About Author and Essayist Marcia Yudkin
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Marcia Yudkin
is the author of 17 nonfiction books,
including Freelance Writing
for Magazines & Newspapers
(HarperCollins, Book of the
Month Club) and 6 Steps to Free
Publicity (Plume/Penguin and
Career Press), which went into
three editions. Other books got
translated into French, German
and Korean.
Not counting
having read her poems on local
TV at the age of 7, she made her
writing debut in January 1981 in
the Sunday New York Times. |
Marcia
Yudkin in Hawaii |
As a freelance writer,
Marcia published articles in mainstream
magazines like TWA Ambassador, USAIr
Magazine, Business 2.0, Cosmopolitan,
Ms. and the New York Times
Magazine as well as in niche
publications like New Age Journal,
Yoga Journal and The Village
Voice.
She delivered personal essays on NPR
Marketplace and WBUR, the NPR
station in Boston. Since
retiring from decades as a
marketing coach, she has begun
writing for general audiences
again.
[See
Marcia's marketing-coach bio] Essay links
"The Professor-Student Barrier to
Growth," New York Times
(PDF)
"Falling in Love in China," Ms.
(PDF)
"Chen's Mother," New York Times
Magazine "Hers" Column
"Words, Words, Words," Brevity Blog
"Lost and Found With Marcus Aurelius,"
Modern Stoicism
"The Litterer and I," The Bluebird
Word
"I Call It Running,"
Next Avenue
"The Spy I Wasn't," The Raven's Perch
"But My Dance Card
Isn't Yours," Down in the Dirt
(PDF)
"Trespassers," Meat for Tea (PDF)
"Excavating the Past," Grande Dame
Literary
"Confidentially," The Manifest
Station
"What Went Unsaid," Your Tango
"88.6,"
Feels Blind Literary
"Love Molds™ Analysis #26," Does It Have
Pockets?
"Remnants," Kitchen Table Quarterly
"Reaching Back," Stillpoint Arts
Quarterly (PDF)
"The Fervent Finger of Blame," The
Quiet Reader
"A Key Connection to My Father," The
Bookends Review (forthcoming)
"Silence, Luscious Silence," Great
River Review (forthcoming)
"The Killing Season," Atlantic Northeast
Magazine (forthcoming)
"Getting to the Bear Truth," Litro
Magazine (forthcoming)
Short story links
"Doors
Made to Order," Yankee, reprinted
in New Fiction from New England
(PDF)
"Bonds," Yankee (PDF)
"Lessons,"
Writers' Forum (PDF)
"Found on Mary Lou Krakelheimer's Hard
Drive," Flash Fiction
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Since June
2022 Marcia has published a weekly newsletter,
Introvert UpThink, which
critiques the many
misunderstandings and myths
about introverts in our
extrovert-dominant culture.
Introvert UpThink also
discusses how introverts are
portrayed in novels, poetry and
nonfiction. |
Education
Marcia holds a Ph.D. and
M.A. in philosophy from Cornell
University and a B.A. from Brown
University. She taught philosophy at
Smith College and taught writing at Boston University, Babson College, the New England School of Law and Holyoke Community College.
To get in touch:
| Marcia Yudkin |
| Creative Ways |
| P.O. Box 305 |
| Goshen, MA 01032 |
| Phone: |
1-413-563-4134 |
| E-mail: |
marcia@yudkin.com |
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