>The Big Read

>I’m all in favor of promoting literacy, so I’m glad that Virginia is pushing its Big Read, although if it weren’t for Charlottesville Words…

>Distractions

>With Spring come all the outdoor distractions–yard work, both the pleasurable and the necessary (I mowed the lawn today, the earliest since I’ve lived…

>Bent Pin Quarterly

>The “very first issue” of Bent Pin Quarterly is now live and it looks like there’s some good reading there.

>What do you read?

>I don’t mean by that question do you read chick lit or mysteries, short stories or novels. I mean it more . . ….

>Noö [six]

>Check out Noö[six] which is now live!

>Bret Lott to leave The Southern Review

>Confirming something I heard today at the Virginia Festival of the Book, The Charleston S.C. City paper confirms that Bret Lott will be leaving…

>Bare-breasted Mama

>The latest installment of Gail Konop Baker‘s column, Bare-breasted Mama, is now up at Literary Mama. Check it out, and be sure to leave…

>Million Writers Award 2007

>StorySouth is now (through April 15) taking reader nominations for its coveted Million Writers Award. Stories (of more than 1000 words) published online during…

>StoryQuarterly/Narrative Magazine

>Some are describing it as a merger, but I’m not sure that’s really accurate, at least not yet. But there certainly is a change…

>First Lines

>While investigating the website of American Book Review, I came across their list of the Top 100 First Lines from novels. This definitely something…