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Kaufman Attacks the E

Alan Kaufman’s essay The Electronic Bookburning on The Evergreen Review addresses a number of issues on “the impact of Hi-Tech on Book Culture.” An essay from which every single line is integral and effective quoting nearly impossible, but, alas, if you are still resisting going to read it, here are a few lines that might take you there:

“One wonders why Nourrey cannot simply advise E- Book to go fuck itself…”
“The book is fast becoming the despised Jew of our culture.”
“I know many writers who do not see anything wrong in any of this…”
“Not since the advent of Christianity has the world witnessed so sweeping a change in the very fabric of human existence.”
“And its endgame is the disappearance of not just books but of all things human.”

While its “Holocaust as metaphor” may be strong for some, its position of resistance is a valid voice in this ongoing discussion.

CFS: Librarians Plan for Fiscal Survival

Beyond Austerity; Facing Recession, Massive Reductions in Funding and Personnel-Librarians Plan for Fiscal Survival

Publisher: major, long established, in the library field

Editor: Carol Smallwood, MLS. Writing and Publishing: The Librarian’s Handbook, American Library Association 2010; Librarians as Community Partners: An Outreach Handbook, American Library Association, 2010; Thinking Outside the Book, McFarland 2008. Some others are Peter Lang, Libraries Unlimited, Linworth, Scarecrow

Foreword: Dr. Ann Riedling, Associate Professor, University of South Florida; An Educator’s Guide to Information Literacy, Libraries Unlimited, 2007; Writing and Publishing: Contributor, The Librarian’s Handbook, American Library Association, 2010. A two-time Fulbright Scholar included in Contemporary Authors

Afterword: Dr. Loriene Roy, Professor in the School of Information, the University of Texas at Austin, Past President of the American Library Association, Director/ Founder, If I Can Read, I Can Do Anything Reading Club.
Contributor, Librarians as Community Partners: An Outreach Handbook, American Library Association, 2010

Articles sought by practicing academic, public, school, special librarians sharing their experiences on how librarians are handling the recession. Concise, how-to articles using bullets, headings, by librarians in the trenches using creativity and innovation

No previously published, simultaneously submitted material. One article sharing the range of your experience, 2100-2300 words total. If you must use citations, use MLA style faithfully. Articles welcomed by one librarian, or co-authored by two

Possible topics: creative staffing, financial planning, grant writing, community donations, sharing facilities, cooperative buying, maximizing the media, legislative participation, workshops for job hunters

The deadline for completed articles (Call #1) is November 30, 2009. Contributors will receive an agreement to sign before publication. Compensation: a complimentary copy, discount on additional copies

To avoid duplication, please e-mail up to three topics each clearly proposed with three separate short paragraphs by October 31 along with a 75-85 word bio beginning with: your name, library of employment, employment title, awards, publications, and career highlights. If co-authored, each of the two librarian-writers will need to send a separate bio. You will be contacted as soon as possible telling you which one (if any) of your topics will work, inviting you to e-mail your article; an invitation doesn’t guarantee acceptance. Please place AUSTERITY/your name on the subject line to: smallwood-at-tm.net

Florida Review Award Winners

The Florida Review has announced the winners and finalists in their 2009 Editors’ Awards Competition. Their work will appear in the Winter 2009 issue of The Florida Review.

Fiction Prize
Pictured: Fred Setterberg, “Catechism”

Fiction Finalist
Steven Gehrke, “The Terraformation of Mars”

Nonfiction Prize
Deborah Thompson, “Buying Time”

Nonfiction Finalist
Christine Gelineau, “Cops”

Poetry Prize
Emily Van Kley, “Before Ghosts,” “Vital Signs,” and “Last of the Month”

Poetry Finalist
Susan Rich, “Facing 50 with a Line by Robert Hayden” and “For My Student, Who Would Prefer to Remain Anonymous”

New Lit on the Block: Rivets

Edite Christy Frantz and Dale Debakcsy have started up Rivets Literary Magazine, an online publication of art, poetry, and fiction. The first issue features works by Brent Schaeffer, Jaime R. Wood, Alice Osborn, Laura Riggs, Danny Sullivan Rice, Janet Yung, Scott Michel, Ken Pobo, and KJ. Rivets is accepting submissions for their next issue until November 30.

Here’s and excerpt from “Revenge Poem Cycle” by Laura Riggs:

Revenge Poem #2
when i said “you don’t know me,”
i meant, “and you’re not going to.”
actually, i was thinking you knew me as much as i wanted you to already.

NewPages Updates :: October 19, 2009

Alternative Magazines
The Rumpus “focused on culture, as opposed to ‘pop culture’”

Literary Magazines
matchbook
Hinchas de Poesia – poetry, fiction, non-fiction, photography and painting
Connotations Press – poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, drama, screenplay, visual art, interviews, reviews, video
Electric Literature – fiction
Rivets – poetry, fiction, art
Suss – poetry, fiction, nonfiction, interviews, reviews, gossip
Painted Bride Quarterly – poetry, fiction, essay, reviews
Splash of Red – poetry, fiction, non-fiction, art
Gutter Eloquence – free verse poetry
The Hummingbird Review – essays, prose, lyrics, interviews

Bookstores
Eco Books Tempe, AZ (used)

Blogs
Almonry – Henry Whittlsey
An attempt to organise scattered thoughts– Tammy Ho Lai-Ming
Butt to Chair: Thoughts on the Writing Life – Melissa Hart
Button Tapper – Laura Roberts
Doppelgangrene – Juliet Cook
The Eyeless Owl – David Metcalfe
Fleur’s Rainbow Realm – Jenni Derfoldy
It Goes Without Saying – Matthew Nienow
mythical creatures – Leigh Stein
NickSeagers.com – Nick Seagers
No Hope, No Despair – Bruce Gatenby
the split infinitive – Maria Robinson
the blog poetic – Alexis Orgera
The Tiger in My Ribcage – Lilah Clay
Treatsa’s tasty taters – Teresa Houle
Writing Shed – Karen Hogan

Food for Poems poetry, recipes, food
Litagogo literary podcast guide, reviews, poetry
Multiverse Poetry poetry, readings, news
Poet Verse poetry
The Rondeau Roundup exploration, publication of the rondeau, rondel, roundel, rondeau redouble, rondolet, triolet, and ballade

Caso Awarded Premio Planeta

Spanish author Angeles Caso has won the prestigious Premio Planeta, the second richest literature prize after the Nobel, for her novel about an African woman’s travails in Europe. The Asturian writer was awarded the prize late Thursday in Barcelona for her novel Contra el viento (Against The Wind) centered around a woman from the tiny African island nation of Cape Verde who emigrates to Portugal and then to Spain. Misfortune hounds her in Portugal and even after she leaves for Spain. Caso, born in 1959, is also a newspaper columnist. The prize comes with a cash award of 601,000 euros (895,096 dollars). (AP)

New Lit on the Block: The Breakwater Review

The Breakwater Review is the biannual online literary journal run by students in the creative writing MFA program at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. The first issues features (mostly poetry) works by J. Tamayo, Joyce Peseroff, Mark Pawlak, Michael Kroesche, Robert Edwards, Frannie Lindsay, Jason Roush, Laura Davenport, Cate Whetzel, Jeffrey Taylor, Caroline A. LeBlanc, Janelle Adsit, Kenneth M. Camacho, Rory Douglas.

TBR is accepting submissions of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction until November 15 for their next issue.

Here’s an excerpt from west by Jeffrey Taylor (all formatting is lost in blogger, so do be sure to check out the full text on TBR):

he:

called
his
boss

said
i
aint

gonna’
make
deadline

got
robbed
and

i
liked
it!

i
liked
it!

felt
like
nothin’

i
ever
felt

Jobs

Assistant Professor in Creative Writing – Nonfiction University of Alabama. Prof. Michael Martone, Search Committee Chair, Assistant Professor (Creative Non-Fiction). Review begins Oct 15.

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas invites applications for Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of English. Dr. Donald Revell, Search Committee Chair. Review begins Nov 16.

Delta College tenure-track Mainstream and Developmental Composition Instructor. Review begins Nov 1.

Saginaw Valley State University Assistant Professor of English-Creative Writing

University of Alabama Assistant Professor of Creative Writing in Fiction. Dr. Wendy Rawlings, Search Committee Chair, Assistant Professor (Fiction) Search. Review begins Oct 15.

The English Department of Eastern Michigan University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Creative Writing. Review begins Nov 15.

The English Department at Rhodes College seeks a Fiction Writer to join the Department at the level of Assistant Professor (Tenure Track). Tina Barr, Chair, Search Committee, Department of English. Deadline Nov 6.

The English Department at St. Lawrence University invites applications for a one-year, visiting position in poetry. Mr. Pedro Ponce, Department of English. Review begins Nov 15.

Weave Magazine – 2009

An unpretentious magazine like Weave might be overlooked for its small, chapbook style format, but to pass this issue by would be a mistake of literary consequence. Subtitled “Writing •Art • Diversity • Community,” the editors of Weave could not have thought of anything better than these words, for they are all to be found within the magazine’s covers. Continue reading “Weave Magazine – 2009”

Alligator Juniper – 2009

I have seen a lot of photographs of birds – who hasn’t? But, I have never seen one quite as striking as Ashley Sniezek’s “Sanctuary.” Both the photo and the impeccable reproduction are so sharply focused I feel as if the slender bird’s beak might reach out and peck me if I try to turn the page. But I must turn the page, because this photo is followed by an equally marvelous one, “In the Tomb of Ramose, Luxor, Egypt,” by Sue Lezon. Twelve photographers’ work is featured in this issue, including photos from national award winner Don Fike and student award winner K. Angeline Pittinger. These are some of the finest black and white photos I have encountered in a magazine, reproduced with such clarity they appear almost surreal. Continue reading “Alligator Juniper – 2009”

The Westchester Review – 2009

“A literary journal from the Hudson to the Sound” (that’s the Hudson River and the Long Island Sound in New York, where Westchester County is located. These suburban communities make up one of the wealthiest counties in the country, bordering one of the poorest). The annual invites submissions from writers living, working, or studying in Westchester. I hadn’t heard of any of this year’s contributors, but it’s clearly my own limitation, not their lack of credentials. About half of the issue’s writers have published a great deal, including poet Llyn Clague of Hastings-on-Hudson whose fourth book is just out; Kevin Kegan of White Plains whose published five novels; David Hellerstein of Larchmont, a physician and writer whose essay collection will be published by Kent State University Press; poet Joe Landau of New Rochelle, whose third book is due out this year; Boria Sax, author of numerous volumes; poet Rachel M. Simon, whose Theory of Orange won the Transcontinental Prize from Pavement Saw Press; and Mark Wisniewski, whose fiction has appeared in such prestigious journals as Poetry, TriQuarterly Review, and Southern Review and appeared in Best American Short Stories 2008. Continue reading “The Westchester Review – 2009”

The Ampersand – 2009

The editors of The Ampersand take a firm editorial stance from the get-go: “Give us God, give us god, give us the gritty, oily humanity, & make us laugh. If you can make us cry, do so. If you want to lament the loss of pets or parents, do not.” On the chance you need someone to draw you a picture, they follow this up with a chart, “The Ampersand Flow.” The flow chart reminds writers they must be “good enough” to be included in the journal and warns if you write about puppies, your work is sure to be rejected. Continue reading “The Ampersand – 2009”

The BatteredSuitcase – Autumn 2009

This literary journal welcomes all genres: “We hope to provide a safe space for writers who’ve gone unappreciated because the industry has led them to believe they don’t fit some arbitrary format.” This latest issue is no exception, providing short stories, art, nonfiction, interviews, lyrics, poetry, a letter from the editor, a memorial – a little bit of everything. Continue reading “The BatteredSuitcase – Autumn 2009”

The Black Boot – Winter 2009

The poems at the center of Black Boot are often sweeping, elegiac narratives, told from the point of view of an apparently omniscient character or narrator who usually speaks in the first person or like they are writing sophisticated, honest diary entries. When you enter the bright lights of this journal, you will meet an amalgam of characters who, whether melancholy, happy or otherwise, are reflecting on something or someone integral to their past identities. Continue reading “The Black Boot – Winter 2009”

Colorado Review – Summer 2009

This issue of Colorado Review includes many writers whose names are, deservedly, quite familiar, among them: Hadara Bar-Nadav, Peter Gizzi, Donald Morrill, Cole Swensen, There are many who have published widely and may soon be as well known as the others I’ve mentioned, among them: Andrew Joron, Stacy Kidd, Wayne Miller, Jacqueline Lyons, Ange Mlinko. And there are others with new books or books about to be published that I am eager to read, based on their contributions to this issue, among them: Robin Black,Ellen Wehle, Jennifer Moxley, Andrew Zawacki. What these writers share is an original eye and an original ear, which is to say, that in many ways, they are as different from each other as they could be. Continue reading “Colorado Review – Summer 2009”

Consequence – January 2009

“Consequence is a new literary magazine focusing on the culture of war in the twenty-first century,” writes editor George Kovach. While this first issue includes some previously published work, future issues will feature new writing by “witnesses and survivors, soldiers, scholars and writers compelled to speak the truth about war.” The inaugural issue includes the work of fifteen poets, an essay, two interviews (one with poet Brian Turner and one with “an Army wife and mother”), a memoir, and three visual artists, one of whom, Viet Le, also contributes several poems. Continue reading “Consequence – January 2009”

The Fiddlehead – Summer 2009

The Summer edition of The Fiddlehead was a great read. It’s filled with short stories and reviews, strictly speaking. I found myself at turns sad, scared, and empathetic. Still, I was perfectly calmed by the reading of all this pathos and dark energy. It’s almost as though I saw a bit of myself in each of these stories. In the Editor’s note, “Dark Was the Night, Bright Was the Diamond,” Mark Anthony Jarman writes that the reader will find, “stories moving through the stone lands of Ireland, France, and Spain, stories in cottage country, punk clubs, and on Napoleon’s Italian campaign,” and comments that the short story format has gotten short shrift these days, if the media are to be believed, but adds that the Pulitzer Prize for fiction went to Elizabeth Strout for her collection of said literary form. Jarman quotes, for his point, Steven Millhauser: “smallness is the realm of elegance and grace,” and Jarman adds, “the realm of perfection.” Continue reading “The Fiddlehead – Summer 2009”

Free Lunch – Spring 2009

The 20th anniversary issue of Free Lunch is so chock full of delicious goodies for the main course, that dare I say there won’t be much room left for dessert, as the cover attempts so successfully to convey. To continue with the food metaphors and analogies, this journal is comparable to a three-course dinner. It is well balanced with poets of great renowned interspersed with poets of lesser acclaim, and poets somewhere in the middle who balance the plate out just right. The poems in this issue are joyful, ironic affirmations of poetry combining a great lyrical acuity with a strong sense of narrative. Continue reading “Free Lunch – Spring 2009”

Plain Spoke – Spring 2009

This lovely little literary magazine doesn’t look like it could hold as much purely spectacular writing as it does, but don’t be fooled by its 50 pages. This speakeasy means business. Composed primarily of poems, with one short story, the editors have chosen wonderful explorations of emotions, both joyful and sorrowful, both reminiscent and forward-looking. Continue reading “Plain Spoke – Spring 2009”

Puerto del Sol – Summer 2009

“What’s this?” Martin Riker, associate editor of Dalkey Archive Press, asks Warren Motte, Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and world renowned critic of contemporary French literature. This first question, in an interview titled “Work and Play,” is a reference to a journal Motte hands Riker when they meet for the interview. The answer (“Something I thought you might be interested in”) turns out be an article about Motte’s quarter-century obsession with mirror scenes in literature. Motte estimates he’s identified (and catalogued on index cards) between 10,000-20,000 of these. His fascination with mirror scenes is, well, fascinating. Continue reading “Puerto del Sol – Summer 2009”

Spoon River Poetry Review – Winter/Spring 2009

I wonder what Abraham Lincoln (yes, that Abraham Lincoln), whose poems with their broad metaphoric strokes and plain, but competent rhymes conclude this issue (“And here’s an object more of dread, / Than ought the grave contains – / A human-form, with reason fled, / While wretched life remains.”), would make of Martha Carlson-Bradley’s objects: “Locked in the past, insistent, / someone knocks on the door/midmorning – // as metal trays in the freezer / trap their half-formed ice / and sanitary napkins hide, / wrapped like mummies / in the trash.” Continue reading “Spoon River Poetry Review – Winter/Spring 2009”

Thuglit – July/August 2009

In their submission guidelines, the editors of this crime and noir website are aggressively specific about what they are looking for: “Please have crime, violence, murder, mayhem and chaos. Or a monkey.” But they don’t like serial killer stories or tales with hitmen because both have been overused. (I didn’t know that. You learn something every day.) And they would like the writer to think outside of the box. Continue reading “Thuglit – July/August 2009”

Versal – 2009

Versal is true to its etymology. The word is related to the Latin vertere (to turn). This work will turn heads and turn your expectations upside down and inside out. You can turn some of the phrases over and over in your mind as you ponder their meanings. The work turns away from convention. There are surprising twists and turns. If you’re not into inventiveness or writing that is deliberately edgy and unusual (odd even), you may want to walk away. If this kind of work excites you, you’ll find something to interest you at every turn. Every time you turn the page, you encounter a unique turn of phrase. Continue reading “Versal – 2009”

Emma Goes Bollywood

Having already captured Jane Austen in Bollywood (Bride & Prejudice), Emma is the next adaptation. Aisha will be co-produced by Anil Kapoor (Slumdog Millionaire), to be released in 2010.

Chilling Effects Clearinghouse

From Chilling Effects Clearinghouse: “Do you know your online rights? Have you received a letter asking you to remove information from a Web site or to stop engaging in an activity? Are you concerned about liability for information that someone else posted to your online forum? If so, this site is for you.”

Chilling Effects is a joint project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, University of San Francisco, University of Maine, George Washington School of Law, and Santa Clara University School of Law clinics.

[Mentioned on the Rachel Maddow Show.]

nor 2009 Contest Winners

This latest issue of New Ohio Review (6, Fall 2009) features the 2009 New Ohio Review Contest Winners, as selected by Peter Ho Davies and Philip Levine: Christine Nicolai for fiction Cecilia Woloch for poetry. Nicole Lee, one of the finalists, will have her story published in the spring 2010 issue.

Connotation Press Undergrad Feature

Connoation Press: “For the undergrad section we are asking writing teachers around the world for their best and brightest new writers. Our hope is that the teacher will nominate the undergrad and work with the undergrad to compile a submission. For some new writers this will be their first submission process, and we gratefully welcome those writers.”

Rona Jaffe Foundation Awards

The Rona Jaffe Foundation recognizes the special contributions women writers make to culture and society, with an emphasis on those in the early stages of their writing careers. The six 2009 winners have been singled out for excellence by the Foundation and will receive awards of $25,000 each: Krista Bremer, Vievee Francis, Janice N. Harrington, Lori Ostlund, Helen Phillips, and Heidy Steidlmayer.

New Lit on the Block: Hinchas

Co-edited by Yago Cura (New York City) and J. David Gonzalez (Miami), Hinchas de Poesia is a “digital codex of modern, American writing” publishing fiction, poetry, and prose of authors from the Americas, which the editors interpret in the broadest geographical sense. The first issue of Hinchas includes works by Abel Folgar, Marco Bravo, Daniel B. Johnson, Yaddyra Peralta, Luivette Resto-Olmeteotl, Jesse Tangen-Mills, Adolfo Barandiaran, Bishop Sand, Oliverio Girondo.

The Georgia Review Still Seeks Devil’s Definitions

A Devil’s Dictionary for the Twenty-First Century

Submission Deadline Extended to 1 December 2009

The Georgia Review continues to accept submissions for a planned special feature, “A Devil’s Dictionary for the Twenty-First Century” — an update of sorts of Ambrose Bierce’s brilliant satirical work The Devil’s Dictionary, published just about one hundred years ago.

Taking Bierce as a model, all writers are invited to send one or two original dictionary entries — maximum length, two hundred words each — for publication consideration; those writers who include with their submission a paid order for a new, renewed, or gift subscription to The Georgia Review ($30) may send up to six dictionary entries.

All entries will be considered for publication in our pages and/or on our website. All accepted authors will receive an honorarium and also will be eligible to receive “The Devil’s Due” in the amount of $500 for first place, $150 for second, and $100 for third.

A few representative entries from Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary:

Apologize, v. i. To lay the foundation for a future offence.

Bigot, n. One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.

Defame, v. t. To lie about another. To tell the truth about another.

Dictionary, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work.

liberty, n. One of Imagination’s most precious possessions.

Novel, n. A short story padded . . .

peace, n. In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.

scribbler, n, A professional writer whose views are antagonistic to one’s own.

and, of course,

Editor, n. . . . a severely virtuous censor, but so charitable withal that he tolerates the virtues of others and the vices of himself; who flings about him the splintering lightning and sturdy thunders of admonition till he resembles a bunch of firecrackers petulantly uttering its mind at the tail of a dog; then straightway murmurs a mild, melodious lay, soft as the cooing of a donkey intoning its prayer to the evening star . . .

Jobs

The English Department at Rhodes College seeks a Fiction Writer to join the Department at the level of Assistant Professor. Tina Barr, Chair, Search Committee, Department of English. Oct 15

The Texas Christian University Department of English invites applications for a tenure-track, assistant professor in creative writing with a specialization in poetry, contemporary literature, & creative nonfiction. Brad Lucas, Chair, Department of English. Nov 19

5 Under 35 Named

The National Book Foundation 2009 5 Under 35 Honorees Are:

Ceridwen Dovey, Blood Kin (Viking, 2008)
Selected by Rachel Kushner, 2008 Fiction Finalist for Telex from Cuba

C. E. Morgan, All the Living (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2009)
Selected by Christine Schutt, 2004 Fiction Finalist for Florida

Lydia Peelle, Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing
(HarperCollins, 2009)
Selected by Salvatore Scibona, 2008 Fiction Finalist for The End

Karen Russell, St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
(Vintage, 2006)
Selected by Dan Chaon, 2001 Fiction Finalist for Among the Missing

Josh Weil, The New Valley (Grove Press, 2009)
Selected by Lily Tuck, 2004 Fiction Winner for The News from Paraguay

Are You the Target of Blog Ads?

If you are, you should know it – some how, some way. NPR ran a brief story on the new FTC guides that bloggers who blog product endorsements must make such relationships known to their readers. Of course, how they do so is still a bit sketchy. And just to clarify – NewPages has never blogged for money. None of the “products” mentioned on the blog have ever paid for their placement there; any mention of them has been earnest sharing.

Also somewhat sketchy is whether or not reviewers are taking “payment” if they receive free books and then review them on their blogs, regardless of whether or not the review is favorable. This is pretty much the way of reviewing – either review writers request “review copies” at no cost or are sent unsolicited copies. Advanced Review Copies (ARCs) may help avoid this sketchy area altogether as they do not carry a sale price, and while some review publications accept only ARCs, here at NewPages, we rarely see ARCs, nor do they even exist for literary magazines.

Read the full FTC Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.

New Lit on the Block :: Wanderlust Review

Edited by Phil Duncan, Cindy Chang, and Erin Foran, The Wanderlust Review is a biannual print and online magazine based out of Seattle and includes literary non-fiction (features), fiction, poetry, drama, and photography related to the theme of travel and journeying: “Whether the piece explores the winding markets of Marrakesh, a long lonely road in Wyoming, or the journey from friendship to love in New York, it has a home here.”

WLR‘s first “digital-only” issue was originally published in July and August, 2009. WLR‘s first print issue and corresponding online version will be available in February, 2010.

Issue 01 is jam-packed and includes:

Nonfiction by Theresa Bucher, Conal Darcy, Noelle V. Dor, Brian Eckert, Erin Foran, Molly Golubcow, Sjimon Eden Gompers, Laura Heldt, Daniel Hudon, Liz Lank, Jessica Seck Marquis, Tim Marsh, Mindy Moreland, Andrew Morris, Edward Palm, Jayms Ramirez, Mark Wasserman, Emily Whistler,

Photo Essay by Jayms Ramirez

Fiction by Chris Allen, Charlotte Austin, Sean Brown, Julien Levy, Juan Carlos Mendizabal, Kerri Schmanek, Alexander J. Theoharides, D.L. Wechner

Poetry by Amelia Apfel, Andr

NewPages Updates :: October 12, 2009

Added to the NewPages Guide to Literary Magazines

New Collage – poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, artwork, hybrids
Salt River Review – fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essay, review
CommonLine – poetry, book reviews, author reviews, magazine reviews, criticism, interviews
The Ambassador Poetry Project – poetry, narrative, book reviews, artwork
Wazee – poetry, fiction, nonfiction
The Hopkins Review – fiction, poetry, memoirs, essays on literature, drama, film, the visual arts, music, and dance, reviews of books, performances, and exhibits
The Caribbean Writer – poetry, short fiction, personal essays, one-act plays, translations, book reviews
Otoliths – poetry, vispo, fiction, essays, photographs, art
Florida English
Triggerfish – poetry
The Wanderlust Review – poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, photography, artwork

Added to the NewPages Guide to Independent Book Publishers & University Presses

Dos Madres

Added to the Writing Conferences, Workshops, Retreats, Centers, Residencies & Book & Literary Festivals

Southern Festival of Books

nor’s Underappreciated Stories

New Ohio Review, Fall 2009, features a section entitled: “Stories You May Have Missed: Fifteen Fiction Writers Reflect on Underappreciated Contemporary Stories.” In “presenting” a favorite story published between 1970 and 2000 that has not been given the attention it deserves, each writer gives an analytical/personal response reason for the selection. The stories themselves are not included, but source information for their publication is included. Writers and stories presented include:

Lydia Davis presents “Maggie May” by Lucia Berlin
Stuart Dybek presents “Bad Jews” by Gerald Shapiro
Carol Anshaw presents “Dog Heaven” by Stephanie Vaughn
Max Apple presents “The School” by Donald Barthelme
Alan Cheuse presents “In Kew Gardens” by Bernard Malamud
Erin McGraw presents “The Comedian” by John L’Heureux
Robert Cohen presents “The Moon In Its Flight” by Gilbert Sorrentino
Nicholas Delbanco presents “The Ebony Tower” by John Fowles
Lynne Sharon Schwartz presents “The Accompanist” by Anita Desai
Tracy Daugherty presents “Enough” by Alice McDermott
Steven Schwartz presents “In Miami, Last Winter” by James Kaplan
Andrea Barrett presents “The Remission” by Mavis Gallant
Francine Prose presents “Mlle. Dias de Corta” by Mavi Gallant
Jim Shepard presents “Helping” by Robert Stone
Rosellen Brown presents “Fenstad’s Mother” by Charles Baxter

Ruminate Poetry Prize Winners

The newest issue of Ruminate: Faith in Literature and Art (Issue 13, Fall 2009) features the 2009 Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize Winners as well as poems from many of the fifteen finalists. First prize went to Courtney King Kampa, runner-up was Lauren Schmidt, and honorable mentions to Karen Luke Jackson and Adie Smith, all whose poems appear in this issue.