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    Rhoda Janzen's New Memoir Forthcoming in October

    July 1, 2012

    Rhoda Janzen, author of Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, has written a new memoir, to be released on October 2, 2012. InDoes This Church Make Me Look Fat? A Mennonite Finds Faith, Meets Mr. Right, and Solves her Lady ProblemsJanzen explores--with her inimitable with and poignant humor, issues of romance, illness and healing, faith and doubt. Read about it here.

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    Bibliographies of Mennonite Literature Newly Updated

    June 15, 2012

    Ervin Beck's bibliographies of US and Canadian Mennonite Literature, and his bibliography of Amish and Mennonite Folklore have just had their annual update. Check out the newest additions and send us your suggestions and corrections at cmw@goshen.edu

    Thanks, Ervin, for this invaluable service you provide to the community.

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    Ruminate Magazine Poetry Contest

    March 27, 2012

    RUMINATE Magazine is currently seeking submissions for our annual Janet McCabe Poetry Prize with an award of $1000 to the winning poet.

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    Conrad Grebel Lecture Series Highlights 50 Years of Mennonite Writing

    March 18, 2012

    This spring Hildi Froese Tiessen, Professor of English and Peace Studies at the University of Waterloo, Conrad Grebel University College, organized a series of nine lectures celebrating fifty years of Mennonite Writing in Canada. To see the series and browse the titles of the presentations, see the program on the University of Waterloo website.

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    Carrie Snyder's The Juliet Stories just published

    March 18, 2012

    The Juliet Stories, a novel in stories by Carrie Snyder, has just been published in Canada by Anansi. Juliet, a precocious 10-year-old narrator has just moved to Nicaragua with her parents and younger brothers. While the parents work in human rights causes, the children are left free to discover their own adventures. Read a review in the Toronto Globe and Mail.

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    From Fast Break to Line Break: Poets on the Art of Basketball

    March 17, 2012

    Todd Davis has just edited a new essay collection that brings together two subjects dear to his heart: basketball and the poetic eye. Published by Michigan State University Press, From Fast Break to Line Break includes essays by a variety of poets from Stephen Dunn and Quincy Troupe to Mennonite-connected writers Jeff Gundy, Mary Linton, and Davis himself, author of three poetry collections and whose poems have been featured on The Writer's Almanac. You can hear Davis read his poem at the publisher's website.

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    Joanna Wiebe's BIRTH MOTHER, a memoir, just published

    January 21, 2012

    Joanna Wiebe's memoir, BIRTH MOTHER, has just been published as an ebook or kindle download on amazon.com.

    BIRTH MOTHER is a memoir about Wiebe's experience of giving up her son for adoption in 1969. It's also a travel book, a coming of age story, and a Mennonite memoir with recipes.

    From the amazon.com description:

    Six years ago Joanna gave up her baby son for adoption. Now it's Christmas 1975, and she longs to celebrate with her rural Kansas Mennonite family, but the relationships are tense as they struggle to understand:

    • why, after having a baby out of wedlock, …

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    Julia Spicher Kasdorf poem set to music and performed in New York

    January 18, 2012

    Five Boroughs Song Book Concert features Kasdorf poem "On Leaving Brooklyn," set to music by Yotam Haber. Reviewed in The New York Times on January 16, 2012.

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    Shirley Showalter's e-book on writing memoir

    January 17, 2012

    Shirley Showalter, creator of "1oo Memoirs," a blog with reviews and discussions of memoir, has created a new personal blog that includes a free download of her new e-book, How to Write a Memoir that Sings. To get inspired to write your own memoir, visit www.shirleyshowalter.com

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    New Novel by David Elias just published!

    January 16, 2012

    For the Sake of Rose, David Elias's latest novel, takes up where Sunday
    Afternoon     left off. This book is published as an ebook and is available as
    a download from buzzwordbooks.com

    Martha Wiebe has gone on her annual trip to get away from life in the small rural community where she's lived all her life. This time, she finds herself in Dallas, Texas. It's November 22, 1963, about noon ...

    This new e-novel by Canadian author David Elias opens this way:


    For The Sake Of Rose

    Author's note:

    A close examination of the grainy film footage shot by Abraham …