SoT Underrated Writers List
The fantastic blog Syntax of Things did an amazing job of compiling a list of writers that we all should support. SoT writes, “the “Best of 2005″ lists are already starting to pop up in print and on-line but, really, how many times do you need to be told that Sufjan Stevens made a great…
continue readingWhat, Exactly, Qualifies Haunted As New Fiction?
I was fighting the crowds in a Barnes and Noble the other day, pushing aside old ladies buying kitty calendars for their grandkids and moms piling up those Klutz children’s books that drove me bananas when I worked at a bookstore. I turned the corner and noticed something very odd. Chuck Palahniuk’s Haunted was piled…
continue readingPostal Rate Increase Affects Aspiring Authors
All you aspiring authors should keep in mind that the United States Postal Service is raising rates in early January. If you’re pumping out manuscripts now, then your self-addressed-stamped-envelopes need to start carrying the new amount of postage. According to this news release from the USPS website, the wheels have been set in motion to…
continue readingSmall Press Gift Giving Guide
Jarret Keene wrote an interesting twist on the ubiquitous gift giving guides we see this time of year. For the Tucson Weekly, ignored “what the big publishing houses in New York want you to buy” and instead picked some gift suggestions from “the small presses in America that consistently produce the tastiest writing, especially compared…
continue readingPiazza Discusses New Orleans
Tom Piazza appears at Square Books in Oxford, MS today to promote his new book Why New Orleans matters. The book examines the city in political and cultural context after Hurricane Katrina, describing what it was, what it is now, and what it will be in the future. A signing/reception begins at 5pm , the…
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