Alicia Halliday
— —only one
survived rest are missing
so that one
alters
this form
National
mountain
School
used text comment on
what language
has
Sean Clemens
there is as much power in
poetry only one poem has
survived To indicate where words are missing or
independent in
a unique form of
its riveting account
by the mountain of information that
used the text for an erasure
shifting fields of language
For instance,
/ Its / / adjust the / / between
and / across / / and / balance / / against / the instruments
of / change / over every page
preserved words
Lanna Fuller
Poets have as much power in words
as those brilliant
ancient Greek(s)
only one poem
is trapped in
a blizzard
of haunting mind,
existing by
an independent
(named for the mountains of the world.)
Sarah Harb
Power
as in a
translation
where words
are fragments
in
an essay
of the best
text by
a unique
balance(d)
poet
Poem(s) send
a
dedicated visual
hope
approach all areas.
Cornell University Library to Release Rare Books Through Amazon
Cornell University Library announced on Tuesday that it will expand its ongoing partnership with Amazon by releasing tens of thousands of rare and, in many cases, out of print books as print-on-demand titles through the online retailer's Web site.
Update: Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
As we wrote about yesterday, this week is the submission period for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, and it seems the occasion has stirred up debate about the merits of the award.
Yesterday, Mediabistro's GalleyCat posted a defense of the success of last year's winning book, Fresh Kills, in response to snarky reader comments. Another Galleycat post yesterday linked to an article published in N1BR, the new online book supplement to lit mag n+1, written by Darryl Lorenzo Wellington, one of last year's award judges. And, today, GalleyCat posted a correction to Wellington's article submitted by Jane Ciabattari, president of the National Book Critics Circle. Let's see what tomorrow brings.
Chris Leo
Williams, Whitman, and Fitzgerald Inducted Into New Jersey Hall of Fame
Among the inevitable roster of athletes and entertainers inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame on Monday, three literary luminaries were recognized by the state for their contributions.
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
The submission period for the second annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award began yesterday and ends on February 8, or until ten thousand entries have been received. The grand-prize winner will receive a publishing contract with Penguin Group, including a $25,000 advance.
Entries may be uploaded through a link on Amazon’s site, which also includes information about the multi-tiered judging process. Amazon readers will vote for the winner from three finalists. During the finals, an expert panel—made up of novelists Sue Monk Kidd and Sue Grafton, Penguin Press editor in chief Eamon Dolan, and literary agent Barney Karpfinger, whose client list includes Bill Loehfelm, winner of last year’s Amazon Breakthrough Award for his book Fresh Kills—will post comments for customers to consider while voting. The winner will be announced on May 22.
Also included on the site are tips for submissions, such as this one about the importance of choosing an excerpt to post on the site: “The first ten pages of your book are some of the most important that you will write. Imagine a reader looking through the first few pages of a book to decide whether or not to purchase it: Something special needs to happen at the start—whether that's a sharp plot twist, the introduction of a fascinating character, or a beautifully crafted opening scene—to make the reader want more. When you select your excerpt text, choose where to stop judiciously: It doesn't necessarily have to be at word 5,000. Quality counts. Be careful that you don't leave readers hanging mid-sentence.”
The award is given for an unpublished, English-language work of fiction, between 50,000 and 150,000 words in length; there is no entry fee.
Blogger in Brussels Tries to Unite a World of Readers
A blogger in Brussels, Belgium, recently launched a collaborative art project that invites readers to create personalized yet anonymous bookmarks and leave them in random books in locations around the world.
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