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Literary MagNet
by Travis Kurowski
January/February 2013
Literary MagNet chronicles the start-ups and closures, successes and failures, anniversaries and accolades, changes of editorship and special issues—in short, the news and trends—of literary magazines in America. This issue's MagNet features Cave Wall, 6x6, Big Fiction, the Paris Review, and the New England Review.
The Time Is Now: Writing Prompts for the New Year
by Staff
January/February 2013
To coincide with the publication of our Inspiration Issue in 2011, we began offering The Time Is Now, a weekly series of writing prompts posted online and available via e-mail. With the January/February 2013 issue, we bring The Time Is Now to print. Look for it as an ongoing column.
University Presses Feeling the Pinch
by Kevin Nance
November/December 2012
As financial hardships continue to affect universities and colleges across the country, an increasing number of university presses are facing the threat of closures—and some aren't going down without a fight.
Serious Monkey Business
by Melissa Faliveno
November/December 2012
One of the few existing literary magazines in translation, Monkey Business is a new journal of Japanese writing, translated into English by founding editors Motoyuki Shibata and Ted Goossen and published annually in the United States and Canada by the Brooklyn-based A Public Space.
Digital Digest: Balancing Collaboration and Control
by Adrian Versteegh
November/December 2012
With an increasing number of user-driven publishing platforms cropping up across the digital landscape, many online publishers are trying to strike a balance between collaboration and ediorial control.
Small Press Points
by Staff
November/December 2012
Small Press Points highlights the innovative and can-do spirit of independent presses. This issue features Toadlily Press, the Chappaqua, New York–based poetry publisher whose annual anthologies include the chapbooks of four different poets.
The Written Image: My Ideal Bookshelf
by Staff
November/December 2012
In this issue we offer a look at My Ideal Bookshelf, a collaboration between artist Jane Mount and editor Thessaly La Force, to be released by Little, Brown in November.
Q&A: The Oxford American's New Editor
by Kevin Nance
November/December 2012
Roger D. Hodge, a former Harper's editor and the new editor of the Oxford American, discusses his new role and the future of the esteemed Arkansas-based literary magazine.
The Color and the Shape of Memory: An Interview With Chris Ware
by Kevin Larimer
November/December 2012
With his hugely popular graphic novel, Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth, and now Building Stories, published in October by Pantheon, Chris Ware is drawing attention to a highly emotive, visual form of creative writing.
Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
by Staff
November/December 2012
With so many good books being published every month, some literary titles worth exploring can get lost in the stacks. Page One offers the first lines of a dozen recently released books, including Matthew Dickman's Mayakovsky's Revolver and A. M. Homes's May We Be Forgiven, as the starting point for a closer look at these new and noteworthy titles.