Best line of the morning. Spoken during a panel on the Nitty Gritty of Publishing. One of the panelists was talking about how many writers think that their audience is just other writers. To paraphrase: “Don’t think that. All the writers in the country are in this building. I hope Read More ...
..can keep us from AWP. One look out the window and it’s difficult to imagine spring will ever arrive, despite what the Groundhog predicts. I am in upstate New York and will leave soon with a fellow writer to drive south to DC. The weather here isn’t nearly as bad Read More ...
Well, I had to cancel my plans at the last minute, and can’t attend AWP in DC this year. I’m really bummed, but sometimes life gets in the way – work, family, my MFA thesis, my next novel, time, money, you name it. Sometimes you have to take a pass. Read More ...
Writer, editor, and reviewer (of course), Roxane Gay offers some observations on the state of the book review. From in-depth blogs to single line summaries to the capital-R Reviews, the book review has many faces.
Poet Rich Villar believes silence is not an option for the literary community. Read more about what Rich will be doing (and saying) at this year's AWP Conference.
Author Tod Goldberg (Living Dead Girl (Soho Press), Fake Liar Cheat (Pocket Books/MTV), Burn Notice series) answers a few questions about low-residency MFA programs in preparation for his February 4th AWP panel on the subject.
Summary of… F164. The Future of Book Publishing: How Authors Should Navigate the New Market. (Mary Gannon, Dennis Loy Johnson, Jeffrey Shots, Michael Reynolds, Lee Montgomery, Julie Barer) Editors and agents will discuss the changes that have occurred in the practices and policies of literary publishing—from acquiring books, producing them Read More ...
