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Aug.05.2012
The Los Angeles Review of Books has just published my essay on Graham Greene, "Reaching for THE HEART OF THE MATTER." If you're a Greene fan, please take a look at http://lareviewofbooks.org/article.php?id=807
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Mar.23.2012
Just wrote this for a student and thought it might interest you:
To my mind, an author is like a tour bus driver. We have tons of these tour buses in LA. The driver has to double as guide. His or her job is to drive the bus while pointing out the sights and telling interesting...
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Mar.22.2012
My 1997 novel Cloud Mountain was based on the story of my father's family in China, and the heart of the story, in many ways, was located in Kuling, the mountain resort where the family built a summer home. Now a new cultural and language institute has opened on the REAL Cloud Mountain,...
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Jan.26.2012
Calling all writers! Just 1 more day to sign up for my UCLA agent panel this Saturday! Meet agents from the Hill Nadell Literary and Andrea Brown Literary agencies, Rob Weisbach Creative Management, and Global Literary Management. These agents represent authors of adult, children's and young...
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Dec.27.2011
INTERESTED IN GETTING YOUR MFA IN CREATIVE WRITING? THIS EVENT IS FOR YOU!
If you are an LA area writer and applying or thinking of getting your MFA, please join me at the Writers Junction to learn more about Goddard College's MFA program in creative writing (where I teach).
When: ...
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Dec.16.2011
Getting my MFA in creative was one of the highlights of my writing life -- and the beginning of a very rewarding teaching life. I'd love to tell you why, and so...
On Sunday, January 8, from 4 to 6pm at The Writers Junction in Santa Monica, CA, I'll be hosting a free information session about...
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Nov.27.2011
Attention writers! This is a heads up that you have just a few more weeks to get your application in for Goddard's MFA program in creative Writing. Deadline is Dec. 6 for the program in VT and January 13 for my own beloved program in gorgeous Port Townsend, WA -- where I teach. More on the...
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Nov.10.2011
I'm proud to be a co-editor and contributor to the new anthology Alchemy of the Word. If you are a writer, this book is for you!
Here's the basic info:
Alchemy of the Word: Writers Talk About Writing is a book like no other, from a writing program like no other. In this remarkable...
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May.23.2011
I am one enthusiastic member of the faculty of Goddard College's MFA in creative writing.
As such, I'm excited to invite all Angelenos to an evening of conversation and shared insights about Goddard's educational opportunities. If you have any thought of getting an MFA in creative writing and are...
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Feb.24.2011
The following is a commencement address I delivered to the granduating class of MFA students in creative writing at Goddard College in Port Townsend, Washington, last week. I thought it might also speak to you.
Well, Graduates, you're officially wordsmiths now. Never mind your pens, PCs, and...
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Jan.20.2011
My friend, the brilliant poet Pireeni Sundaralingam has just sent an announcement about one wild and crazy literary event and one more subdued literary event, both in Los Angeles this weekend.
I pass this message along to all you LA literati:
From Pireeni:
I'm involved in an amazing one-of-a-...
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Dec.23.2010
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“I think a book of letters would be so helpful for everyone, from those completely isolated by e.d. to those individuals less controlled but nonetheless influenced. It would be so therapeutic, in my opinion, to be able to literally read along through the stages of recovery. And personally, it...
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Oct.26.2010
I want to extend an invitation to writers in southern California this Saturday, Oct. 30.
Join me for a nitty gritty conversation about getting published right now, with literary agents from the Sandra Dijkstra, Angela Rinaldi, Ken Sherman,Kimberley Cameron, and Rob Weisbach agencies.
This 9:30-12...
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Jun.14.2010
Quel coincidence!
I just wrote article about Turning 50 for SecondAct.com
Here's an excerpt:
"When I turned 50 I was hot--all the time. Life was great. My husband and I had just celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary and were settling into a new home. I'd just published my third novel and...
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Apr.16.2010
Two publication announcements from Aimee Liu that might interest you!
1- My essay about going to grad school in my fifties (and featuring both Bennington and Goddard MFA programs) has just been published in the inaugural issue of the new website SecondAct.com This is a terrific new...
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About Aimee
Aimee Liu is the author of GAINING: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders, published by Warner Books on February 22, 2007. Drawing on her own history of anorexia as well as interviews with more than forty other former anorexics and bulimics, Liu picks...
Causes Aimee Liu Supports
PEN USA, Academy for Eating Disorders, Women for Women, UNICEF, Amnesty International