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Tag Archives: Publishing
on Bloggers and the Global Mashup Fantasy (Jason Epstein)
“Though bloggers anticipate a diversity of communal projects and new kinds of expression, literary form has been remarkably conservative throughout its long history while the act of reading abhors distraction, such as the Web-based enhancements—musical accompaniment, animation, critical commentary, and … Continue reading
on Digitization and Censorship (Jason Epstein)
“So far I have attempted to foresee the digital future in instrumental terms. There is also a moral dimension, for we are a troublesome species with a long history of self-destruction. The industry that Gutenberg launched eventually made possible wide … Continue reading
on the Solitary Work of Literary Creation (Jason Epstein)
Digitization will encourage an unprecedented diversity of new specialized content in many languages. The more adaptable of today’s general publishers will survive the redundancy of their traditional infrastructure but digitization has already begun to spawn specialized publishers occupying a variety … Continue reading
“The New Math of Poetry” Does Not Compute
[CC licensed image by draggin] Despite suffering from a lack of focus (or an essential pointlessness… take your pick), false analogies, and that old-man odor and monochromatic hue that comes with too much time inside the “Golden Age” fallacy, David … Continue reading
the véhicule press blog
I just discovered that Carmine Starnino, who wrote the “Lazy Bastardism” notebook entry I referred to yesterday, blogs via the véhicule press blog. Go check it out! Apparently Starnino has even linked here before (w/r/t Jason Guriel). I missed that … Continue reading
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Tagged blogs, carmine starnino, poetics, poetry, Publishing, vehicule press
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More on “The Weenie Roast” aka PW Top 10
Amy King has another longish post on “The Weenie Roast” (aka the Publishers Weekly Top 10, which I posted about twice before). I recommend reading both of Amy’s posts and considering the issue for yourself. In her most recent entry, … Continue reading
More on the PW 10 Best Novels Controversy
Following up on my earlier post about the Publishers Weekly controversy, I thought I’d highlight two of the more interesting related items I’ve come across: Salon’s Laura Miller has a reasonable and—more importantly—realistic, non-abstract article about the whole kerfluffle. WILLA, … Continue reading
Blatant Sexism or Something Else?
Amy King shares this press release condemning the Publisher’s Weekly 2009 Best Books list(s). You can read it and judge for yourself, but it is thought-provoking. I have a couple of thoughts: (and Amy King took great offense to this) … Continue reading
It’s Small Press Month!
March is Small Press Month… Support your favorite small presses by buying books, broadsides and little magazines today. A few of my favorite small presses: Firewheel Editions (home of the fabulous Sentence prose poetry journal) Pavement Saw Press Ugly Duckling … Continue reading
In Defense of National Poetry Month
[photo by thinredjellies] Despite attacks by Charles Bernstein, Richard Howard, and others, April continues to be National Poetry Month. I understand– but don’t share– their antipathy. Honestly, I find most of the protestation to be rather ridiculous and contrived. What’s … Continue reading
Poetry and Parnassus
Over at One Poet’s Notes, Ed Byrne has a really good idea: the recently rich Poetry Foundation should partner up to keep Parnassus alive as a partner publication for the evolving Poetry magazine. I like the changes in Poetry but … Continue reading
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Writers and Bloggers
Man writes bland article about Paul McCartney for the New Yorker. Blogger comments on article’s blandness. Much unintended hilarity ensues. The funny lesson here is that the “writer” who is upset comes off looking so poorly prepared for his job, … Continue reading
Tagged blogging, Humor, Publishing
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Ruth Lilly and Popular Poetry
The question being asked by Dana Goodyear (and many, many others) remains: is Ruth Lilly’s 200 million dollar bequest to Poetry good for poetry? Depending on how you look at it this could mean the same thing as asking whether … Continue reading
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How to Speak a Book
Richard Powers on why he never touches a keyboard unless he has to, speech recognition, and the power and utility of the human voice.
Tagged Publishing, technology, writers, Writing
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Best Poetry Volumes of 2006?
Bob Holman, Poetry Guide, has posted his selection for the Top 10 books of poetry published in 2006. What are your picks?
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The Myth of Declining Poetry Publication
From 1993-2004, the number of books in the poetry/drama category of US trade publications grew almost four times over. I have no numbers, but I imagine that small press and online publications grew at least 100x. The decline of mainstream … Continue reading
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Death of the Short Story (not)
Eric Rosenfield thinks the short story is dead and then points to a dissection of the Best American Short Stories as proof!? BAS hasn’t been representative of the most vital aspects of the short story for decades (if ever). It, … Continue reading
Tagged anthologies, fiction, poetics, poetry, Publishing, short fiction
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Jong, Savaged
Being a book reviewer must be fun if only for the occasional chance to sharpen one’s knives on some inane romance writer’s leathery hide. [cosmopoetica reviews jong clitoris nixon]
Books that Shouldn’t Be
Jeanette Winterson on the publishing that should not be: “First, we stop publishing books that needn’t be books. People who don’t really read don’t really need books” so let them have Jordan and Becks in lots of other ways.”
The Happiness of John Updike
I’ve only read a few random Updike novels, though I have enjoyed a lot of his short stories, essays, and critical pieces. Watching a long interview with him on BookTV, it struck me how happy he is. Perpetually grinning, discussing … Continue reading
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