
New Book News! We celebrate these poets and the publication of their new books Sunday, March 21 at 7 PM EST. Join us on Lit Youngstown’s YouTube channel for a live reading and conversation.
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After the November First Wednesday Reading featuring James Winter, intern Cassandra Lawton interviewed him about his writing process and tips for writers.
Watch the reading here.
What is your writing process like?
I find with my fiction, which tends toward the historical, I read and research pretty thoroughly before I start a draft. For example, my story “Beyond Love” tells of the horrors a terrorist bomber suffers while detained in a Jordanian prison and eventually, Guantanamo Bay. As a basis of research, I studied Guantanamo: An American History by Johnathan Hansen, Guantanamo Diary by Mohamedu Ould Slahi, My Guantanamo Diary by Mahvish Khan, Inside the Wire by Erik Saar, and others, but most importantly, peer-reviewed, psychological analyses of Islamic terrorists that showed that many are educated, financially stable family men radicalized in the wake of personal, domestic failures. I found this fascinating when writing “Inheritance,” a story about IRA terrorists. Their characterization by historian Tim Pat Coogan as well as undercover interviews in SPIN magazine and scholarly journals like the UK’s Studies in Conflict & Terrorism depict most of “The Lads” as having barely graduated high school. They are part of a legacy, and instead of keeping activities secret from their spouses, many IRA wives know the organization in detail and provide emotional, and at times physical aid.
Continue readingNew Book News! We celebrate these poets and the publication of their new books. Join us on YouTube on Sunday, February 7 at 7:00 PM EST for a live reading and conversation.
Continue readingNew Book News! We celebrate these poets and the publication of their new books Sunday, January 24 at 7 PM EST. Join us on Lit Youngstown’s YouTube channel for a live reading and conversation.
Continue readingNew Book News! We celebrate these writers and the publication of the Columbus Noir Anthology (Akashic Books) Sunday, February 28 at 7 PM EST. Join us on Lit Youngstown’s YouTube channel for a live reading and conversation.
Continue readingJoin us for a First Wednesday Series reading by Cleveland poet and journalist Lee Chilcote and Kent poet and creative nonfiction writer David Hassler. Wednesday, January 13 at 7:00 PM EST. Open mic to follow. Co-hosted by Christopher Minton. Register here for the Zoom room, or watch live on Lit Youngstown’s Facebook page.
Continue readingNew Book News! We celebrate these writers and the publication of their new books Sunday, February 21 at 7 PM EST. Join us on Lit Youngstown’s YouTube channel for a live reading and conversation.
Continue readingNew Book News! We celebrate these writers and the publication of their new books Sunday, January 17 at 7 PM EST. Join us on Lit Youngstown’s YouTube channel for a live reading and conversation.
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