Interview: Shannon Ravenel, Editor
One day in the fall of 2004, I sent out four communications to different editors. Here’s what happened: –I mailed query letters and writing samples to the editor of a Midwestern university press and an editor at a university press on the west coast. In both cases, I followed the submission guidelines exactly and included…
continue readingEmerging Writers Network Interivew of Lit Journal Editors
Dan at the Emerging Writers Network posted a great interview with more literary journal editors including the folks from StoryQuarterly, WordRiot, Fiction Attic, Western Humanities Review, Guernica, Halcyon, and the Idaho Review. Check out the interview here.
continue readingDefending Bret
Meghan O’Rourke writes for Slate that “I really like Lunar Park, the tricky new novel by Bret Easton Ellis. In this I seem to be nearly alone.” You’re not alone, Meghan, I thought there was a lot of good stuff there as well. But be sure to read Meghan’s defense of Ellis. She makes a…
continue readingJohn T. Edge Reviewed in The Times
Also in The New York Times is a review of Hamburger & Fries: An American Story by John T. Edge. Third in a series of books on American food traditions, this book focuses on the multitude of ways of preparing a hamburger throughout this land of ours. Edge is a food expert who writes for…
continue readingEditor Moves: Lucas to Harelquin
That is in fact how MediaBistro spelled it, but I’m assuming (always a dangerous propostion, I know) that they mean Harlequin, the romance publisher. But anyway, the website is reporting that Demetria Lucas was named associate editor at “Harelquin.” Lucas was previously an assistant editor at BET Books/Arabesque. So all you folks out there quit…
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