Rebecca Entel's Blog

Hi Goodreads friends,

I'll be reading at Drexel U. in Philly on Monday, May 13th. 4-4:50 p.m. in GHall 121. The reading is open to the public, and I'd love to see you there!

Honored to be part of the Live Writers series this spring alongside Cortney Lamar Charleston and Ilana Blumberg.

Any Goodreads friends in Chicago?

I'll be reading at the wonderful Seminary Co-op Bookstore with poet Harriet Millan on April 4th. I'd love to see you there!

Event info.:

https://www.semcoop.com/event/reading...

https://www.facebook.com/events/20183...

Cheers,
Rebecca

Check out my Author to Author conversation with Soniah Kamal over at the Refresh Weekly:

https://bit.ly/2MbjPSB

Soniah's new book, Unmarriagable: Pride and Prejudice in Pakistan, comes out next week!

Hi, reading friends!

I was recently on Iowa Public Radio with the author Alexia Arthurs discussing her new short story collection, How to Love a Jamaican. The link here also contains a list of recommended readings from across the Caribbean. Enjoy!

Rebecca

http://www.iowapublicradio.org/post/h...

Any Goodreads friends in the NYC area?

On September 17th, I'll be reading with Dawn Raffel and Donna Baier Stein at KGB Bar. I'd love to see you there!

More information here:

http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/b...

Any budding novelists among my goodreads friends? I'm teaching an online workshop for Catapult designed to help you use your first chapter to (a) learn more about your book and (b) make progress on the manuscript. Open to writers with drafts at any stage. Check it out!

https://catapult.co/classes/4-week-on...

Hi reader friends,

Today is exactly one year since Fingerprints was published, and I'm filled with all kinds of gratitude for readers!

ICYMI, here's a link to an essay I wrote about the all of the journeys involved in writing this book:

https://lithub.com/a-tourist-in-my-ow...

Cheers,
Rebecca

I have a new essay up on Catapult, and of course it includes a picture of my late wiener dog in a hotdog costume:

https://catapult.co/stories/not-a-cra...

Thanks for checking it out!

This was a fun one. Check it out:

http://jaggerylit.com/2018/04/30/drun...

Hi friends,

I got to write a bit about some of the "tricks" I used to keep myself writing when working on my first novel. I challenged myself to try some of the exercises I assign to my students. Read more here: http://bit.ly/2HjOWJj

Lisa Romeo Writes is a great blog for writers, teachers, and readers, so it's worth checking out!