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October 9, 2017
Letter From the Editor
“Which categories receive the most/least submissions at Crack the Spine Literary Magazine?” The answer to this inquiry is constantly changing. The nature of literary magazines has always been a feast-then-famine sort of scenario, so it’s difficult to give a definitive response here. What I can tell you is what has been happening recently here at […]
October 6, 2017
Book Revue – Broken Monsters
Book: a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers. Revue: any entertainment featuring skits, dances, and songs. But don’t worry. I promise not to sing. Broken Monsters, by Lauren Beukes WHAT is it? In five words: Tense, Exposed, Artistic, Horror, Media WHO should read it? Social media […]
July 21, 2017
Book Revue – Shantaram
Book:��a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets��of paper fastened or bound together within covers. Revue:��any entertainment featuring skits, dances, and songs. But don’t worry. I promise not to sing. Shantaram, by Gregory David Roberts WHAT is it? In five words:��Exotic, Gripping, Vivid, Diverse, Thoughtful WHO should read it? Travelers. Organized […]
July 19, 2017
Presenting The Hitchcock Project
It has been suggested that I consume too much cable news. Personally, I fail to see the problem. I’ve always maintained that a hearty four-to-seven hour daily dosage of babbling pundits hashing, rehashing, and micro-hashing the events of the day is actually quite healthy. If nothing else, it keeps me opinionated… to put it mildly. […]
July 17, 2017
Letter From the Editor
���Which categories receive the most/least submissions at Crack the Spine Literary Magazine?��� The answer to this inquiry is constantly changing. The nature of literary magazines has always been a feast-then-famine sort of scenario, so it’s difficult to give a definitive response here. What I can tell you is what has been happening recently here at […]
July 14, 2017
Book Revue – Broken Monsters
Book:��a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets��of paper fastened or bound together within covers. Revue:��any entertainment featuring skits, dances, and songs. But don’t worry. I promise not to sing. Broken Monsters, by Lauren Beukes WHAT is it? In five words:��Tense, Exposed, Artistic, Horror, Media WHO should read it? Social media […]
July 10, 2017
Letter from the Editor – Read Instructions
���What is worst mistake you see in submissions to Crack the Spine?����� Want to make an editor mad? I mean, do you really want to just get her fuming and muttering obscenities under her breath?�� Waste her time. This is not to imply that creative submissions are commonly, if ever, a waste of time in […]
July 7, 2017
Book Revue – Bellweather Rhapsody
“A high school music festival goes awry when a young prodigy disappears from the most infamous room in the Bellweather Hotel, in a whip-smart novel sparkling with dark and giddy humor.” Welcome to my latest Book Revue – a quick, quirky way to review a book and know if it’s the right next read for […]
July 3, 2017
Letter from the Editor
When Crack the Spine Literary Magazine was little more than an itch somewhere in the back of my fevered imagination, I asked myself as essential question: “What does it really mean to be an editor of a lit mag?” Now, over six years later, I know dozens of potential answers to that single, weighted question, […]
June 29, 2017
Book Revue – The Dinner
Know your strengths.�� I’ve heard this bit of advice my entire life. From dance teachers, when I tried to triple pirouette on my faulty left ankle. From college professors, when I wrote myself into a tizzy during a philosophy final essay. From editors, when I make a misguided attempt to eliminate dialogue from an entire […]
