Our Website Update and Opportunities

~ Olga Zilberbourg

Dear SFWW community,

We’ve just added two new publications to the SFWW website’s “Our Books” page, where we feature the work of our current and former regulars: Beverly Parayno’s excellent collection of stories Wildflowers that was published last year, and David Cleary’s novella My Year as a Boy in Asimov’s. Let Olga know if you have new books (or novella-length works) that she should add to this page.

Another new section on the website is “History” where we’d like to put more work that’s about the workshop itself. Take a look, and contact Olga with suggestions for material (bowlga at gmail) .

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We occasionally receive emails with gig opportunities for writers. Here are two that seem legit.

1) Benjamin Lewis, the founder of an organization Engage As You Age that helps “older adults and seniors develop new and meaningful relationships through organized social visits,” is looking for smart and compassionate individuals to visit several new clients in San Francisco.

Benjamin writes: “Visits are conversation-based, in-person, and occur once a week for 2-3 hours at a time. Engage clients and employees must both be vaccinated against COVID-19. The work is paid at the rate of $25-30 an hour and the schedules are flexible. If you’re interested, feel free to reach out through the website, or email Benjamin Lewis blewis@engageasyouage.com.”

2) Ilyssa Kyu, the co-editor of the books Campfire Stories: Tales from America’s National Parks and Trails—Volume 1 and Volume 2 — writes: “We’re currently working on our next project bringing stories from beloved regions in the USA, and have selected the Redwoods Coast as one of our next locations.

I’m reaching out because we have a Call for Submissions for our forthcoming Campfire Stories: Redwood Coast book and thought you may want to share with your community! We’re seeking writers with existing stories about the Redwood Coast AND writers who’d like to be commissioned to write one. Folks can apply by March 15, 2024.“

Your moderators, Judy, Kurt, Monya, Olga

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Published by Olga Zilberbourg

Olga Zilberbourg’s English-language debut LIKE WATER AND OTHER STORIES (WTAW Press) explores “bicultural identity hilariously, poignantly,” according to The Moscow Times. It also dives into topics of bisexuality and immigrant parenthood. Anthony Marra called it “…a book of succinct abundance, dazzling in its particulars, expansive in its scope,” and Karen Bender said, “Olga Zilberbourg is a writer to read right now.” Zilberbourg’s writing has appeared in World Literature Today, The Believer, Electric Literature, Lit Hub, Alaska Quarterly Review, and elsewhere. Born in Leningrad, USSR in a Russian-speaking Jewish family, she makes her home in San Francisco, California. She has published four collections of stories in Russia, including most recent Задержи дыхание [Hold Your Breath] from Vremya Press. She serves as a consulting editor at Narrative Magazine and as a co-facilitator of the San Francisco Writers Workshop. Together with Yelena Furman, she has co-founded Punctured Lines, a feminist blog about literature from the former Soviet Union. She is currently at work on her first novel.

3 thoughts on “Our Website Update and Opportunities”

  1. Hi Olga,

    Here is my latest book https://www.amazon.com/Preventing-Senior-Moments-Alert-Beyond/dp/153816941X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1PJPVCW2STBO3&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.DcQg4tD1SE7EEhmQpQgH0963PMuR52WyhUM0-2xzZ0CL-ouzeke1cz2H-Bt9oZL-ksGmt8lL95GfHMEKLU0zbruJWk7XL-jcg1B6bXysh1qjy8BUTJl8nyqbhE5X3Udo-4NpmE0o2F2cInOpVvu6TRh5rbO9YMJRe-0N3QZr-9nbtq3PgESNjpFbj_5mrQMD74TXizydtbnXuK-MwhQDJFZskBp9kL3sYDv9BncqpNk.uZrePNyTwgis167-vV1ZnAoU14o_Qs8RaGwQ7ecMjIk&dib_tag=se&keywords=preventing+senior+moments&qid=1708781751&sprefix=preventinng+se,aps,175&sr=8-1 if you would like to add it the list of books by members.

    Stan

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  2. Hi SFWW, Olga et al

    Does the following fit?

    Aífe Murray, former sfww denizen

    In the podcast The Slave Is Gone – the show that talks back to AppleTV+ DICKINSON poets Jericho Brown and Brionne Janae, with help from “rogue scholar” Aífe Murray, break down what’s historically and emotionally true in DICKINSON — always bringing it back to Emily Dickinson’s risk-taking, luminous poetry.

    Brought to you by the Massachusetts Humanities, Smith College, The Jones Library Inc. & many listeners.

    TheSlaveIsGone dot com – on Spotify and Apple Podcasts

    Aífe Murray

    In the new podcast The Slave Is Gone – the show that talks back to AppleTV+ DICKINSON poets Jericho Brown and Brionne Janae, with help from “rogue scholar” Aífe Murray, break down what’s historically and emotionally true in DICKINSON — always bringing it back to Emily Dickinson’s risk-taking, luminous poetry.

    Brought to you by the Massachusetts Humanities, Smith College, The Jones Library Inc. and many listeners like you.

    TheSlaveIsGone dot com – Now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts

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