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Chattahoochee Review

A friend pointed out this morning that Duotrope.com lists Chattahoochee Review as a dead market. I'm happy to say that rumors of Chattahoochee's death have been greatly exaggerated.

I have it on good authority--I emailed Marc Fitten, CR's Editor, and he replied--that Chattahoochee is not dead and is in fact putting together it's next issue right now. He said he'd contact Duotrope right away.

So. One less dead magazine!

The New Yorker: "Uncle Rock" by Dagoberto Gilb

This is an okay story, but it's not something I want to read in The New Yorker. Erick is 11, Mexican, being raised by his hot mother in Silverlake, part of LA. He's quiet—as in, he doesn't speak—because men are always, constantly hitting on his mother. At one point he decides that the engineer his mother is seeing—she works for the guy—will be his new father. The guy is rich, owns horses, has a big house. But then it doesn't work out and Erick is embarrassed.Then Roque comes around—Uncle ...

Independent Publisher Book Awards

I'm a finalist.

Each year, Independent Publisher, the voice of the independent publishing industry, bestows Independent Publishing Awards, known as IPPYs, on books in several categories (several being an understatement). IP has just announced the 2010 finalists: Announcing the Finalists in the 2010 Independent Publishing Book Awards.

You'll have to scroll down to the regional awards, but there you'll find that I am a finalist in the Best Regional Fiction, Mid-Atlantic category for my book In...

Why I Got an MFA (And Why You Should Too) « The Best Damn Creative Writing Blog

I'm guest-blogging today at The Best Damn Creative Writing Blog . . . Period.

Why I Got an MFA (And Why You Should Too) « The Best Damn Creative Writing Blog

Literature News | Dark Sky Magazine

Ethel Rohan is beginning a new feature at Dark Sky Magazine, called "Spotlight On . . ." in which she asks writers a few probing questions. First under the spotlight is Kyle Minor. Check it out!

Literature News | Dark Sky Magazine

SMU Press

SMU Press is in trouble and you can help. See the letter below. All you have to do is send an email of support for the press, which has published some wonderful books.Write to klang@mail.smu.edu

5.5.10

Dear Friend of SMU Press:

Last Thursday Keith Gregory, director; George Ann Ratchford, production and marketing manager; and I, acquisitions and developmental editor, were summoned to a meeting with the SMU Provost, at which we were told that the operations of the SMU Press would be closed down...

Nice Review of IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY

I had managed to get a copy of this nice review when it appeared, but now it's available online:

A heartfelt collection of Virginia people | The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA Newspaper | Find Articles at BNET

The view from here literary magazine

Here's an interesting literary magazine that's new to me:

The view from here literary magazine

Click to Give @ The Hunger Site

The first thing I do every day:

Click to Give @ The Hunger Site

Clifford Garstang: On New Beginnings

Here I am, guest blogging in the Los Angeles Review:

Clifford Garstang: On New Beginnings