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Posted on February 2, 2021February 2, 2021

Spying the Light

Yes, it’s been dark lately in our world.

I was recently transfixed by a feature article by Joel Gunter for BBC Africa. A bashful young man from Ghana, who we’ll call Azeteng, was fascinated, like me, by spy stories. Unlike me, he decided to undertake an espionage mission that would intimidate James Bond.
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Posted on January 28, 2021February 2, 2021

Gotham Writers Thoughtful Thursday, Episode 45

Posted on January 21, 2021February 2, 2021

Gotham Writers Thoughtful Thursday, Episode 44

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🔎Into the archives with this faculty profile on poetry teacher, @collokate.

"Although I fully stand by the notion of books being objects, the Internet is well-suited to help poetry have a home."

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Faculty Profile: Kate Angus

By Britt Gambino When Gotham teacher Kate Angus reads a poem, she likes to see a specific kind of balance.&nb...

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Everyone! Please join us in congratulating the winner of the #GWStoriesEverywhere contest for January! The theme was "Who am I?" and the winning entry follows:

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Planned to make a clever connection to a 1997 Alanis Morissette song. Searched far too long, confused. Turns out it was Meredith Brooks instead. #GWStoriesEverywhere

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"Joan of Arc Sits Naked in Her Dorm Room" by Rachel Engelman was the winner of the 2018 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize. Read Rachel's story in @ElectricLit 👇

Submissions are open until March 5 for this year's contest!

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Literary Activism: How To Help Texas's Recovery

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A call to literary activism; where and how to help Texas's recovery from Winter Storm Uri and the climate crisis which followed.
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What are you doing...right now? It’s the perfect What are you doing...right now? It’s the perfect time to enter our Invent A Word Contest! The contest ends on Feb 28 at midnight and the inventor of the best word gets a free Gotham class of their choosing. So why not start now? Link to enter and complete rules in profile.
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It’s Thursday! Here’s Gotham President Alex S It’s Thursday!  Here’s Gotham President Alex Ste—I mean, Inspector Clouseau with this week’s #GWThoughtfulThursday message
Some excellent writing resources via @lindseydj. A Some excellent writing resources via @lindseydj. And hey, look, there we are towards the top of the stack 📚
“Books. Cats. Life is good.” -Edward Gorey, bo “Books. Cats. Life is good.” -Edward Gorey, born on this day
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We have two intensives this weekend! The first is We have two intensives this weekend! The first is How To Get Published, which focuses on getting your book out into the world. The second is TV Writing, which covers the craft of dramatic writing, how to write for tv, and how to market your work. Link to all of our intensives in our profile.
It’s snowing in NYC and here’s Gotham Presiden It’s snowing in NYC and here’s Gotham President Alex Steele with a new #GWThoughtfulThursday message ❄️
Do you ever feel like the word you’re looking fo Do you ever feel like the word you’re looking for just doesn’t exist? Here’s your chance to invent it. Our Invent A Word Contest is closing soon! Link to enter in our profile. The inventor of the best word gets a free Gotham class of his or her choosing.
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Here it is! The final #GWThoughtfulThursday episod Here it is! The final #GWThoughtfulThursday episode on Alex’s trip to Marrakesh. Watch the full story in our stories!
Attention all 11th and 12th-grade students: the 20 Attention all 11th and 12th-grade students: the 2021 National “You Will Be Found” College Essay Contest is open for submissions! Share your experiences for a chance to win a $10,000 college scholarship, plus a free Gotham six-week class. Presented by @dearevanhansen, @broadwayeducationalliance, and us! Link to learn more in our bio.
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It’s #GWthoughtfulthursday and this week Alex pi It’s #GWthoughtfulthursday and this week Alex picks up where he left off last time, in Marrakesh. If you need a refresher you can watch last week’s video in our stories!
FACT: Reading improves your writing. Our six-week FACT: Reading improves your writing. Our six-week Reading Fiction class starts next week! Link to discover more in our bio. 📖 ✍️ 📖
Happy snow day from NYC ❄️ 🌨 ⛄️ Happy snow day from NYC ❄️ 🌨 ⛄️
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It’s Thursday! That means we have a new video fr It’s Thursday! That means we have a new video from Gotham President Alex Steele. #GWThoughtfulThursday
Wow! We are so looking forward to Season 3 of Insi Wow! We are so looking forward to Season 3 of Inside Writing, which will cover The Writing Life. If you missed  Season 1 (dealt with publishing books) or 2 (publishing short pieces) now is a great time to catch up! (Link to watch and listen in profile.)
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