>The Blurb Hunt

>First, write the book. Then comes the hard part: getting someone to blurb it: the blurb hunt H/T Susan W.

>Solzhenitsyn Dies

>The New York Times reports that Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn has died. He was one of those writers whose work I admired but often found unbearable….

>New Issue: 34th Parallel

>Issue 3 of 34th Parallel is available, in print and online. You can read the online version with the handy issuu tool . ….

>New Reviews at NewPages.com

>I think I failed to mention the latest round of Literary Magazine Reviews at NewPages.com because I was on my way out the door…

>Get the Word Out!

>I am often asked why I maintain this blog. The answer is complicated. It’s part reading journal (The New Yorker Story reviews) and part…

>New Issue: Peace Corps Writers

>The July issue of Peace Corps Writers is now live.

>New Issue: Wigleaf

>It looks like Wigleaf‘s summer break is over, because a new bunch of stories appears today, including pieces by Liesl Jobson, Kathy Fish, Blake…

>New Issue: Memorious 10

>Check out the new issue of Memorious.

>Best of the Web 2008

>Dzanc Books has announced the contents of its Best of the Web 2008 anthology which goes on sale next week. It’s a long list,…

>Unburdening the Shelves

>Recently I bought a substantial number of free-standing bookshelves in order to try to bring some order to the piles of books and literary…