>Hobart

>It’s March. Check out the new stuff at Hobart.

>The New Yorker: "Leaving for Kenosha" by Richard Ford

>In Post-Katrina New Orleans, life is a mess for everyone. Walter Hobbes gets just one day a week with his daughter Louise since his…

>Virginia Festival of the Book

>While we’re on the subject of conferences, we’ve also got the Virginia Festival of the Book coming, March 26-30, which means the next month…

>2nd Annual Conversations and Connections

>And speaking of conferences, here’s Conversations and Connections: Pracitcal Advice on Getting Published. This is a chance to sit down with magazine editors and…

>Split This Rock

>The amazing Split this Rock Poetry Festival is fast approaching (it’s in Washington DC, March 20-23). It is a stunning line-up of panels and…

>Per Contra – Spring 2008

>The Spring 2008 issue of Per Contra is live today. Among other things, the issue announces the winners of the 2008 Per Contra Prize,…

>Happy Leap Day

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

>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.