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Recommended Reading 12/12/2017

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The year is slipping away, but here are a few last-minute reading recommendations.  Enjoy!

Megan Culhane Galbraith has a short essay about sex, virginity, and Planned Parenthood online at Boink: http://boinkzine.com/2017/11/10/losing-it/.

Linda Michel-Cassidy’s essay, “This Snow, This Day,” (originally published at Harpur Palate) has been republished at Entropy: https://entropymag.org/this-snow-this-day/.

Rosemary Royston has two poems in the new issue of museum of america: https://themuseumofamericana.net/current-issue/two-poems-by-rosemary-royston/.

Brian Tierney’s poem, “Morning in Galilee,” is online at Cincinnati Review: https://www.cincinnatireview.com/samples/morning-in-galilee-by-brian-tierney/

You don’t want to miss this fascinating conversation in real pants, “HALF REVEALING, AND HALF CONCEALING THE SOUL: BARRETT WARNER INTERVIEWS CASSIE PRUYN”: https://realpants.com/half-revealing-and-half-concealing-the-soul-barrett-warner-interviews-cassie-pruyn/.

And Christian Whitney’s story, “Acceptance,” was a finalist in the summer fiction contest at Gulf Stream Literary Magazine.  Check out the story here: https://gulfstreamlitmag.com/acceptance/.

Recommended Reading 8/4/2017

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If you’re looking for something worthwhile to read this weekend, look no further.

Lorraine Comanor’s essay, “The Carnevale Masks,” is online at The Raven’s Perch: http://www.theravensperch.com/the-carnevale-masks-by-lorraine-commanor/

LA Times - X PressAgatha French interviewed the publishers of the new L.A. press X Artists’ Books, and yeah, one of them happens to be Keanu Reeves: http://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-keanu-reeves-artists-books-20170719-story.html.

Emily Mohn-Slate’s essay, “The Colossal”—about Iris van Herpen, Girls Write Museum and the way art and poetry makes our worlds larger—is in At Length’s art section: http://atlengthmag.com/art/the-colossal-iris-van-herpen-and-girls-write-the-museum/.

Jennifer Stewart Miller has two great poems in The Green Mountains Review: http://greenmountainsreview.com/two-poems-28/.  Here’s a small taste from her poem, “Thirsty Birds:”

You don’t have to believe,
to think there’s something about

the flicker’s up-stretched profile
that’s like a shaft of sunlight

piercing an old church.

Barrett Warner reviewed Keith Lesmeister’s book, We Could’ve Been Happy Here, for Atticus Review: https://atticusreview.org/life-rattling-review-couldve-happy-keith-lesmeister/.  Barrett also has new poems online at Verse Wrights: http://www.versewrights.com/warner-barrett.html, including one called “Rainbow Pig.”  Here’s a few lines from “All the Latest Talk in Paradise Concerning Butterflies:”

This we know: butterflies need milkweed–
their only food—and its poison, their only defense,
 
and we are pitchfork lonely for connection,
the piercing tines make five holes in our lungs.

Fiction lovers won’t want to miss Tiffany Williams’ new short story, “Murmuration,” in Appalachian Heritage: http://appalachianheritage.net/2017/05/26/murmuration/.

And if you haven’t seen it yet, check out the new issue of The Tishman Review: http://www.thetishmanreview.com/.

Recommended Reading 2/26/2017

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If you’re looking for something good to read or listen to, here are some suggestions!

K.L. Browne wrote about the podcast A Phone Call from Paul over at Entropy: http://entropymag.org/podcast-philia-a-phone-call-from-paul-with-paul-holdengraber/.

Susan Ishmael wrote a beautiful essay about religion at Parabola: https://parabola.org/2017/01/31/the-turn-of-the-dial-seeking-god-in-the-fringes-by-susan-ishmael/?utm_content=buffer49356&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer.  Be careful reading if you’re afraid of snakes.

Kate Jayroe has a new story in Juked: http://www.juked.com/2017/02/kate-jayroe-woonwinkel.asp.

Gail Tyson has a beautiful new poem in the February issue of Art Ascent, which is a really cool journal worth exploring:  http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1229904.

There’s a wonderful interview with Barrett Warner over at Tethered By Letters: https://tetheredbyletters.com/author-qa-barrett-warner/.

The always funny Corina Zappia writes about 50 Shades Darker and “asinine dating choices” online at Salon: http://www.salon.com/2017/02/20/50-shades-of-regret-a-cautionary-tale-about-online-dating-and-the-movies/.

And the Best of the Net awards have been announced! Congrats to Cassie Pruyn for making the list with her poem, “Traveler’s Monologue,” originally published in Border Crossing.  And congrats to Adam Clay who’s on the list with his poem, “When the People We Know Become the People We Don’t,” originally published at Jet Fuel Review.  You can see the whole list here: http://www.sundresspublications.com/bestof/.

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Finally, check out this story about how Danny Judge faced some pretty incredible difficulties while creating of The Indianola Review: http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/18/iowa-man-creates-literary-journal-while-supporting/.

Recommended Reading 12/12/2016

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I know most of us are thinking about how quickly Christmas is coming, but sometimes it’s good to take some time for ourselves by sinking into something good to read.  Here are some recommendations for your reading or listening pleasure.

Libby Flores was the guest on a recent episode of THE HOW THE WHY podcast: http://1888.center/the-how-the-why-152-libby-flores/.

Kate Jayroe has a new poem up at Ink Node: https://www.inknode.com/katejayroe/screen-door. Kate was also recently interviewed at NANO Fiction in anticipation of the fact that they will soon publish her story, “Jeep.” http://nanofiction.org/weekly-feature/interviews/2016/12/five-questions-with-kate-jayroe.

Cassie Pruyn has some beautiful new poems online at The Common http://www.thecommononline.org/closeted-duchess-county and at Liminal Stories http://liminalstoriesmag.com/issue2/aubade.

Barrett Warner is featured on a recent edition of The Speakeasy: https://soundcloud.com/fsuliteraryarts/the-speakeasy-ep-4-barrett-warner. Barrett’s book Why Is It So Hard to Kill You? was reviewed over at The Loch Raven Review: https://thelochravenreview.net/barrett-warner-why-is-it-so-hard-to-kill-you-reviewed-by-alan-c-reese/.  And because I know from personal experience that it’s impossible to get enough of Barrett, you’ll want to check out this video of Barrett reading at Why There Are Words: https://www.facebook.com/WhyThereAreWords/videos/10153872952201933/?autoplay_reason=all_page_organic_allowed&video_container_type=0&video_creator_product_type=2&app_id=2392950137&live_video_guests=0.

Finally, congrats to Megan Culhane Galbraith and Shawna Kay Rodenberg.  Both were included in Entropy‘s year-end list “Best of 2016: Best Online Articles and Essays.” Galbraith’s essay, “Sin Will Find You Out,” was originally published in Catapult. Shawna Kay Rodenberg’s “How Evangelical Women Found a False Savior in Trump,” was originally published in The Village Voice. Check out the whole list here: http://ow.ly/OA0x306UqD3.

Recommended Reading 9/23/2016

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I’ve been reading some great stories, poems and essays in the past few weeks.  If you’re looking for something to hold your attention over the weekend, try one (or all) of these:

Barrett Warner’s poem, Oxon Run, was recently featured at Autumn Sky Poetry Daily: https://autumnskypoetrydaily.com/2016/09/08/oxon-run-by-barrett-warner/.

Emily Mohn-Slate has two poems at Connotation Press: http://www.connotationpress.com/poetry/2862-emily-mohn-slate-poetry.

Linda Michel-Cassidy interviewed Tom McAllister and Mike Ingram, the creators of Book Fight!, over at Entropy: http://entropymag.org/book-fight-books-we-love-books-we-hate-books-that-inspire-us-baffle-us-infuriate-us/.

K.L. Browne’s fantastic story, Toucan, was published this week at Ascent: http://www.readthebestwriting.com/toucan-kelly-browne/.

Susan Pagani wrote this cool article about a cooperative grocery store in Minneapolis for Civil Eats, a national food justice mag: http://civileats.com/2016/09/20/this-minneapolis-cooperative-grocery-store-is-working-to-break-the-diversity-mold/.

Finally, I highly recommend you check out this essay by Jamie Zvirzdin in The Kenyon Review’s Poetics of Science issue: http://www.kenyonreview.org/kr-online-issue/2016-fall/selections/jamie-zvirzdin-656342/.  The essay is titled, “Observations of a Science Editor: If Romantic Scientists Pilfered Fiction’s Toolbox, You Can Too,” and it’s really fascinating.

Recommended Reading 6/24/2016

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Looking for something good to read this weekend?  Check out these gems from the internet this week:

Jennifer Porter‘s short story, Dr. Jack’s Coney Island, is online at Inside the Bell Jar: http://www.insidethebelljar.com/dr-jacks-coney-island-by-jennifer-porter/.

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I had the pleasure of interviewing Barrett Warner for the new issue of Tinderbox Poetry Journal:  http://www.tinderboxpoetry.com/interview-with-barrett-warner-by-denton-loving.  Okay, so yeah, I happened to be the one who interviewed him, but I can’t take credit for Barrett’s amazing responses.

One of the best pieces I’ve read this week is this article by Jon Sealy about the rise of book stores owned and operated by indie presses: http://lithub.com/why-indie-presses-are-opening-bookstores/.

Recommended Reading 6/17/2016

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If you’re looking for something good to read this weekend, check out the Spring Issue of Bridge 8, co-guest edited by Tiffany Melanson and Agatha French.

If you’re a Big Bang Theory fan like I am, you’ll be interested to see that Kelly Marages wrote about Jim Parson’s home for the Wall Street Journal: http://www.wsj.com/articles/playing-by-house-rules-1463679803.

Barrett Warner has a fantastic piece of flash fiction, Three Men and One Dead Animal, in the new issue of Adroit Journal.  There’s also an audio file of Barrett reading.