{"id":689,"date":"2013-10-25T01:32:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T01:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=689"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:38:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:38:43","slug":"items-of-interest-aka-twitter-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=689","title":{"rendered":"Items of Interest, aka Twitter Roundup&#8211;Author News and More Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before I share some of the articles that grabbed me over the past week or two (and which I shared on Twitter), one thing first: the <a href=\"http:\/\/guyslitwire.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Guys Lit Wire<\/a> blog is looking for a few contributors to round out the monthly schedule. If you haven&#8217;t checked it out, it is a group blog aimed at spotlighting literature of interest to teen guys, and the reviews are varied and always interesting. (To me, anyway, but as the webmaster, I&#8217;m biased!)<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, on to some tweets:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We love Gene Yang around here, so I was excited to read an NPR interview with him: via <a class=\"twitter-atreply pretty-link\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nprnews\"><s>@<\/s><b>nprnews<\/b><\/a>: &#8216;Boxers &amp; Saints&#8217; &amp; Compassion: Questions For Gene Luen Yang <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/n.pr\/GQ0wv5\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/EqvHPzBtjw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/n.pr\/GQ0wv5\">http:\/\/n.pr\/GQ0wv5<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I also love plugging my writer friends, especially Tanita when she isn&#8217;t looking, so you&#8217;ll want to check this out: Lovely mention of my co-blogger Tanita &amp; our friend <a class=\"twitter-atreply pretty-link\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ethelrohan\"><s>@<\/s><b>ethelrohan<\/b><\/a>: Lisa\u2019s Book Round-Up on <a class=\"twitter-atreply pretty-link\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The_Rumpus\"><s>@<\/s><b>The_Rumpus<\/b><\/a> &#8211;  <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/therumpus.net\/2013\/10\/lisas-book-round-up-3\/\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Qzjarr3S0B\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/therumpus.net\/2013\/10\/lisas-book-round-up-3\/\">http:\/\/therumpus.net\/2013\/10\/lisas-book-round-up-3\/&nbsp;\u2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li>This post from @LadyGlamis on the difficulties of the creative life really resonated with me, too, and made me feel very fortunate that my loved ones are generally very understanding: When loved ones don&#8217;t support &#8211; or at least understand &#8211; your writing or artistic career. <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/fb.me\/QXt1n1tQ\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/2ZYPA6d79W\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/fb.me\/QXt1n1tQ\">http:\/\/fb.me\/QXt1n1tQ<\/a><\/li>\n<li>We lost Oscar Hijuelos, author of YA novel <i>Dark Dude<\/i> and numerous other works: Writer Oscar Hijuelos dies at 62 <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-latin-america-24515909\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ZLxPHYkxl9\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-latin-america-24515909\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-latin-america-24515909&nbsp;\u2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lastly, a thought-provoking piece on mixed race from NPR&#8217;s Race Card Project&#8211;six-word essays on race from listeners. This particular submission: &#8220;Norwegian with Nappy Hair Doesn&#8217;t Fit.&#8221; via <a class=\"twitter-atreply pretty-link\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nprnews\"><s>@<\/s><b>nprnews<\/b><\/a>: Holding Onto The Other Half Of &#8216;Mixed-Race&#8217; <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/n.pr\/1acLSW3\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/jGz8vlWExF\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/n.pr\/1acLSW3\">http:\/\/n.pr\/1acLSW3<\/a>&nbsp; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before I share some of the articles that grabbed me over the past week or two (and which I shared on Twitter), one thing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2,7,60,47,10,86,52],"class_list":["post-689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-af","tag-author-news","tag-book-news","tag-ethnicity-and-ya-literature","tag-views","tag-web-wanderings","tag-writing-daze"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7762,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions\/7762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}