Brooklyn-based New Yorker editor Ben Greenman is looking for help with his new “highly fancy limited edition publication.” The book, Correspondences, is a collection of short stories written in epistolary form, and includes an unfinished story called “What He’s Poised to Do” that intentionally leaves gaps in the narrative.
“The Man is staying in a hotel. [...]
I came across Matthew Houck in Doingbird magazine. They published one of his poems along with some photographs by Rachael Cassells. I was immediately taken by the poem Falling (Christmas in LA). It contains some beautiful passages, “Every day and every night / no breaks love / you just gotta push / straight on through / [...]
Sure, Granta’s been around a while, and The Paris Review is fine and well. But what about when you want to read something new? I mean, really new. So new that you’ve never heard of its contributors, and aren’t sure how to pronounce their names? There are a lot of small literary journals out there, [...]
"Kay Ryan, Outsider With Sly Style, Named Poet Laureate" was, at the end of last week, #9 on the New York Times 10 most e-mailed articles list. Apparently there is a large crossover between lovers of verse and readers of the Gray Lady. According to my poet world contact, Ryan is an “unsentimental choice.” He [...]
This movie is great. I remember it coming out and my thinking I should watch it but I just never got around to it. Anyway, yesterday I watched it. Meryl Streep (with whom I am not ashamed to admit I am more-than-slightly obsessed) is fantastic as writer Susan Orlean, Nick Cage carries the role of [...]
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