[Cwgrad-announcements] Fwd: Call for ideas and essays

[D Charles Whitney]

> --- On Fri, 2/6/09, Ulin, David <David.Ulin at latimes.com> wrote:

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>> From: Ulin, David <David.Ulin at latimes.com>
>> Subject: Call for ideas and essays
>> To: "Ulin, David" <David.Ulin at latimes.com>
>> Cc: "Owchar, Nick" <Nick.Owchar at latimes.com>, "Low, Orli" <Orli.Low at latimes.com 
>> >, "Reynolds, Susan" <Susan.Reynolds at latimes.com>
>> Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 2:29 PM
>> Greetings all --
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>> Please forgive the mass e-mail, but I'm writing to let you know  
>> that the Los Angeles Times book section is starting a new web
>> feature -- a weekly essay, of between 750 and 900 words, by writers  
>> on the writing life. The pieces we have in mind could be anything  
>> -- anecdotal, personal, critical -- as long as they are voice- 
>> driven and conversational. They could be about a room, a chair, a  
>> favorite pen, about a book you couldn't finish or one you couldn't  
>> stop working on. They can be about the books and writers that have  
>> moved you, about an
>> experience that inspired an unexpected piece of work. These pieces  
>> will be (at first,
>> anyway) internet exclusive. As the project develops, though, we wil  
>> almost certainly print some pieces in the paper, and look
>> for other ways to reprint or redirect the work.
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>> In any case, we are eagerly looking for essays, ideas, pitches.  
>> Please feel free to send any and everything our way. It may take a
>> little while to get this up and running -- we want to have a decent  
>> backlog of pieces before we launch -- but to start, I thought I'd  
>> send
>> this out to all of you as an invitation to participate. We look  
>> forward to hearing from you.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> David
>>
>> David L. Ulin
>> Book Editor
>> Los Angeles Times
>> 202 West 1st Street
>> Los Angeles, CA 90012
>> tel: 213.237.7239
>> email: david.ulin at latimes.com
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