TAG: Sharma Shields
Poetry in Spokane: Get Lit!, Tod Marshall, and Scablands Books
Posted in Explore and Discover on May 1, 2018 at 6:00 am
by Nathaniel Youmans Spokane has been a vibrating hive of activity during National Poetry Month. Eastern Washington University’s Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Writing program has had another smash hit year of literary programming for the 20th annual Get Lit! Festival, featuring readings, workshops, and panel discussions all across the Spokane […]
Tags: book publishing, creative writing, EWU MFA, Get Lit!, independent literary press, independent publisher, poems, poetry, poets, Sharma Shields, small press, Tod Marshall
Hunting For Sasquatch: a conversation with Sharma Shields
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on January 22, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Cara Strickland Sharma Shields is a rising star in the literary world. Her first book, a collection of short stories called Favorite Monster won the 2011 Autumn House Fiction prize, and her novel The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac releases on January 27. Sharma lives in Spokane with her family (and she can often be found bringing her childr […]
Tags: authors, Favorite Monsters, Jess Walter, local authors, q&a, Sharma Shields, The Sasquatch Hunter's Almanac
Literary Lessons
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You, Prime Time on October 30, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Sheri Boggs I’m a little bit addicted to books about writing. And workshops about writing. And conferences and tote bags and online courses and story dice. My office is spilling over with titles like The Nighttime Novelist and The Making of a Story. I can’t move in there without stumbling over gobs of pages of […]
Tags: ecourses, gale courses, Sharma Shields, writing
