Ten Questions for Rebecca Dinerstein Knight
“Just opening the document each day keeps it on track.” —Rebecca Dinerstein Knight, author of Hex
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science
Ten Questions for Brandon Taylor
“For a while, I was most productive at night, then mornings. Now it’s just whenever there’s a moment.” —Brandon Taylor, author of Real Life
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Wood Coin Magazine: Art & Lit
Year Founded:
2008
Percentage of Unsolicited Submissions Published:
Greater than 50
Issues per Year:
Varies.
Circulation:
5,000 to 10,000
Subscription Price:
Online.
Issue Price:
Free.
The issues are cohesive; the whole of the magazine is comprehensive.
Submit anything, from new to almost-forgotten, previously published if noted in an email, or rejected for whatever reason from other venues. I do work with talented writers if a theme or plot or character can be drawn out and refined for publication in Wood Coin. The magazine is uncensored as of January 2018, yet extreme literary or artistic stunts need to coincide with US obscenity laws.
Subgenres:
The Narrative Approach to Science
David Foster Wallace’s long-awaited sixth book will arrive in bookstores next month. But it’s not what some might expect from the author of Infinite Jest and A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again.
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Chicago Indies Respond to Amazon Books, Counterpoint Merges With Catapult, and More
The Deaf Poets Society launches crowd-funding campaign; teen science and tech program incorporates science fiction into workshops; Margaret Atwood discusses her forthcoming graphic novel; and other news.
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President Obama’s Summer Reading List, Brave New World Series, and More
Fact-checking nonfiction books; a cognitive psychologist’s answer to the listening vs. reading debate; Wallace Stevens and Trump supporters; and other news.
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This Is Your Brain on Fear: Trauma and Storytelling
How do we record traumatic events when our survival often depends on us not thinking at all? Fiction writer and essayist J. T. Bushnell explores this question through the lens of a house fire, combining ideas of memory, storytelling, and neuroscience to investigate the intersections of truth, trauma, and narrative.
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The Written Image: Visualization of Narrative Structure
In their analysis of three classic texts, two UC Berkeley Neuroscience PhD candidates created an interactive visualization of the emotional relationships between each book’s cast of characters.
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German Authors Join Amazon Protest, the Neuroscience of Distraction, and More
Audrey Niffenegger slams Amazon; Louise Erdrich wins Dayton distinguished achievement award; the science of typos; and other news.
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Philip Roth’s Last Public Talk, A Poem That Eliminates Pollution, and More
Jill Abramson fired from the Times; a drinkable book; the effects of digital publishing on university presses; and other news.
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