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Who I Am
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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- Last Night’s Reading | Meakin Armstrong on Reading: Freerange Nonfiction, May 5th
- Last Night’s Reading | Meakin Armstrong on Reading: MR. Beller’s Neighborhood, Feb 14th
- Guernica, short fiction, short story, fiction, Caine Prize | Meakin Armstrong on The Caine Prize, E.C., and Me
- Seth Fischer on New Fiction on Guernica: Melissa Ann Chadburn
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Tag Archives: Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood
Mr. Beller is having problems with his neighborhood
My story–and a lot of other stories, too–won’t launch. Sure hope it gets fixed, soon…
An article I wrote is up on Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood
A piece I wrote when I was at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference last year is up on Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood. I love that site; I think it’s one of the best on the Web. It’s dedicated to stories that … Continue reading
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Tagged Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, By Meakin Armstrong, gaijin, Growing up in Japan, japan, Mr. Beller's Neighborhood, writing
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I’ll be in Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood on the 14th
I’ve been asked to participate in a reading tomorrow, the 14th. It’s for the Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood Reading series, at the Happy Ending Lounge on 302 Broome Street, at the intersection of Broome Street and Forsyth Streets. Before going into … Continue reading
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Tagged Happy Ending Lounge, Mr. Beller's Neighborhood, Public Reading, reading
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I smell children. . . (I’ve always loved this guy)
Those kids, it has always seemed to me, were damned insipid. They deserved everything they got. I remember thinking that when I was about six. They risked death for a lollipop. Stupid kids.I sighed through “Hushabye Mountain.” Still do. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Dark side of the rainbow, japan, movies, Mr. Beller's Neighborhood, the child catcher, writing
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The background blah-blah
I’m a writer. But: I’ve erased everything that was here because I found it so appalling. I’ve never kept a diary (on a regular basis, that is) for the same reason. I have had just about all I can take … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Copywriting, Editing, Fiction, Fiction Editor, Guernica, New Clips, Public Reading, Short Story by Meakin Armstrong, Writing, Writing Samples
Tagged "bread loaf waiter", Bread Loaf, Breadloaf, Columbia Film School, Cornelia Street, Guernica Magazine, japan, Maxim, Mr. Beller's Neighborhood, Noo Journal, Public Reading, SLS, Summer Literary Seminars, The Atlantic, waitership
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