Month: January 2008

January 21, 2008

>Lost City Radio by Daniel Alarcón

>Daniel Alarcón’s Lost City Radio (Harper Collins 2007) is a lush, complex tale set in an unnamed country at an unknown time. Norma is…
January 18, 2008

>The New Yorker: "Ash Monday" by T.C. Boyle

>Last week, after starting the year with stories by Updike and Doctorow, I guessed that this week we’d have Munro. My first thought was…
January 18, 2008

>Size Matters – Part III

>You may recall a post from a few months ago in which I complained about a rejection slip I received from a literary magazine…
January 17, 2008

>Snow

>It’s snowing. We haven’t had much snow in the Shenandoah Valley the past few years, but we’re getting it today, with about 6″ predicted….
January 17, 2008

>Interview with Don Lee

>Robert Arnold interviews Don Lee, former editor of Ploughshares, in the new issue of Memorious.
January 15, 2008

>National Book Critics Circle Awards Finalists Announced

> This past weekend, the National Book Critics Circle announced the finalists for its prestigious awards. Winners will be announced on March 6. Autobiography…
January 15, 2008

>Bound Off #24

>A new issue of the audio magazine Bound Off is live today featuring fiction by Len Kruger and Vincent Louis Carrella. Check it out!
January 15, 2008

>Editors Speak About Rejection Letters

>The other day, I reported that Kelly Spitzer’s blog series “Getting Real” had begun with a discussion by writers of their reaction to rejection…
January 14, 2008

>The Rescue of Red Hawk

>I was hard at work this morning on my latest story when I heard a noise, a loud bang against a window screen. This…
January 14, 2008

>Per Contra Contest

>You may have heard of Per Contra, The International Journal of the Arts, Literature and Ideas, but did you know they have a contest?…