Month: May 2008

May 27, 2008

>New Issue: NOÖ #8

>Issue #8 of NOÖ is live.
May 25, 2008

>VQR vs. ZYZZYVA

>Or is it Genoways (editor of VQR) vs. Junker (editor of ZYZZYVA)? Either way, it’s fascinating to read. See here and here, and also…
May 25, 2008

>Temporary People by Steven Gillis

>Temporary People by Steven Gillis Black Lawrence Press ($20.95) Steven Gillis calls his novel Temporary People a fable, and that it surely is (although…
May 24, 2008

>Pen/Faulkner Awards

>The 2008 Winner of the Pen/Faulkner Award is Kate Christenson for The Great Man. The other finalists are Annie Dillard, The MaytreesDavid Leavitt, The…
May 23, 2008

>The New Yorker: "The Full Glass" by John Updike

>I probably have a duty to dislike a story by John Updike in The New Yorker, but, unfortunately, this is one I do like….
May 23, 2008

>Flannery O’Connor Award For Short Fiction

>There are several contests for collections of short stories but one of the most important is the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction given…
May 22, 2008

>How to Get Published

>I thought of writing this piece on publishing because someone recently pointed me to a service called Word Hustler which apparently will take your…
May 22, 2008

>Writer House

>I had the pleasure this evening of attending the open house/opening party for Writer House. This Charlottesville community resource was established by the seven…
May 21, 2008

>Iowa Terror by Mike Palecek

>I don’t know that I’ll find the time to read this book, but I thought I’d post about it anyway because I like the…
May 20, 2008

>Get Real: Religion in Fiction

>The latest instalment of Kelly Spitzer’s Getting Real series focuses on Religion in Fiction. Do editors have a bias against it?