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>Bare-breasted Mama

>Gail Konop Baker‘s latest Bare-breasted Mama column is up at Literary Mama. Don’t miss it!

>Details Emerge on Short Story Month

>As I noted recently, Dan Wickett at Emerging Writers Network has declared May to be Short Story Month. It seems like a great idea…

>EWN Short Story Contest

>Dan Wickett at Emerging Writers Network announces his second annual short story contest. Submit stories between 3,000 and 8,000 words from now until July…

>New Pages

>I find the literary magazine reviews at New Pages to be really useful, and there’s a new batch up now. [Thanks, Kat!]

>Dickens World

>They say they aren’t “Disneyfying” Dickens, but how else can you describe a theme park dedicated to Charles Dickens? I’m not saying I wouldn’t…

>Short Story Showcase

>Check out Kelly Spitzer’s Short Story Showcase, with story recommendations from several “guest editors”–all fine writers themselves.

>Miranda July

>I don’t know anything at all about this author, other than she’s got a very clever promotional site for her new book: No One…

>Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007)

>News of Kurt Vonnegut‘s death comes this morning. Having grown up in Indiana, Vonnegut’s home state, I’ve always felt a kinship to him. I…

>EWN Declares SSM

>April, apart from being the cruelest month, is also Poetry month. But Dan Wickett at Emerging Writers Network has decided that short stories need…