Gather Round For These Words
[Roxane Gay / June 3rd, 2010 / Young Bright Things ]We would like to congratulate Summer Block and Rachel Swirsky for taking first and second place, respectively, in the 2010 storySouth Million Writers Award. Well done!
This week kicks off with work from Kuzhali Manickavel at AGNI and hey, she has a chapbook coming out soon.
Ethel Rohan interviews Sean Lovelace at Dark Sky Magazine which, if you haven’t noticed, is a fine fine publication with a really interesting range of content.
In the new issue of Negative Suck, a poem from xTx. She also had some things to say about the smoking baby.
Night Songs, a poetry collection by the really talented Kristina Marie Darling, is now available from Gold Wake Press. You should buy it.
More cosmos have been added to the new issue of Blue Print including work from Mel Bosworth (who loves the Lakers) and Peter Schwartz.
Listen to J. Bradley on the Full of Crow Poetry Hour from this past Sunday.
The Spring 2010 issue of Thirst for Fire includes writing from David Erlewine, Alan Stewart Carl, Sheldon Lee Compton, J. Bradley, and other writers with either two or three names.
Congratulations are in order for Laura Marello whose novel, Claiming Kin, is a finalist for the Paterson Fiction Prize for 2010.
Donal Mahoney has Two Appliques at amphibi.us.
This week at Dark Sky, Ethel Rohan interviews Tania Hersman and Mel Bosworth reads Amber Sparks.
Blake Butler reviews Witz in the June issue of The Believer.
In the Redivider June Contributor Spotlight, Matthew Salesses shines a little light on Matt Bell.
The June issue of elimae includes Meg Pokrass, JA Tyler, Kyle Minor, Chris Heavener, Greg Gerke, Bonnie ZoBell, and Eric Burke. Eric also has poetry in the June issue of decomP where he is joined by Eric Beeny.
BJ Hollars is Mr. May at American Short Fiction.
Are you going to be in NYC on Friday, June 4? Fiction, DOGZPLOT and Senentia are hosting a poetry and fiction slam. You should go.
If you’ve been published in PANK and a host of other magazines, you can publish your book for one day, with Word Riot. Now this is an exciting idea. Dig out those manuscripts.
Check out a story from Roland Goity at Metazen.
At Necessary Fiction, Gary Moshimer and as part of my Writer in Residence, check out Homesick, by Paula Bomer.
omg roflmao! MEL BOSWORTH LOVES THE LAKERS!
outstanding roundup, ms. gay. GRRRRRR!!!!
When you cheer for the Lakers tonight, please save your voice. Be enthusiastic but measured. You’re going to want to cheer for the next three games as well. Pace yourself, Mel. Pace yourself.
Oh my gosh, this is a ton of stuff.
Off to clickety-click…
wowsa. kuzhali’s story in agni–open my head and scramble my brains. and my sweet indian sister–you even have mention of a “spoon.” may it perhaps have been the evil baby spoon?????