CFS: Adult Children Caring for Parents (Book)

ADULT CHILDREN caring for parents, directly or at a distance—editor seeks creative nonfiction for anthology on trials and pleasures of tending those who tended us. Aging, dying; medical, financial challenges; siblings, sandwich generation. Narrative, lyrical, or meditative essays. Reflective, experimental, humorous, or mixture. Above all, elegantly written. Janet Wondra, editor. Postmark deadline: January 15, 2010. [...]

Inside Higher Ed: Correcting APA Style Guide

In an article “Correcting a Style Guide” in today’s Inside Higher Ed, reporter Jennifer Epstein writes:
Scholars turn to style manuals for guidance in authoring error-free manuscripts, but what happens when the manual itself is laden with errors?
Users of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association are trying to answer that question now, after the [...]

English Nurse Detective Novel Reviewed

This brief review by Marilyn Stasio appeared in the 6 Sept. 2009 issue of the New York Times books section:
Readers who can’t get enough of Maisie Dobbs, the intrepid World War I battlefield nurse in Jacqueline Winspear’s novels, or Hester Latterly, who saw action in the Crimean War in a series of novels by Anne [...]

Call for Proposals: Anthology on Disability and Passing

Blurring the Lines: Disability, Race, Gender and Passing in Modern America by Jeffrey A. Brune and Kim E. Nielsen, editors
Although one of the common experiences of passing involves disability, scholars have devoted little attention to this important topic. Studies of passing have also paid insufficient attention to the interplay that occurs between disability, race, gender, [...]

Inside Higher Ed: Managing Large Writing Projects

John Gastil’s Career Advice column, “Managing Large Writing Projects,” in the 24 April 2009 edition of Inside Higher Ed offers credible advice to graduate students and faculty who are engaged in large writing projects (including dissertations and lengthy research articles). The article is consistent with research on faculty productivity, particularly the extensive research conducted by [...]

CFS: Anthology on Patient Who Changed My Life

THE PATIENT Who Changed My Life: Wising Up Press invites well-written, emotionally compelling stories, memoirs, and poetry from physicians, nurses, therapists, social workers. Prose up to 5,000 words. Poetry up to 5 poems. Electronic submissions: Word or RTF. Deadline: June 30. Payment in copies. For complete guidelines, see www.universaltable.org/wisingup.html.

CFS: Anthology about Doulas

FOR AN ANTHOLOGY about doulas, editor seeks true, first-person accounts from moms, dads, midwives, docs, nurses, and others present at doula-supported birth. What did you experience, observe, feel, learn, reflect upon? How were you moved, changed by the experience? What can you share with prospective parents, reluctant practitioners, passionate advocates? Send double-spaced MS Word attachment [...]

CFS: LaChance “Voices of . . .” Anthologies, Healing Project

AUTHORS WANTED for acclaimed anthologies. LaChance Publishing is seeking inspiring, true stories of literary merit for upcoming volumes of our critically acclaimed “Voices Of” series of anthologies. Our books feature true stories by individuals personally touched by life-challenging situations-stories that inspire, inform, and foster a sense of community by showing how we find it in [...]