{"id":8787,"date":"2015-12-31T15:35:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T15:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/?p=8787"},"modified":"2015-12-31T15:35:38","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T15:35:38","slug":"year-end-news-boyle-meno-levine-somlo-cleary-newman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/2015\/12\/year-end-news-boyle-meno-levine-somlo-cleary-newman\/","title":{"rendered":"Year-end news: Boyle, Meno, Levine, Somlo, Cleary, Newman"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"24BOOKBOYLE-master180-v3\"<\/a>Hey there. Hope your Christmas\/Hanukkah\/Kwanzaa\/Festivus was wonderful. The end of the year always brings out the “best of” lists. Solace in So Many Words<\/strong> <\/em>contributors made a few of these<\/p>\n

T. C. Boyle\u2019s<\/strong> novel The Harder They Come<\/em><\/strong> was named the best novel (700 pages or shorter) by Newsweek<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 It was also named one of the best books of the year by The Express<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, by the San Francisco Chronicle<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, and other publications.\u00a0 Also this year, T. C. Boyle<\/strong>\u00a0 served as guest editor for The Best American Short Stories.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"MarvelandaWonder1-127x200\"<\/a>Joe Meno\u2019s<\/strong> novel A Marvel and a Wonder<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong> was listed on the\u00a0 “Reviewer’s Choice: Our 2015 Favorites” <\/a>by Foreword Review<\/strong><\/em> and named one of the best fictions books of the year by the Chicago Reader<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The New York Times Magazine <\/em>“The Lives They Lived”\u00a0 feature includes\u00a0 a nice remembrance of Solace in So Many Words<\/strong><\/em> contributor Philip Levine<\/strong>, who passed away this year. “Communicating with my father through verse”<\/a> is written by Natasha Trethewey.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Here’s a quote of Phil Levine’s that was featured: “I think poetry will save nothing from oblivion, but I keep writing about the ordinary because for me it’s the home of the extraordinary, the only home.”
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\"193371_orig\"<\/a>Patty Somlo<\/strong> has a new story called “Off Season” in the winter issue of Mused, Bella Online Literary Review<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Here is the link<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Writers who have contributed to this site have some new publications in 2015. Daniel Cleary<\/strong> has a new book of poems. It\u2019s called A Few Stray Leaves<\/strong><\/em> and it’s published by Paul Ryan’s Lagoons Editions<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 The book is so new that there has not been an official book release for it yet.\u00a0 Daniel describes the book this way, “Overall, it’s a looking back, somewhat elegiac in tone, with separate segments relating to Chicago, London, and Ireland.”<\/p>\n

In 2015,\u00a0 Lesl\u00e9a Newman<\/strong><\/a> had two new books for children. One is called My Name is Aviva<\/em><\/strong> (Karb-Ben Books<\/strong><\/a>) and the other is called Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed<\/strong><\/em> (Candlewick Press)<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"ketzelcatwhocomposed\"<\/a>If you want to read about all the trends in the literary world, consider\u00a0 “The 50 Biggest Literary Stories of the Year”<\/strong><\/a> on lithub.com.\u00a0<\/strong> It is a multi-part article,\u00a0 the link here lists numbers 50 to 36.<\/p>\n

I was not familiar with the Literary Hub<\/strong><\/a>. Here’s how it’s described: “Literary Hub is an organizing principle in the service of literary culture, a single, trusted, daily source for all the news, ideas and richness of contemporary literary life. There is more great literary content online than ever before, but it is scattered, easily lost\u2014with the help of its editorial partners, Lit Hub is a site\u00a0readers can rely\u00a0on for smart, engaged, entertaining writing about all things books.\u00a0Each day\u2014alongside original content\u00a0and exclusive excerpts\u2014Literary Hub is proud to showcase an editorial feature from one of its many partners from across the literary spectrum: publishers big and small, journals, bookstores, and non-profits.”\u00a0 I think I’ll have to bookmark this site<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Well, that’s all I got, except to say HAPPY NEW YEAR.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And, peace, love, and solace<\/p>\n

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