The beginning of my essay "Acquiring the Fire," the last piece from *Mom in Space* to be published, with South Dakota Review! (Also, despite knowing some things about photo taking, I rarely get good pics of book pages??)
Brown Bag Lit Friends Recommend... Literary Magazines! @lisaampleman.bsky.social, author of Mom in Space (LSU Press), recommends The Southern Review. Read and submit, friends!
"We’re writers too, and we know what it’s like to send work off into the digital ether, wondering who might pick it up at the other end." In today's dispatch from the editors, @lisaampleman.bsky.social pulls back the curtain on the miCRo editorial process.
Get to know more about who is curating the miCRo series and how they do it!
A few sections of "Calamity Days," a final piece from *Mom in Space* in a lit mag, with Georgia Review.
Urban decay and old brick buildings abound in this audio-photo essay in which contributor Jim Palmarini reads his mesmerizing piece from issue 20.2, WELCOME TO THE READING. Direction and editing by Assistant Editor Holli Carrell.
A video ode to the places where poetry lives and has lived in Cincinnati, from contributor Jim Palmarini.
In which I express a possibly unpopular opinion:
My first copy of Mom in Space arrived today ahead of its publication date (Jan. 31), thanks to Alisa Plant of LSU Press. It's a real book!!
There should be some kind of spreadsheet of writers willing to blurb and writers who are honored, but are taking a break from blurbing.
did y’all know that bookstores make a third of their money between Thanksgiving & New Year’s, & most ship nationwide 💌 personally I find this to be an excellent way to figure out any holiday gifts