Month: June 2009

June 18, 2009

>New York Times Reviews

>As hard as it is to get reviewed these days–declining space for book talk in print publication–it is wonderful to see reviews in The…
June 17, 2009

>The New Yorker: "Old Wounds" by Edna O’Brien

>One more story from the summer fiction issue (and one that is readable online only if you’re a registered subscriber). This one, by Edna…
June 17, 2009

>Laila Lalami on Bat Segundo Show

>Bat Segundo Show #291
June 16, 2009

>Happy Bloomsday!

>What are you doing to celebrate? Dublin ignores recession to celebrate Bloomsday.
June 16, 2009

>The New Yorker: "The Tiger’s Wife" by Téa Obreht

>More from the Summer Fiction Issue. Congratulations to Téa Obreht, a recent MFA grad, for placing this fiction in The New Yorker. It seemed…
June 15, 2009

>Cream City Review 33.1

>I think everyone should run out (or hop online) and buy a copy of the Spring 2009 issue of Cream City Review, which includes…
June 15, 2009

>New Issue: Bound Off #41

>There’s a new issue of Bound Off available. Take a listen to stories by Matt Leibel and Lilly Gray.
June 11, 2009

>Support Your Local University (Press)

>You may recall that we’ve discussed comments emanating from the Virginia Quarterly Review blog concerning financial pressure being felt by university presses and literary…
June 11, 2009

>The New Yorker: "Good Neighbors" by Jonathan Franzen

>The Franzen story is the main event in the Summer Fiction issue, and it’s typical, breathless Franzen, filled with wonderful long sentences and lists…
June 10, 2009

>The Collagist

>A brand new magazine (and member of the Dzanc Books family): The Collagist.