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Gigantic

24 May - The first issue of Gigantic is out, and it indeed holds up to its name (or rather, needs to be held up). This puppy is big, but in a fun-to-read-on-the-bus sort of way, and I imagine the superlarge, four-color image by Nat Russel of dancing

Happy 50th MR

24 May - The Massachusetts Review celebrates its 50th year of publishing, surviving, and thriving. Congrats MR!

L.A. Times: Off the Shelf

24 May - Off the Shelf: Writes on Writing is a new feature on L.A. Times Books that debuted during the 2009 Festival of Books. So far, the Friday weekly features Tod Goldberg (Dungeons & Dragons, and iPhones and pizza), Nahid Rachlin (A room of her o

Bits from Iowa Review

24 May - The Iowa Review offers a number of works from their most recent issue (v39n1) online, including a link to an audio excerpt of Tom Montgomery-Fates Saunter: A Conversation with Henry David Thoreau, and a work by Ron Tanner, Cats as Tuna which

The Not-so-sterling House

24 May - Vicotria Strauss of Writers Beware Blogs! shares a comment on one of this weeks covers of PW.

Audio :: Ubu Web

24 May - Rare Audio from Anthology Film Archives (1964-1974)UbuWeb has announced a new project in their ongoing partnership with Anthology Film Archives in New York City. This is the first in a series of over 1,000 tapes from the Anthology historic a

The Tin House Martini

24 May - A professed beer aficionado, I have to admit, Im looking forward to trying one of these this summer while reading the newest issue of Tin House, appropriately themed Appetites:The Tin House Martini was developed for Tin House magazine by Mr.

SLAM Seeks Bloggers

24 May - shaking like a mountain, the journal of literature about music, has added a blog feature called shaking riffs. SLAM is looking for bloggers who see the sinewy tissue connecting music and literature and want to write about it. Serious inquiri

Happy 20th Free Lunch

24 May - Celebrating 20 years of publishing Free Lunch: A Poetry Miscellany, Editor Ron Offen and his staff look forward to many more years to come, as do their readers. Congrats!

Documentary Film Grant

24 May - Cinereach funds artful narrative and documentary films that depict underrepresented perspectives, cross international boundaries and start meaningful conversations. Film projects that are consistent with Cinereach’s ethos favor good storytel