Fred Misurella

COURSE IN PRINT JOURNALISM: WRITING FOR MAGAZINES

From January to April Fred Misurella will teach a course at East Stroudsburg University about writing for magazines. The course will include discussion of and practice in writing feature stories, personality profiles, and reviews. Students will learn to write effective query letters, conduct indepth interviews, and compete with other writers for attention from editors. A portion of the course will concern studying magazines as markets for writing.

Events

COURSE IN THE LITERATURE OF WAR:

From January through April, 2009, Fred Misurella will teach a course in The Literature of War at East Stroudsburg University that will include work by Homer, Virgil, Hemingway, Pat Barker, Primo Levi, Arthur Miller, Tim O'Brien, and the soldiers and sailors in Iraq and Afghanistan. For a chronological list of books and discussions, email the link on this page.

ASSOCIATED WRITING PROGRAMS CONFERENCE IN NYC:

From January 31 to February 2, Fred Misurella will be at the Bordighera Publisher's table with Daniela Gioseffi (The John Ciardi Lifetime Achievement in Poetry Award Winner) to sign books and talk about Lies to Live By and Short Time.

READING AT THE CORNELIA STREET CAFE IN NEW YORK:

On May 10 at 6:30, Fred Misurella will read from, and sign copies of, Lies to Live By at the monthly meeting of IAWA (The Italian American Writers Association).

BOOK SIGNING AT BORDERS

July 16th from 3 to 6, Fred Misurella will sign copies of Lies to Live By at Borders in Stroudsburg, PA. Benefits of sales will go to Family Promise.

READING IN GREENWICH VILLAGE JAZZ CLUB

September 13 at 7, Fred Misurella will read from Lies to Live By at Smalls jazz cafe in New York.

Selected Works

Fiction

"The Search for Giovanni"
A sample chapter from Only Sons (Link to the text).

"A World Made New" (Chapter I of Only Sons)
Published in Paterson Literary Review #36 (January 2008) (Link to text.)

Lies to Live By (short stories)
The Red and the Black of Italian-Americana, these stories disect the essence of contemporary living. (With a link to one of the stories.)

Short Time (a novella)
Uncannily accurate about Vietnam, its soldiers, and their tragic return home.

Literary Criticism

Understanding Milan Kundera: Public Events, Private Affairs
Detailed analysis and interpretation of Milan Kundera's works from The Joke through Immortality.

"A Clear Eye on Life: Renaissance Style in Primo Levi's Writing"
The lead essay in The Legacy of Primo Levi, edited by Stanislao G. Pugliese, published by Palgrave/Macmillan

Quick Links

A wonderful E-zine that printed one of the stories from Lies to Live By

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