J. Scott Smith ("Heartbeat") has a new story "Silence" in Luna Station Quarterly, which is a magazine focused on speculative fiction by up and coming women authors. Patty Somlo ("Starting to Breathe") has a new story "Where He Took His First Breath" in The Write Room. Donna Hilbert ("Flowers" and "In Quintana Roo") has a new guest blog on NEXTV's ALL LIT Up blogpost by James Goertel. I also wrote a guest essay ("In Service of Poetry") for ALL LIT UP. Many thanks to … [Read more...]
Listen to this!
When we read Solace in So Many Words on December 11, 2011 at Woman Made Gallery, we were recorded for the Chicago Amplified series and our reading is now up at the WBEZ site for your listening pleasure. You will hear Nina Corwin, me, Kathleen Kirk, Pamela Miller, Joan Corwin, Kathleene Donahoo, Carol Kanter, D. J. Lachance, J. Scott Smith. In addition to works by the contributors present, we also read the work of Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Jodi Kanter, Jan Bottiglieri, … [Read more...]
Geniuses over Nameless Creek — more news about contributors
Reader Peter Christie sent me notice that T. C. Boyle was interviewed in the Small Talk column of Financial Times, a publication I do not usually read. Thanks Peter! The May Atlantic Monthly explores How Genius Works, and T. C. Boyle shares a page from his draft of The Tortilla Curtain. Dennis Saleh has ten pages of poetry in Little Star 2, and is in the Hotel Amerika "Aphorisms" issue. Other new work is forthcoming in Chautauqua, Illuminations, and Poem. Later this … [Read more...]
What is new with contributors?
I could says thanks every day to my contributors and it wouldn't be enough. That they answered my call for submissions and had faith in the project sustained me when my confidence wavered. Solace in So Many Words wouldn't be anything without them -- not only are they generous artists, they're terrific writers, and I am not the only one who thinks so. Wally Swist's new book, Huang Po and the Dimensions of Love, was chosen by Yusef Komunyakaa as a co-winner in the Crab … [Read more...]