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click thru for details November 22, 2011 In This Issue Highly Useful Tools for Writers Daughters of Domestics Elizabeth Gilbert on Creativity Majo Ramírez Gets the Gift of Time and Money Great Guides for Writers New From Wings Press (Ad) Job Listings Thankful for Poets & Writers? Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Quick Links About P&W   Subscribe to Poets & Writers Magazine  Writing Contest Deadlines   Classifieds   Donate HIGHLY USEFUL TOOLS FOR WRITERS    Check out our databases of writing contests, literary magazines, small presses, and MFA programs. Plus job listings and writing prompts. All on our Tools for Writers page. Take Me to Tools for Writers DAUGHTERS OF DOMESTICS Credit: Jarvis DeBerry Kelly Harris writes about Daughters of Domestics, a New Orleans poetry reading she started, in response to the film and book, The Help, in a recent post from our Readings & Workshop Blog. Read About Daughters of Domestics   ELIZABETH GILBERT ON CREATIVITY The author of Eat, Pray, Love offers an interesting way to look at creativity in this 2009 video that's worth checking out. Watch the Elizabeth Gilbert Video MAJO RAMÍREZ GETS THE GIFT OF TIME AND MONEY Mexico City fiction writer Majo Ramírez has won the Aura Estrada Prize, which gives a young Spanish-language writer money, publication, and up to eight months of time at writers colonies around the world. Read More About the Aura Estrada Prize GREAT GUIDES FOR WRITERS Poets & Writers offers guides to literary agents, MFA programs, book publishing and promotion. All in PDF format. $4.99 each. Check out the Guides ROSEMONT COLLEGE (SPONSORED ARTICLE) The opportunity to intern as a submission reader, literary editor, or publication designer with Matter Press' Journal of Compressed Creative Arts is just one thing that makes the graduate creative writing program at Rosemont College unique. Rosemont's M.F.A. in creative writing program supports emerging authors by offering a comprehensive curriculum and opportunities for practical experience like those at the Journal of Compressed Creative Arts. Rosemont College Suburban Philadelphia.   www.rosemont.edu/comewrite JOB LISTINGS Search for jobs within our frequently updated job listings.    Assistant Professor of English, Columbia College Chicago Distinguished Lecturer, Poet, The City College of New York  Executive/Artistic Director, Gemini Ink Grace Hazard Conkling Writer-in-Residence, Smith College  Assistant Professor of Poetry and Early Modern British Literature, St. Lawrence University  Associate or Full Professor of Poetry, University of Iowa Writers' Workshop  Richard L. Thomas Professor of Creative Writing, Kenyon College  See Complete Listing of Jobs and Internships   THANKFUL? If you appreciate the community you find at pw.org, the inspiration that keeps you writing, the resources and tools that help you get your work out in the world, please become a Friend of Poets & Writers. Join for just $35 and you'll get a free, one-year subscription to Poets & Writers Magazine.   Show Your Thanks. Become a Friend.    Poets & Writers is the primary source of information, support, and guidance for creative writers. Founded in 1970, it is the nation's largest nonprofit literary organization for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Learn more at pw.org.