Major Jackson's "Leave It All Up to Me"
Stop-motion whiteboard animation of a poem by Major Jackson, who is interviewed in the current issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
BOA Appoints Publisher, New Sony E-Readers, and More
Sony announces a new line of e-readers; British poets unite to protest government spending cuts; BOA Editions appoints a new publisher; Toronto's poet laureate launches a new initiative; and other news.
Six Themes in You Were Wrong
"Marc" Sharpe, a friend of author Matthew Sharpe, discusses the themes in Sharpe's forthcoming novel You Were Wrong, published by Bloomsbury in August.
ReLit Awards Prize Ideas, Not Money
Now in their tenth year, the ReLit Awards honor independent poetry and fiction with a focus on celebrating ideas without the offer of a prize purse. The shortlists for this year's honors in poetry, short fiction, and the novel were announced earlier this week, highlighting titles published in 2009 by a variety of Canada-based small presses such as House of Anansi Press, Oberon Press, ECW Press, and Coach House Books.
The finalists in poetry are:
The Others Raisd in Me by Gregory Betts (Pedlar Press)
A Nice Place to Visit by Sky Gilbert (ECW Press)
Red Nest by Gillian Jerome (Nightwood Editions)
The Last House by Michael Kenyon (Brick Books)
Lisa Robertson's Magenta Soul Whip by Lisa Robertson (Coach House Books)
Paper Radio by Damian Rogers (ECW Press)
Always Die Before Your Mother by Patrick Woodcock (ECW Press)
The short fiction finalists are:
Sentimental Exorcisms by David Derry (Coach House Books)
What Boys Like by Amy Jones (Biblioasis)
Men of Salt, Men of Earth by Matt Lennox (Oberon Press)
Fatted Calf Blues by Steven Mayoff (Turnstone Press)
Buying Cigarettes for the Dog by Stuart Ross (Freehand Books)
What We’re Made Of by Ryan Turner (Oberon Press)
The Moon of Letting Go by Richard Van Camp (Enfield & Wizenty)
The finalists in the novel are:
Overqualified by Joey Comeau (ECW Press)
After the Red Night by Christiane Frenette (Cormorant Books)
The Plight House by Jason Hrivnak (Pedlar Press)
The Beautiful Children by Michael Kenyon (Thistledown Press)
Wrong Bar by Nathaniel G. Moore (Tightrope Books)
Away From Everywhere by Chad Pelley (Breakwater Books)
Holding Still For As Long As Possible by Zoe Whittall (House of Anansi Press)
The winners will be announced on October 20 during the opening night of the Ottawa International Writers Festival in Ontario. Each will receive the ReLit ring, composed of four dials embossed with the alphabet.
The video below is a trailer for novel award finalist Zoe Whittall's shortlisted book.
East 1/24/11 Poets Out Loud
Li Yun Alvarado
Val Kilmer as Mark Twain
Mark Twain and Mary Baker Eddy, a film directed by and starring Val Kilmer as the great American author, will start pre-production in late 2010.
Key Changes to the Chicago Manual of Style, VQR Cancels Winter Issue, and More
The Virginia Quarterly Review closes its offices and cancels its winter issue; the Chicago Manual of Style makes some key changes; Random House profits double in the first half of 2010; Heart of Darkness gets a graphic novel adaptation; and other news.
Inside Indie Bookstores: Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver
In the fifth installment of our series Inside Indie Bookstores, contributor Jeremiah Chamberlin travels to Denver to speak with Joyce Meskis, owner of Tattered Cover Book Store.
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2011 Poets & Writers Magazine Ranking of MFA Programs: A Guide to the Methodology
Size, funding, cost of living—there's plenty to consider when choosing a postgraduate creative writing program. In our second annual ranking of the top fifty MFA programs, contributor Seth Abramson measures sixteen distinct program features for the 148 full-residency programs in the United States, Canada, and New Zealand, and eight features for each of the 46 low-residency programs around the world.
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Digital Digest: Libraries Reinvent to Stay Relevant
In June the San Francisco–based nonprofit Internet Archive partnered with several libraries across the country to allow e-book lending, taking the next step toward creating a one-stop online portal for digital reading and offering a hint of the new role libraries may play as the screen displaces the printed page.
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