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April 25, 2019October 29, 2019 Leave a comment

Tom Petty, Surprisingly Enough, is Problematic

index.jpgCongrats to Maribar Colony 2017/’18 alum Michael Washburn on the publishing of his contribution to Bloomsbury’s ongoing 33 1/3 series–Southern Accents by Tom Petty. Check out an excerpt of this surprising and compelling book here.

March 15, 2019October 29, 2019 Leave a comment

A Teenage Love Doomed for 800 Years

Izzy-Tristan.jpegCongrats to 2017/’18 Maribar Colony alum Shannon Dunlap, whose update on the classic Tristan and Iseult tale has just been released by Hachette. We’re about to throw a party.  Read a short essay on the book here.

 

March 1, 2018October 29, 2019 Leave a comment

Applications for 2018 Maribar Colony Residencies are Now Being Accepted

IMG_5236Applications to the 2017 writers colony in rural Tidewater, Virginia are now being accepted.  Jump to the application page, and send in your goods by July 1st.

March 29, 2017March 29, 2017 Leave a comment artists residencycommonwealth wordmaribar colonywriting colony

Applications for 2017 Maribar Colony Residencies are Now Being Accepted

Applications to the 2017 writers colony in rural Tidewater, Virginia are now being accepted.  Jump to the application page, and send in your goods by July 1st.

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Air Hockey, The New Yorker & Commonwealth Word

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We held this year’s residency at the Maribar Colony in August rather than the typical October.  Mass sweating ensued.  However, so did serious publication, including this piece that music journalism juggernaut Amanda Petrusich wrote for The New Yorker, one of two completed that week, about the wonder that is air hockey.

 

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CW at the Academy at Bonnaroo 2016

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Applications for 2016 Maribar Colony are Now Being Accepted

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Applications to the 2016 writers colony in rural Tidewater, Virginia (we’re having it in August this time around) are now being accepted.  Jump to the application page, and send in your goods by June 1st.

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