Newport Review Announces Flash Fiction Contest Winners
The Newport Review, a small online literary publication, (disclosure: I’m on the board) recently announced the winners for their flash fiction contest: Newport Review is proud to announce the winners of our 2007 Flash Fiction Contest. We are especially excited to be publishing two new writers this year: Emily Oliver, a student at Pitzer College [...]
A Thanksgiving Gift
On this day, give thanks for all the world—in its infinite and curious wisdom—proffers and provides. And be sure to give back… THE GIFT I wanted to thank the mockingbird for the vigor of his song. Every day he sang from the rim of the field, while I picked blueberries or just idled in the [...]
The Newport Review, Featuring Nancy Green
I guess this goes in the category of shameless friends promotion, but I want to alert everyone that The Newport Review is now live online and open to the public. The new issue features a fabulous piece by our very own Nancy Green, pictured above. The piece is called Three Samhain Stories, and for those [...]
Should Barack Obama Change His Name to Winston Noble?
Is Sen.Romney appealing to the part of the base that keeps a six-pack by the TV?
Newport Review Flash Fiction Contest
I’m on the board of The Newport Review and will be one of the editors reviewing manuscripts for this Flash Fiction contest. The deadline is coming up — October 31, 2007. Here are the details: Third Annual Newport Review Flash Fiction Contest Prizes of $100, $75, $50 will be awarded in the annual Newport Review [...]
Poetry in a Time of War
Poetry is a powerful medium. In its eloquence and concision, poetry can convey shades and depths of meaning unlike any other form of literature. Consider the following poem by Brian Turner, a veteran of the Iraq War: Ashbah The ghosts of American soldiers wander the streets of Balad by night, unsure of their way home, [...]
Another Poetic Interlude
This morning, at the kind invitation of my friend Karen, I attended a service that she had helped to organize at the Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence. The service was comprised largely of poetry and song—some composed by established authors such as Wendell Berry and Maxine Kumin, some composed by local folk such as [...]
R.I.P. Grace Paley
Another literary figure has passed away, according to the Associated Press: Writer and peace activist Grace Paley dies at 84 Poet and short story writer Grace Paley, a literary eminence and old-fashioned rebel who described herself as a “combative pacifist,” has died. She was 84. Paley, who had battled breast cancer, died Wednesday at her [...]
“The Punctuation Mark at the End of Many Artistic Careers”
The writer Kurt Vonnegut knew a thing or two about suicide. When he was a young man of 21, his mother took her own life. Some four decades later, he attempted suicide himself. At some point, he remarked that “suicide is the punctuation mark at the end of many artistic careers.” While the end for [...]
Another New England Writer Honored
In honor of Charles Simic being named the new U.S. poet laureate by the Library of Congress today, here is one of his poems: Against Whatever It Is That’s Encroaching Best of all is to be idle, And especially on a Thursday, And to sip wine while studying the light: The way it ages, yellows, [...]
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