Category: News

Interesting Interview with Max Barry

Great Writing has a cool interview with Max Barry posted. Barry is the author of Syrup, Jennifer Government, and the forthcoming Company. Check out the interview here.

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Emerging 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.

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Defending 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…

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John 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…

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Editor 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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