Advance Praise for Mark Sundeen's "The Man Who Quit Money"

After his reading at this year's conference, Mark got all of us anxiously awaiting the release of his new book: "The Man Who Quit Money."

It's not coming out until March 2012 (from Riverhead/Penguin), but he's already getting impressive advance praise from the likes of Elizabeth Gilbert and Bill McKibben.

You can check out what they're saying about the book, and read a summary, at the book's Facebook page.

Congrats, Mark! We can't wait to read more!

Internships at TIFERET Journal

TIFERET seeks an intern for a year-long project. Work can be completed off-site and requires 2-3 hours a week. Intern will be listed on TIFERET website and masthead and participate in editorial conference calls. The intern would oversee the Professor/Student Subscription Project offered by Council for Literary Magazines and Small Presses. This would require conversations with CLMP; an international search for professors who might want to use TIFERET in their literature, writing, or religious studies classrooms; and correspondence with professors. CLMP handles all billing matters. Please send resume to editors at @tiferetjournal.com

TIFERET seeks an intern for a year-long project. Work can be completed off-site and requires 2-3 hours a week. Intern will be listed on TIFERET website and masthead and participate in editorial conference calls. This intern would oversee and execute efforts to acquire new institutional subscribers (libraries, poetry centers, writing centers, interfaith organizations, etc.) to TIFERET. Please send resume to editors@tiferetjournal.com.

Taos Instructor and Staff Weigh In on 9/11 Anniversary

Last year, 2011 Taos Instructor and novelist Porochista Khakpour contributed this essay to the New York Times' editorial coverage of the ninth anniversary of 9/11.

This year, for the tenth anniversary, she participated in this video that discusses the writing of and response to that op-ed. As you'll see at the link, you probably haven't heard of her fellow contributors: just Tom Brokaw, Daniel Libeskind and Joseph S. Nye :)

Porochista also writes about her experience in documenting 9/11 in this essay on the Granta website.

Porochista is off to Europe, soon, and we'll miss her: but before that she'll be participating in this September 22nd artists' talk, hosted by On the Media's Brooke Gladstone, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Meanwhile, Taos Conference Graduate Assistant and Brooklyn native Elizabeth Tannen also had an essay published for the anniversary of 9/11: you can find hers on the NPR opinion page.

Congrats to all!