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#34 Boundless Craft: Writing and Editing Tips with Dawn Raffel

May 18, 2023

Dawn Raffel’s sixth book, Boundless as the Sky, is just out. In a starred advance review, Publishers Weekly wrote, "Raffel draws inspiration from Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities and the history of Chicago’s 1933 World's Fair for this sublime collection.... This is one to savor."

Her previous book, The Strange Case of Dr. Couney, was chosen as one of NPR’s best books of 2018 and awarded a Christopher Award for books that affirm the highest values of the human spirit. Previous books include a memoir, a novel, and two story collections. Her writing has appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine, BOMB, New Philosopher, The San Francisco Chronicle, Conjunctions, Open City, The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories and numerous other periodicals and anthologies.

Following a long run as a senior-level magazine editor, she is now the fiction editor of the Northwest Review and works as an independent editor for individuals and creative organizations. She teaches at the Center for Fiction and International Literary Seminars, and serves as a mentor at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs.

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