Madeleine Bourdouxhe, translated by Faith Evans Neglected for decades, interest in Belgian author Madeleine Bourdouxhes work has seen a resurgence and Im so thrilled to have been introduced to her work through this collection. Praised by Simone de Beauvoir in The Second Sex and close friends with Russian revolutionary writer Victor Serge, Bourdouxhe was a fascinating feminist writer.  Like her critically acclaimed novels Marie and La Femme de Giles, her short stories tell the inner lives of ordinary, primarily working class, women in elegant and vivid prose. And I so appreciated the wealth of detail in translator Faith Evanss introduction. For more great reads by women in translation, check out this list of 50 Must-Read Books by Women in Translation.

TOP 7 Books to Improve Academic Writing Skills

Writing for academic and work purposes is a skill you need to exert effort to develop. And, being practical, academic writing is not a skill you can easily work on alone. Ideally, lots of feedback is required to get you in the right pace towards your success as fantastic writer. And, the feedback is required from your tutors, friends and colleagues. Writing as a craft needs lots of practice. Practice makes perfect, sounds clichà ©d but fit perfectly here. You will also need to learn from the masters of the craft. This you do from selected books for academic writing. If you stay alone most of the time, then books will offer the nearest solution. It is worth your while to occasionally dip into these literary gems for the purpose of reference but not allowing them to totally dominate your learning. Remember nothing will replace communication and regular feedback for quality in carrying you to your ultimate dream; these are the key to your success! There are particularly goods book for developing academic writing skills and we would gladly recommend the following books below. You will notice that many of them are the kind of text your teacher uses in the class. All of them are widely available and they all have wonderful references, examples and models that readily help you to write better English. Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students by Bailey tops the list. Published by Routledge, we recommend this book for the Warwick pre-sessional course in English. It has plenty of useful practice exercises tackling all aspects of academic English. The answer key makes the book even more useful as a self-study tool. The second is Writing for Academic Success by Craswell. This Sage publication provides very useful suggestions on the process of writing like time management and hints on writing theses and examination answers. Writing Essays in English Language and Linguistics by Murray, published by Cambridge University Press is a clear and authoritative guide to essay, project and report writing at university level. It’s a handy self-study tool, both for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Writing at University: A guide for students by Crà ¨me, P. and M. Lea is an Open University Press publication. It’s greatly helpful for familiarizing students with what tutors are looking for in writing at university; defining’ critical writing. Also pick Academic Writing Course by Jordan from Nelson/Longman. It has a particularly useful section on linking words and connectors and serves well for out-of-class study in punctuation, spelling, irregular verbs, etc. The sixth one is Study Writing from Cambridge University Press by Hamp-Lyons, L. and Heasley. This book will introduce you to a large number of key issues in academic writing. There is an answer key to add to the experience. And finally, Academic Writing for Graduate Students from Michigan University Press by Swales and Feak is what you need this for very good models of academic writing and some useful hints on academic style. It serves well anyone who needs to write up a research paper

Case Study Supply Chain Management - 1755 Words

1.Introduction: Supply chain Consists of all parties involved involved directly or indirectly, in order to satisfy customer needs. Supply chain includes manufacturer, supplier, transporter ,Warehouses, retailers and customer. Supply chain management is applicable to both manufacturing and service industries. To achieve Customer satisfaction loyalty ,success for individual firms depends on how well the supply chain functions as a whole. The sharing knowledge of new products and technologies with the suppliers it creates the successful product. One of the key element for achieving supply chain effectiveness is establishing and nurturing trust across the organizational boundaries especially with suppliers(Hanfield Bechtel, 2001)†¦show more content†¦Each one will have an impact on other , it includes both tangible and intangible criteria. Supplier selection and evaluations are divided in to two types Single sourcing and multiple sourcing (Nazeri, Meftahi shaharoun , 2011) 2.1.1Single Sourcing : Single Sourcing is done for basic parts which all suppliers can supply .there won t be stringent demand in terms of quality, delivery demand. The buyer has the final authority to decide the source. 2.1.2 Multiple sourcing Multiple sourcing is done for the parts which purely depends upon supplier Capacity, quality, deliver and technical capability .Single supplier cannot satisfy buyers total requirement, other part of demand will be taken by the other supplier in order to compensate. 2.2 Supplier Evaluation Models: There supplier evaluation process depends on two factore. They are as follows ïÆ'Ëœ Process based evaluations ïÆ'Ëœ Performance based evaluations Process based evaluation : Process based evaluation is based on the suppliers production and service process. Evaluations are based on the objective measures of performance. Buyer will assess the level of capability by conducting audit at the supplier site. Performance based evaluation : While taking the supplier performance based evaluation system, it can be classified in to three methods. They are as follows ïÆ'Ëœ The Categorical method ïÆ'Ëœ The cost ratio method ïÆ'Ëœ The linear averaging method Categorical Method: Suppliers

How to Run a Successful Meeting Free Essays

How to Run a Meeting Like Google As one of the most successful companies in the world, Google is obviously doing something right when it comes to how they manage their time. In general, meetings are known for being a waste of time where complaining occurs, but no real solutions are found. Of course this isn’t always the case, especially at Google. We will write a custom essay sample on How to Run a Successful Meeting or any similar topic only for you Order Now In this article, Google’s Vice-president of search products, Marissa Mayer, outlines how meetings are scheduled and conducted in an effort to eliminate wasted time and maximize results. On average, Mayer holds around 70 meetings a week. With so much precious time at stake, Mayer has developed a few keys to running a successful meeting. The first being to set a firm agenda. An outline is required beforehand which helps to streamline discussions and keep focused. Next, notes are always made, no matter how insignificant the meeting might be. It is important to Google that everyone is able to look back and see the final decision, but more importantly, the progression of the discussion. Google is all about being current, and note taking enables the company to keep all employees up to date. Mayer also emphasizes using data in the approval process. This is to ensure that employees know that ideas or designs are chosen based on merit and results, not favoritism. All of these have proven successful for Google in order to reach optimum results during any meetings held. However, I think it is how Google decides to organize their time that makes their meetings successful. Every week, Mayer designates large amounts of time to meet with people. She organizes these large blocks of time into smaller â€Å"slices†. Think: mini meetings. Why schedule a 30 minute meeting when it will only take 10? Mayer is much more productive and efficient with her time because of these micro-meetings. Mayer also suggests the use office hours. She was inspired to do this after her work as a professor at Stanford University. In this informal approach, not only is efficiency wildly improved (5 or more â€Å"meetings† can potentially occur within 30 minutes), but some of Google’s best ideas have come out of office hours. After all, sometimes someone only needs approval to move forward on a project which would not take up anywhere near 30 minutes time (the shortest block of time that her calendar allows). And finally, Google keeps things on time with a giant 4 foot clock that is projected on the wall. This adds pressure to keep on task, but gives every assembly structure. How to cite How to Run a Successful Meeting, Essay examples

Russians And Bosnians Essays - , Term Papers

Russians and Bosnians Historically and politically, the Bosnians and the Russians are a perfect match.This history started in the middle of the first thousand years A.D. when the tribes called the Southern Slavs migrated into the southeast area of Europe known as the Balkans. The Slav people as they are known, were separated from the Northern Slavs, that is, related Slavs in Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Russia, by the non-slavic tribes that settled the lands of Austria and Hungary. The Bosnians original ancestors were the Southern Slavs. They raided areas throught the Balkans including what is now modern day Serbia.This tribe eventually split up, mostly for religious and political reasons but also because the geography of the region is such that large groups of Slavs became separated and isolated from one another because of the difficult terrain. When religion came to the Balkans, where you were physically had as much to do with what religion you grew up with as other reasons. The Serbs who were closest to the Byzantine Empire geographically, took up the Eastern Orthodox Religion. The peoples in what is now Croatia, Slovinia and Bosina were infuenced by Rome and took up Roman Catholicisim. However, the Bosnians, who were alwasys being threathned politically by the Orthodox Christian Serbs as well as their Roman Catholic neighbors, by the fifteenth century had made apolitical decision to align themselves with the rising power of the Ottoman Empire, and converted to Islam. Russia, the country where most of the Southern Slavs came from had accepted the Eastern Orthodox religion at around the time the Serbs did. This religious bond between Russians and Serbs was very strong and the two groups supported one another for virtually their entire history up to and including modern times. The Serbs supported the Russians in almost all their wars and helped the Russians gain control of part of the Eastern Mediterraen from the Turks. This is why the Russians are deeply interested in this area and feel they have a special role to play in the current conflict. The Balkans are the reason that World War I had started. The Serbs of 1914 was as determined then, as they were for centuries, of preserving their independence in the Balkans. A wider war in the Balkans could risk the security of Europe, and possibly draw Moslen nations into the war. On a more imeadiate level, the reason for peace in Bosnia is so urgent is because cities, roads, bridges, have been destroyed in the conflict. A good example of this is Sarajevo, ( a major muslim city) that was known for its cultural mixture. It was the site of the 1988 winter olympics which welcomed hunreds of atlethes from all over the globe. The city is on the Bosinian-Serb border and has been shelled by both sides in the war. However, a far more important reason is to prevent this local war from starting a wider confrontation that would risk the security of Europe, and possibly draw in Moslem nations to support the Muslims in Bosnia. Russian soldiers are going to be among the troops keeping peace in Sarajevo as well as in other towns in Bosnia. The rusians are trying to improve relations with the U. S. and are doing so by working with the U.S. on keeping peace in the Balkans. Both President Yeltsin of Russia and Clinton Of the U.S., have met several times over this issue. They decide that a good way to improve rlations betwen the two countries. Part of the debate over rusian troops betwen Russia and the U.S. was who mwould command the Russsian troops if they were sent. The Russians did not want teir troops under a NATO command because they thought that Nato was anti- Russian. Another topic of their debate was where were the Russian troops to be deployed. The russians wnated to be deployed in Bosnian Serb teritory, and the U.S. wanted them deployed in Bosnian Croat territory. Finally an agreement was reached. The Russians would send fifteenhundred troops to Bosnia. They were scheduled to arrive in mid-December 1995. Both sides agreed that the Russian troops would report to their own commander, General Leonti P. Shetsov. Shetsov had worked with

Personality type Essay Example

Personality type Essay Example Personality type Essay Personality type Essay Personality refers to a person’s specific pattern of feeling, thinking and acting. Various aspects of an individual’s personality are essential in the determination and assessment of career choice and development. The Carl Jung personality test has set the basis of determination under four main themes. Every person makes use of these preferences from time to time but a particular preference can feel more natural. After taking the self-assessment test, I am an INTJ and my results were as follows; Introvert 56%. This means that I have a moderate dislike for extraversion over introversion. Intuitive 25%. This means that I have a moderate preference to intuition over sensing. Intuitive feeling 38%. This means I have a moderate inclination towards thinking over feelings. Judging 56%. This means that I have moderate preference towards judging. The test was instrumental in the revelation of my personality and how it can be related to my career choice and development. Combination of an individual’s preferences in the four areas constitutes the personality type (Buss, 2012). In terms of extraversion, the assessment indicates that my personality is slightly inclined towards the inner world that does not engage activities and people. Therefore, my focus is on internal events gives me the energy for my career activities. Moderate preference towards intuition is an indicator that I prefer to perceive information on the â€Å"bigger picture† contrary to specific facts and the actual events. Therefore, my perception of information focuses on connection and relationships between facts. In terms of feeling and thinking my personality is more inclined on the latter. This shows that my decision making capabilities and process is based on elements that are more important to me. I am not influenced by external forces such as people and their experiences. Therefore, I am driven by my own principles and beliefs. The aspect of judging and perception is related to how individuals orient themselves to the outer world. My personality is biased on the aspect of judging. Ultimately, I undertake do not posses a strong, spontaneous and flexible approach towards various concepts. My personality traits are more directed toward careers that are suited in grasping theories that are complex. In addition, these complex theories are applied to specific problems that will formulate effective long-term strategies. The possible career paths include; engineering, science, medicine, law and management. The test therefore reveals some of the major features of my personality that are strengths while also highlighting major weaknesses. Some of my strengths include; High level of understanding extremely complex material and theories. Efficient strategist Value efficiency and knowledge Analytical Innovative and resourceful. These personality traits are important when integrated in to my career choice. Work related activities will be undertaken with the most suitable policies and strategies. Therefore, the overall outcome of my work will be effective and efficient as driven by the strengths in my personality traits. Carrying out numerous projects and activities will be fundamental in helping me increase my strengths. However, my weaknesses can prove to be a huddle towards successful career development. These weaknesses are Valuing my personal opinion over others Extremely logical. Preference to work alone. In order to work extensively and efficiently at the work place, it is necessary for employees to work collaboratively. Therefore, my personality is derailed by my individuality. In addition, organizational success is determined by the integration of various ideas and concepts from the staff. Therefore, valuing my personal opinion may prove to be dictatorial and intrusive to fellow staff. I should engage in activities that require group involvement and contribution in order to understand and apply the concept of team work. These activities include sports and group activities in class. The knowledge of my personality motivates me towards improving my talent and skills. References Buss, A. H. (2012). Pathways to individuality: Evolution and development of personality traits. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Making Money with Poetry Workshops

Making Money with Poetry Workshops I always wanted to be a teacher. I always wanted to be a poet.   In reality, I ended up in the Marine Corps   which led to a career in aviation. Hmm, not very poetic! However, my dreams to be a teacher and a poet never subsided and I now make money, yes, real money creating and teaching poetry workshops at local libraries.   This is a robust market and fairly easy to penetrate! Most libraries have discretionary funds available to them via the Friends of the Library group associated with their particular branch. This is a nationwide network of non-profit groups that raise money to help local libraries. Groups conduct book sales and bake sales and often operate small gift shops at the library to raise money. Funds are used to pay for additional library equipment, employee appreciation luncheons, special events and yes, even poetry workshops! The best way to find the money is to contact the local library manager or event manager with a poetry workshop proposal.   These people are able to review and endorse your idea and forward your proposal to the Friends Group to seek funding for your workshop.   Response time is generally within a month because the groups tend to meet on a monthly basis. In my experience, a two-hour poetry workshop typically pays $50 to $200 per event. Note, these are for workshops you teach at YOUR local libraries.   If you would require funding for travel and expenses to other libraries, you would need to ask for more money. A poetry workshop proposal should be neat and succinct. One page is sufficient. Something that provides only the salient details: title of the workshop, summary (one or two sentences), purpose (one sentence), participants (for example, suitable for adults versus children), duration (recommend 90 minutes to two hours), materials (mention if participants need to bring their own pens and paper or if you will provide), set-up (for example, indicate if you need a podium, conference table and chairs), cost (flat rate works best), class size and a brief literary