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Meet Orson's Review Contributor David Rodriguez

We're honored to feature "Fresh II" by David Rodriguez in Issue One of Orson's Review. We're also very fortunate for the time David took to sit down and chat with us about his journey as a photographer. 

*The following interview involves Orson's Publishing (OP) and David Rodriguez (DR). 

OP: How did your journey with photography begin?
DR: From an early age, I have always been attracted to the art world, but my love for photography didnt start until 2013, the year I bought my first reflex camer...

Meet Orson's Review Contributor Bradley Samore

We're honored to feature poems by Bradley Samore in Issue One of Orson's Review. We're also very fortunate for the time Bradley took to sit down and chat with us about his journey as a photographer. 

*The following interview involves Orson's Publishing (OP) and Bradley Samore (BS). 

OP: How did your journey with the written word begin? 
BS: Way, way back probably with my mom, an English teacher, making me write journal entries when I was four. Specifically with poetry, I took a British Literatu...

Meet the Editor: Adam Van Winkle

We've had the recent fortune of adding Adam Van Winkle to our staff as Book Editor. Not only does Adam bring to the table a diverse literary background, he brings boatloads of heart to each and every project.

No, seriously, you've never met anyone like Adam. He eats, breathes, and sleeps the written word. We're so glad to have him on board, and, after checking out the brief interview below, we think it'll be easy to see why. 

*This interview involves Orson's Publishing (OP) and Adam Van Winkle...

Book Review: The Concrete by Daniel Abbott

Fiction | Ig Press | Now available for preorder

The Concrete by Daniel Abbott

★★★★★

Daniel Abbott's The Concrete knows how to fight. It's light on its toes. It bobs, it weaves, it circles -- it corners the reader and guides them through the jabs the southeast side of Grand Rapids, Michigan can throw at those who dare to dream within its limits, the haymakers, the way the world's countdown begins at five for the impoverished instead of ten. 

The Concrete grapples with themes like race, sexuali...

An Interview with Author Daniel Abbott

Recently, we had the pleasure of reviewing Daniel Abbott's debut novel, The Concrete. Daniel was also kind enough to sit down and talk shop with us, the back and forth of which you'll find below. 

Enjoy, check out the review, and be sure to keep up with Daniel's latest, over on Twitter.

*This interview involves Orson's Publishing (OP) and Daniel Abbott (DA).

OP: What’s your writing process like? What about your revision process?
DA:  First drafts are like an archaeological dig. I have a bunch of...

The Story Behind the Name: Orson

Photo credit: Erik F. Brandsborg via Flickr

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When you stop and think about it, names are kind of weird, right? Weird in the way that the majority of people have no say in what name they're given, yet those same people approach their name with monogamy, sticking with it in sickness and in health until death do they part. I rep...

An Interview with Author Brooks Rexroat

PREORDER NOW

We here at Orson's Publishing are beyond thrilled to bring Brooks Rexroat's Thrift Store Coats to you, a collection that has been described as striking, poignant, and haunting, and whose twelve stories "... illustrate the ways in which the Midwest is anything but flyover country."

Now based at Brescia University in Western Kentucky, Rexroat spent the 2016-2017 academic year as a Fulbright U.S. Teaching and Research Scholar at Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University in Siberia, R...

Meet the Editor: Matthew Edwards

Our literary journal, Orson's Review, has had the recent fortune of adding Matthew Edwards to its staff as Creative Nonfiction Editor. Not only does Matthew bring to the table an extensive background with the written word -- he brings a rare passion that's already beaming through his work. 

We're so glad to have him on board, and, after checking out the brief interview below, we think it'll be easy to see why. 

*This interview involves Orson's Publishing (OP) and Matthew Edwards (ME).

OP: What...

Writing Ain't Easy, Part I: Hacking the Process

Welcome to the first offering of Writing Ain't Easy, a sporadic series of blog posts shedding light upon just how difficult it can be to pursue the art of writing. Our aim is to go beyond the illustration of difficulties, however, and provide thoughtful inspiration to you -- a writer, or a friend or family member of a writer -- so that you may persist, or continue to assist the pursuit. 

Enjoy.

Human beings love shortcuts so dearly that there are numerous websites and feeds devoted to "hacking...

Some Swag in Orson's Step

JD Fahey / via Flickr

Get a load of Orson up there, dancing his little heart out in the morning sun. He's dancing so hard, in fact, that it is I, and not he, that has the honor of delivering to you this exciting news: ORSON'S PUBLISHING NOW HAS T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE! 

And much more, actually.

What's most exciting to, ahem, Orson and I is that all of this merchandise is available through TeePublic, a digitally-driven platform that prints items one order a time. Meaning: I'm not currently stuck bet...