In her new novel, Their Dogs Came With Them, Helena María Viramontes writes about the Chicano community in East Los Angeles during the '60s, a tumultuous time for the entire nation, but especially for the neighborhood of her youth.
May/June 2007
Features
New Frontiers in Fiction: A Profile of Helena María Viramontes
In her new novel, Their Dogs Came With Them, Helena María Viramontes writes about the Chicano community in East Los Angeles during the '60s, a tumultuous time for the entire nation, but especially for the neighborhood of her youth.
Big Six: An Inside Look at the Largest Publishers of Literary Books in the United States
As companies merge and editors move from one house to the next, book publishing continues to be a big business in constant flux. To help creative writers keep track of who's publishing what, we take a look at the six largest publishers of literary...
For the Relief of Unbearable Pressure: A Profile of Nathan Englander
For eight years readers have anticipated Nathan Englander’s follow-up to his wildly successful debut story collection. With the publication of The Ministry of Special Cases, the wait is over.
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News and Trends
Creative Copyrighting
Best-selling novelist Jonathan Lethem has stepped into the copyright spotlight with an unusual proposal that he hopes will make the industry think differently about copyright protection and how it's used.
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Surviving a Month Without Internet
An author makes what many would consider the ultimate professional sacrifice in the name of writing and rediscovers how to spend his time offline.
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Literary MagNet
Literary MagNet chronicles the start-ups and closures, successes and failures, anniversaries and accolades, changes of editorship and special issues—in short, the news and trends—of literary magazines in America. This issue's MagNet features Ohio Review, New Ohio Review, the Atlanta Review, and HoboEye.
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The Next Step in Print On Demand
On Demand Books, a New York City–based company founded in 2003, has installed the first beta versions of the Espresso Book Machine, a freestanding device that receives orders through a computer for particular titles and publishes the books within minutes.
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Small Press Points
Small Press Points highlights the happenings of the small press
players. This issue features Coffee House Press, Alice James Books, City Lights Booksellers and Publishers, Graywolf Press, and Salt Publishing.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
Page One features a sample of titles we think you'll want to explore. With this installment, we offer excerpts from Chemistry and Other Stories by Ron Rash and Music for Landing Planes By by Éireann Lorsung.
The Written Image: Bookworm
Sample art from Bookworm, a collection of photos and collages of books destroyed by nature.
The Practical Writer
Workshop: Is the PhD the New MFA?
As a flood of MFA graduates saturates the academic job market, a higher degree may boost writers' chances of landing coveted teaching positions.
Writer as Parent: No More Aching to Be an Artist
Balancing parenting with a career is a challenge for any professional, but for writers, it can require a fresh outlook on life.
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Reading How You’re Read: The Art of Evaluating Criticism
Novelist and professor Ann Pancake gives advice on how to evaluate criticism of your work.
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The Literary Life
The Art of Reading Nathanael West: Simple Was His Pilgrimage and Brief
Nathanael West was one of the most important novelists of the twentieth century, a critic of American politics, American thinking, and American myths.