by Bonnie ZoBell Welcome to Diana Arterian, the current Editor-in-Chief of Gold Line Press (a rotating position) and the creator and Managing Editor of Gold Line’s imprint, Ricochet, both of which publish poetry and fiction/prose chapbooks. Her own chapbook Death Centos is forthcoming from Ugly Duckling Presse, and her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming [...]
I found a beautiful painting of a macaw called Red Bird painted by the remarkably talented Sandy Tweed online--absolutely perfect for the book cover idea Kevin Morgan Watson of Press 53 and I were looking for. Then the remarkably talented Kevin Morgan Watson designed the most beautiful book cover. I couldn't be happier. Red Bird [...]
Finally--lots of books came in boxes from Press 53. So pretty I made a book heart:
Peter Cherches has been writing short-prose since before cute phrases like “Flash Fiction” or “Short Shorts” were coined to characterize the genre. His first books came out in the early 1980’s, from notable downtown New York presses like Red Dust and Benzene. Back then, in addition to publishing his pieces widely in both mainstream and [...]
Humans are curious and strange. We attach to unnaturally bred teacup dogs, watch television that dramatizes the most heinous human acts, invent stories about strangers’ lives, dig our heels in stubbornly over things fathomable only to ourselves, tolerate a status quo that keeps us depressed and trapped, and keep up appearances that are unflattering at [...]
The seemingly romantic way in which Valerie Fioravanti connects her stellar collection, Garbage Night at the Opera, is by placing all of a large Italian family in the same Brooklyn apartment building. Through this ingenious yet natural connection, Fioravanti’s characters move out from their families when they’re of age and get their own [...]
With such a wonderfully offbeat title, one can only hope the book will follow through with equally unique stories. Thankfully, they do. Tania Hershman's fictions are full of quirk and a brilliant use of language that quickly accesses the unusual aspects of human life. In "Einstein Plays Guitar," that's just what he does, as well as [...]
Part of an ongoing series by Bonnie ZoBell, entitled "Creating and Publishing a Flash Chapbook. This originally appeared in Flash Fiction Chronicles. By Bonnie ZoBell We are pleased to have Gloria Mindock, author of La Porţile Raiului (Ars Longa Press, Romania, 2010) translated into the Romanian by Flavia Cosma, Nothing Divine Here (U Šoku Štampa, [...]
What the Zhang Boys Know, a stellar new book by Clifford Garstang, is full of such beautiful language and is so gripping that while his winning this award is definitely a cause for celebration, it's no surprise. The Library of Virginia Literary Awards began in 1998 to honor and thank outstanding Virginia writers who have enriched [...]
Part of an ongoing series by Bonnie ZoBell, entitled "Creating and Publishing a Flash Chapbook. This originally appeared in Flash Fiction Chronicles. by Bonnie ZoBell The following is an interview of Tammy Lynne Stoner, Fiction Editor and Vice President of the Board of Directors for Gertrude Press, who tells us about the fiction chapbooks they have available [...]