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Editors of South Asian Literary Zines & Mags
Traditional editors loom large on the literary scene, and their role as gatekeepers is still seen with some reverence as well as consternation. With the expansion of cyber literary forums, literary zines, e-books, and the social media, I looked around to find a bevy of smart eager editors (who are writers too) steering zines as well as print journals that don’t always cater to the mainstream. The editorial practices of these people are not too different from their traditional counterparts.
Interview with Kevin Simmonds
Crooked Letter Year in Review
Prairie Schooner Office Expansion Begins
Construction has officially begun on the Prairie Schooner office expansion in the University of Nebraska’s Andrews Hall. The university maintenance crews are tearing down a section of wall to expand the Prairie Schooner offices into the rooms next door (formerly the media center), thus doubling the journal’s office space. Managing editor Marianne Kunkel (pictured above) …
We Can Talk About These Things
The Irresistible Nature of Certain Kinds of Truth: An Interview with Melissa Febos
Priest Pond (Part 2)
Below is the second part of Lisa Gornick's story from our Fall 2013 Issue, "Priest Pond." Lisa Gornick is the author of two novels, A Private Sorcery (Algonquin) and Tinderbox (Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux). ‘‘Priest Pond’’ is part of a forthcoming collection of linked stories, Louisa Meets Bear (Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus & …
Priest Pond (Part 1)
This week we will be featuring Fall 2013 contributor Lisa Gornick on the Prairie Schooner blog. Lisa Gornick is the author of two novels, A Private Sorcery (Algonquin) and Tinderbox (Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Her stories have appeared in many literary journals, including AGNI, Confrontation, The Massachusetts Review, and Slice, and have received …
