>Happy Leap Day

>It doesn’t happen very often, this Leap Day thing. Read all about it.

>LA Times Book Prize

>One of the country’s most important prizes for books is the L.A. Times Book Prize. This year’s nominees have just been announced. See: here….

>The Big Read 2008

>It’s almost here. The Big Read for Staunton, Waynesboro and Augusta County kicks off on Friday, February 29, at the Staunton Courthouse. That’s when…

>Storyglossia #27

>The latest issue of Storyglossia, guest-edited by Katrina Denza, is now live.

>Interview with Jessica Keener

>There’s a terrific and informative interview with Jessica Keener at Susan Henderson’s LitPark. Among other things, in the comments Jessica tells us that AGNI…

>Interview with Cathy Smith Bowers

>Julie Funderburk interviews Cathy Smith Bowers in the new issue of StorySouth.

>Like Hope. But Different.

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>LitMag Wave: Bateau, Volume 1, Issue 1

>I think you’ve been waiting for Bateau. This is a brand new literary magazine established by poet James Grinwis. Each copy is a work…

>ASC: Macbeth

>This is the third (or fourth?) time I’ve seen Macbeth done by the American Shakespeare Center at the Blackfriars Playhouse. This time, we’re in…

>The New Yorker: "The Shelter of the World" by Salman Rushdie

>Akbar the Great is building a new capital city and a new palace for his empire. And he’s not such a bad sort as…