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I'm a fiction writer, fiction editor, former staffer at The New Yorker, Forbes Inc, and New York Times Custom Publishing. My editorial work has appeared in a variety of magazines (all of the way from Maxim to Good Housekeeping). My copy writing has been featured in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Condé Nast Traveler.
I am the recipient of scholarships to Bread Loaf Writers' Conference (a difficult award to get) and Summer Literary Seminars in Russia.
I've been anthologized in four times. My nonfiction has been praised in The New York Times. My work as an editor was lauded in Esquire.
I have an MFA from Columbia University and a screenplay of mine was once optioned by a major film production company.
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Author Archives: Meakin Armstrong
Breyten Breytenbach in Guernica
Breytenbach is a South African poet, novelist, and human rights activist who spent seven years in jail for fighting apartheid.The selections in Guernica—which read like flash fiction, but are a part of a novel—are astoundingly beautiful, but searing, too. I think … Continue reading
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Join Guernica for a Seventh Anniversary Celebration
It’ll be low-key, not our usual party-fundraiser. This year, just going to a bar to celebrate and talk to our readers. (A big event will come later).
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Guernica Contributor Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Poet Tomas Tranströmer has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. We’ve published him. Twice.
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Amitav Ghosh in Guernica
Guernica this week features the work of Amitav Ghosh. Honored to have him in there. We’ve also interviewed him before, too. Here’s a link to his fiction, the first chapter of his novel, River of Smoke.
Blogging About Sustainability
I’ve been hired to blog about sustainability issues for The Atlantic. It’s a lot of work, of course. And complicated. I’m posting twice a week until the end of the year. I’m also “vlogging” (god, I hate that word) twice … Continue reading
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I Interview Craig Thompson of “Blankets” and “Habibi”
I spoke with Craig Thompson for Guernica, and I asked him about his new graphic novel, Habibi, and why he chose to set it in the Middle East. I didn’t mention it in the piece, but during the interview, I … Continue reading
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Chinua Achebe, excerpted on Guernica
You probably had to read him in college—Chinua Achebe, the author of Things Fall Apart. I certainly did and I remember not looking forward to it. I didn’t like the book cover, which was a confusion of yellows, browns, and … Continue reading
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“Because Arab American fiction IS American literature”
I’d wanted to put together an Arab American fiction section for several years. Years. The section remained a no-go for some reason though, but maybe it was for the best: Randa Jarrar, who guest-edited the section, did an amazing job … Continue reading
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Been Blogging About Coffee (While Drinking Tea)
I just finished a short-term gig blogging for Starbucks. Primarily, my blog was concerned with the environment and shade-grown coffee. While working on the project, I learned that when coffee growers preserve the trees on their land (rather than rip … Continue reading
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Guest-Blog at Gotham Ghostwriters
I wrote a guest blog entry over at the Gotham Ghostwriters site, regarding Greg Mortenson and the fact that he seems to feel that his ghostwriter is to blame for the factual errors in his books. You can find my … Continue reading
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