Month: March 2008

March 31, 2008

>TitlePage.tv Episode 3: The Horror! The Horror!

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March 29, 2008

>Staunton Jewish Film Festival

>The Temple House of Israel in Staunton is presenting the Staunton Jewish Film Festival, with screenings at the Visulite Cinemas, April 11-17, 2008. I…
March 28, 2008

>Virginia Festival of the Book

>For all of my enthusiasm about the Virginia Festival of the Book, I haven’t done a good job of attending events this year. There…
March 28, 2008

>New Issue: Six Little Things #10

>The Spring issue of Six Little Things is up: Cut Paper/Paper Cuts.
March 28, 2008

>The New Yorker: "Great Experiment" by Jeffrey Eugenides

>I’m not sure if I liked this story because of all the great specific references to Chicago or because the story and the protagonist…
March 27, 2008

>ASC: The Witch, by Thomas Middleton

>The American Shakespeare Center‘s Renaissance Season (where the company of actors stages all five shows without designers or directors) is coming to an end;…
March 27, 2008

>New Issue: Contrary

>Not just a new issue, but a new-to-me magazine with a nice design, a clean submission system, and intriguing content: Contrary.
March 26, 2008

>What is History?

>There’s an interesting article in the current New Yorker (Just the Facts, Ma’am) that looks at a different aspect of the controversy over the…
March 26, 2008

>Getting Real about Slush

>The questions and answers turn to the slush pile of literary magazines in Kelly Spitzer’s Get Real series. It’s far more interesting to hear…
March 26, 2008

>Guest Review: Open Me by Sunshine O’Donnell

>Guest Reviewer: Jessica Handler Salt for Their WoundsGirls and women mourn. They wail like sirens, cry culverts of tears. Mothers teach daughters to weep,…