October 22, 2006
Women and War at Kalliope
Kalliope has a call for themed submisisons, and everyone is welcome to submit. The theme is “Women and War,” and they’re looking for poetry and short fiction. They are also […]
October 20, 2006
Tell the New York Times What’s What
Did you disagree with the selection of Toni Morrison’s Beloved as the greatest novel in the last 25 years? Were you wondering why your pet was ignored in the lineup? […]
October 20, 2006
Short Takes
The Washington Post likes the new Paris Review. Conversational Reading begs to differ. Second Base in the Rye: Holden Caulfield goes on a quest to finally “get some” his senior […]
October 19, 2006
Short Takes
Making dictionaries appears to be a healthy business. It was only a few days ago that we announced the death of Dr. Worcester, of Boston, at the age of eighty-one. […]
October 18, 2006
Short Takes
America has yet to recover from Andy Warhol (the Brits aren’t celebrity-obsessed at all). Brian Mitchell, 17, accused of hiring a hit man to kill a witness in a murder […]
October 17, 2006
Short Takes
The US cartoonist Chris Ware has done more than anyone to change the modern perception of comic books, says The Independent. The “disappearing act” by Agatha Christie over 11 days […]
October 16, 2006
Short Takes
The New York Review of Books reminds us of Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk’s comments on free speech: “In March 1985 Arthur Miller and Harold Pinter made a trip together […]
October 14, 2006
On Writing 3
All writing, in one way or another, is collaborative. To begin with, I would not be able to write at all were I not already profoundly influenced by what others […]
October 14, 2006
Short Takes
I can’t tell whether this is funny or pathetic, but I’m leaning toward pathetic. (hat tip to Andrew). This applies to sending your 80 page story to magazine slush piles, […]
October 13, 2006
Ghosts of Ginsberg
A few nights ago I had the opportunity to see a rare performance: the often overlooked (or at least less famous than some of her male colleagues) Beat poet Anne […]
October 13, 2006
Short Takes
Langauge Log on the legal regulation of political language. Everything you need to know about writing successfully, courtesy Stephen King. Encyclopedia Brown for district attorney! (via LitKicks) A pithy take […]
October 12, 2006
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