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Poetry's Roadshow
by Timothy Schaffert
September/October 2006
Fueled by equal parts biodiesel gas and small press ambition, the Wave Books 2006 Poetry Bus Tour is scheduled to roll through forty-nine cities during the next two months, beginning in Seattle on September 4.
Shakespearean Drama Gets Graphic
by Jen A. Miller
September/October 2006
Workman Publishing imprint Black Dog and Leventhal reissues King Lear and Macbeth, the illustrated Shakespeare plays originally published in the 1980s—before graphic novels acquired a mainstream audience—as part of its Graphic Shakespeare series.
Imperative: The Pressure to Be Exotic
by Azita Osanloo
September/October 2006
Let me be the last—the absolute dead last—to point out that we're in the midst of a memoir craze. My favorite form of procrastination used to be computer solitaire, but now I prefer to chat on the phone with my writing friends and discuss the ongoing boom in autobiographical literature. We speculate like housing developers prognosticating on the real estate market. Will the bubble pop? Will prices continue to rise? Will market trends ever again veer toward literary fiction?
Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
by Staff
September/October 2006
This installment of Page One features excerpts from The Exquisite by Laird Hunt and A Three Dog Life by Jack Pendarvis.
Small Press Points
by Kevin Larimer
September/October 2006
Small Press Points highlights the happenings of the small press players. This issue features Seal Press and Bear Star Press.
More to the Story: Janet Fitch
by Staff
September/October 2006
Although Janet Fitch's Paint It Black, published this month by Little, Brown, is a work of fiction, the author drew inspiration from many genres, most notably poetry, while she was working on her follow-up to White Oleander.
Extreme Makeover
by A. M. Homes
July/August 2006
Novelist and memoirist A. M. Homes investigates how an author's Web site should look and function.
Q&A: Jacobs Steps In at Feminist Press
by Eleanor Henderson
July/August 2006
During her third month on the job, Jacobs spoke about her new position as executive director of the oldest independent publisher of women's writing in the world.
The Writer's Web Site: Build It and They Will Come
by Sue Bowness
July/August 2006
Whether you create it yourself or hire a designer, developing an author Web site is one of the best ways to promote yourself and provide an authoritative source for readers to discover your work.
More to the Story: Peter Carey
by Peter Carey
July/August 2006
For the second installment of this occassional feature, in which we ask authors to list the movies,
music, artwork, and books that inspired them during the course of
writing their new books, we asked two-time Booker
Prize–winning author Peter Carey, whose ninth novel was published by
Knopf in May, for his list; he replied with this essay.