Archive for October, 2012
copper nickel and more
News for Apocalypse Now: Poems and Prose from the End of Days contributors: the new issue of Copper Nickel contains work by David J. Daniels, David Roderick and Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum; David J. Daniels also has three poems in thrush; Simone Muench will be reading in St. Louis, MO on Friday Nov 9th; and, Catherine Pierce has been interviewed by Prairie Schooner.
Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum will be reading some Apocalyptic poems at the Gypsy House Reading Series tomorrow (Thursday Nov 1st) at 7 pm at the Gypsy House Coffeeshop in Denver, CO with Aby Kaupang and Stant Litore.
Finally, URB editor Joanne Merriam has a guest blog at Novel Conceptions on confusing fiction with autobiography.
31 October 2012
50 cent party
News for 140 And Counting contributors: Miriam Sagan is doing a reading for her new book Seven Places in America: A Poetic Sojourn on October 30th at Collected Works Bookstore in Santa Fe; and, China Daily features Ken Liu (autoplays music).
Strange Horizons (whose funding drive is still going strong) has posted their monthly round-up of their contributors’ news, and they include some URB alums: Elizabeth Barrette has been talking about serial poetry at the Poetree Dreamwidth community, and Peg Duthie (who in addition to being in 140 And Counting, also published her collection Measured Extravagance with URB) has a poem + photograph combo (“Hide“) published by unFold.
| News for Apocalypse Now: Poems and Prose from the End of Days contributors: Joyce Carol Oates is reading at New Jersey’s Ramapo Visiting Writers Series on November 12th; the UCD Advocate features Nicky Beer; and, Margaret Atwood is pairing with Naomi Alderman to write the young adult serial The Happy Zombie Sunrise Home. Incidentally, I had a chance to speak briefly with Atwood at the Nashville Public Library yesterday (where she was giving a public lecture about The Handmaid’s Tale and related topics) and she told me that her story in Apocalypse Now, “The Silver Astroturfer,” was written to be speculative, but that she’s since found out that it’s actually happening in China (she told me to google “the 50 cent kids“). Subscribers to the Sunday Times, by the way, can read it here (and the rest of you can read it when the book comes out). |  |
28 October 2012
“your book will find its way into some readers’ hands and some of those readers will find you and tell you they love it, and it will make your day”
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Intermittent Visitors: Donna Miscolta interviewed by Kathleen Alcalá. |
28 October 2012
accursed video and more
News for 140 And Counting contributors: Berit Ellingsen‘s Beneath the Liquid Skin is available for pre-orders on November 1st; and the December Analog Science Fiction and Fact has a short story by the prolific Ken Liu, who also has work in the September-October Interzone and the December Asimov’s Science Fiction.
News for Apocalypse Now: Poems and Prose from the End of Days contributors: Margaret Atwood was recently interviewed for TIME; and The Southeast Review reviewed Darcie Dennigan‘s Madame X. Also, Apocalypse Now now has its own Facebook page! Finally, enjoy this recent video of Joyce Carol Oates speaking about her novel The Accursed:
19 October 2012