News about column writing alum Jason Wiener from Christopher Hennessy in Emerson's public affairs office: "Emerson MFA student Jason Wiener won a 2007 Cecil B. Hackney Literary Award for his story 'Footprints.' Contest winners were announced at the 28 annual Writing Today Conference on March 7 and 8, 2008, at Birmingham Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama. The event included a public reading of Jason's first place story. Sponsored by the Cecil Hackney family of Birmingham, the literary competition awards $5,000 at the national and state level for poetry and short fiction each year. One novel is also selected for recognition. Past winners of Hackney prizes have included Rick Reiken, Associate Professor of Writing, Literature and Publishing at Emerson. Wiener's story 'Damages' was a finalist in the 2007 Sonora Review Short-Short Contest. Before coming to Emerson, Jason worked as a 3D animator and college instructor for film and video games, including a summer contract at Pixar Studios. He is currently completing his graduate thesis, a novel."

Kristina Wong on grammatical fulfilment in the Phoenix

Kristina Wong has a piece in The Boston Phoenix about Lawrence A. Weinstein's book, Grammar for the Soul: Using Language for Personal Change.

Kristina's review is titled, "Yet Another Path to Enlightenment," and is worth checking out here.

Llalan Fowler, Isabelle Davis, and Laura Dargus in Weekly Dig

In this week's Weekly Dig, Llalan Fowler writes the "Check it Out" piece: "Publick House Provisions: The Sweet Beerafter."

Isabelle Davis writes capsule reviews of Madonna's latest CD and The Roots' new CD

And Laura Dargus reviews the new Harold and Kumar movie.

Platforming: Book v. Journal

Platforming: Book v. Journal

PopMatters Book Review

Hi everyone! I just started contributing book reviews to PopMatters. My first one is a review of an anthology called Mortified: Love is a Battlefield, a collection of teen diary entries from the pre-Internet era. Thanks, hope all are doing well!

Deblina's Higher Grounds

Deblina Chakraborty has a piece in the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine called "Higher Grounds: One Back Bay home's rooftop gardens prove that even the space challenged can find serenity." Her story is part of the magazine's garden makeover package.

Carolyn's Patagonia in The Boston Globe

Carolyn McCarthy has a feature on Patagonia in today's Sunday Boston Globe. None of her photos that accompany the piece appear in the online version, but you can read her article here.

Carolyn continues to blog and you can read her postings and see some of her photography at Wild Blue Yonder.