>New Reviews at New Pages

>Thanks to Kat for alerting me to the new literary magazine reviews that have been posted at New Pages.

>Under the Volcano

>This picture (adopted from the blog page of Under the Volcano) is taken from the Posada de Tepozteco looking down at the Ex-Convento in…

>Jim Webb for Senate–another diversion, quasi-literary

>I’m not sure I would have accomplished much today anyway, but the afternoon was spent at a fundraiser for Jim Webb. It was a…

>Confirming the Obvious–a non-literary diversion

>The New York Times reports today that American intelligence agencies have concluded that the Iraq war has increased the threat of terrorism. Gee. Ya…

>Laila Lalami in Boston Review

>Please read this excellent article in Boston Review by my friend Laila Lalami.

>Narrative

>A new issue of Narrative Magazine is up, with fiction by Ward Just and Tom Grimes, non-fiction by James Salter, and Elizabeth Bowen’s essay…

>Katherine Kadish

>My friend, painter Katherine Kadish, has launched a website. Check it out to see some of her wonderful work. (Katherine and I were both…

>James River Writers

>JRW is holding its annual Writers’ Conference at the Library of Virginia in Richmond, October 6-7.

>Bat Segundo?

>Bat Segundo #64, an interview with Victor Navasky, is up at Bat Segundo. Check out the long list of podcast interviews available . ….

>Poets & Writers

>Chances are, if you’re a writer, you already know about or even subscribe to Poets & Writers magazine. What you may not know is…