Best American Fantasy 4 readings plus assorted Book Porn Today I received a large box full of lit journals, genre magazines, and all sorts of fictions in-between that straddle those invisible borders between the Fantastic and the Speculative. Best American Fantasy co-creators Ann and Jeff VanderMeer sent to me over two dozen magazines and journals that are eligible for consideration for Best American Fantasy 4. As new series editor, I get th... Submitted: on 9th Feb 2010 Tags: · The · American · Borders · Editor · Fantasy · Jeff VanderMeer · Journals · Lit · Magazines · SentLiterary Journals Segregating Fiction In the last few years, many prestigious literary journals have moved to a two-tier model for publishing: they maintain their print journal for the big-name authors, and create an online space to publish emerging authors. Granta now has their "New Voices" program, started last year, which publishes new authors online every month. American Short Fiction has began to publish a story a month online... Submitted: on 23rd Feb 2010 Tags: · print · The · American · Authors · Authors Online · Fiction · Journal · Journals · Literary · New Authors · print · Publish · Publishing · Short Fiction · Storylooking forward to ... Lots of great books have sat in my hands this year, both books for adults and books for wee ones. Decadent, lovely journals and magazines have also held my attention. I have manipulated text and paper to create some unique... Submitted: on 30th Dec 2009 Tags: · Journals · MagazinesHe Shot the Albatross Yesterday's Guardian discusses and excerpts "The Real Ancient Mariner," by Robert Fowke, a new history which uses the journals and records of an eighteenth-century English explorer named Simon Hatley to argue that Hatley was the... Submitted: on 1st Feb 2010 Tags: · The · Excerpts · History · JournalsWhat is the future of printed literary journals? "For me, if there's a piece of writing that I care about, I want to have the physical object," says Brigid Hughes, editor of the literary journal A Public Space. "There's a permanence to it, a different kind of permanence... Submitted: on 4th Feb 2010 Tags: · The · What · Editor · Journal · Journals · Literary · What · WritingNew York's Remington Museum Setting Up Library "For the past few weeks, Mrs. Jaunzems has been classifying and labeling books, magazines, exhibit catalogues and professional journals by and about the artist and the period to set up the museum's first reference library." Read this article.... Submitted: on 22nd Feb 2010 Tags: · The · Up · Artist · Journals · Magazines · Setting · UpYes. And That, Also There are so many things on my "terribly important to post about" list. Let's see, off the top of my head: KIRKUS closing, what types of reviews it did, whether blogs can "replace" this, and what it means to have a reduced number of professional review journals. INTERNET LIBRARIAN 2009. My attending, what I loved, and what was noticeably absent. ALAN 2009. Loved it, despite it blowing my budget wh... Submitted: on 3rd Jan 2010 Tags: · The · What · Blogs · internet · Journals · Review · WhatImage Journal #64 I've been a subscriber to a number of journals over the years. Recently, I've subscribed to Image, but the last issue in particular disappointed me. It only had a single story -- disappointing in itself -- but even more disappointing was that the story wasn't any good. The author was Scott Russell Sanders, whose grandiose list of accomplishments (Guggenheim, NEA) and books (over 20, one nominate... Submitted: on 22nd Feb 2010 Tags: · The · Accomplishments · Author · Journal · Journals · Scott Russell Sanders · Storybook review - The Ancient Shore - Shirley Hazzard and Francis Steegmuller Travel journals are not a genre that has previously featured in my ‘to be read pile’. But the joys of Twitter are that you can share the enthusiasm someone has for a book then find yourself lucky enough to get if after they have finished reading it. Such was the case with this book. The rewards of being open minded are that you can be transported into Naples without having to leave you... Submitted: on 4th Jan 2010 Tags: · The · Book Review · Journals · Reading · Shirley · Shirley Hazzard · TravelElectric Literature #3 Review Issue #3 of Electric Literature just came out, featuring Aimee Bender and Rick Moody, among others. I got my hands on a copy of the print journal, and I'm glad to see that a journal that touts itself as being available on so many digital platforms hasn't let the print side languish. It's a beautiful design, better than many journals only publishing in print. Inside, it showcases the art of Adam ... Submitted: on 22nd Feb 2010 Tags: · design · print · The · Art · Journal · Journals · Literature · Publishing · Review · Rick Moody
