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Selections for Short Story Month

01 Thursday May 2014

Posted by BoneSpark Blog in C.A. Explains It All

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Bibliophilopoly, Dancing Girl, Deal Me In Reading Challenge, Hyacinth Girl Press, short story "playlist", Short Story Month, StoryaDay.org Extreme Writing Challenge

Bridget Reading (1959) by Peter Samuelson

Bridget Reading (1959) by Peter Samuelson

April was an exhausting month filled with frenzied poetry writing challenges and a steady diet of readings.

May has now dawned, but it looks to be no less action-packed. Many are polishing poetry manuscripts for the open calls at small presses like Dancing Girl and Hyacinth Girl.

And then there is the lesser known but increasingly popular StoryADay.org Extreme Writing Challenge, which much like the Poetry Month challenges calls on participants to produce daily work from prompts.

6a00d83451afaf69e201156f7601fd970c-120wiSome of the exercises look really interesting, and they have big names like Neil Gaiman contributing, but I am not sure that the pace is something I can maintain.  I prefer to take story writing much slower, but am always up for a dose of good reading.

That’s why I am recommending the Deal Me In Reading Challenge as an alternative way to celebrate the genre. This is a year-long readathon with a story-a-week pace, but participants are certainly welcome to move at their own schedule.

Jay already has a great list of selections up on the site with more recommendations at his twitter account @Bibliophilopoly.

I haven’t quite got a 52 track “playlist” ready just yet, but here are some of my favorite reads in the form:

Available Online:

Barn Burning by William Faulkner

Why I Live at the P.O. by Eudora Welty

The Storm by Kate Chopin

A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Shiloh by Bobbie Ann Mason

The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

Miriam by Truman CapoteShortStory

From Collections:

Cry Cry Cry by Sherman Alexie

Eisenheimer the Illusionist by Steven Millhauser

Room 101-Benny Does Dublin by Roddy Doyle

Gerald’s Monkey by Michael Knight

Men on the Moon by Simon J. Ortiz

Angry Fish by Susan Power

Grit by Tom Franklin

Monstress by Lesley Tenorio

The Littoral Zone by Andrea Barrett

Lucho by Patricia Engel

Walk the Blue Fields and Night of the Quicken Trees by Claire Keegan

Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros

The Problem with Susan by Neil Gaiman

Melinda Falling by Jincy Willet

Love too Long by Barry Hannah

 

Leave your own “playlist” in the comments and I’ll feature the best compilations in a future post.

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Scouting Small Press Poetry: A Tiny Guide

12 Wednesday Feb 2014

Posted by BoneSpark Blog in Thoughts on Poetry

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Airlie, AngelHouse Press, Arrowhead, Bear Star, Black Lawrence, Carolina Wren, Centennial, Cinnamon Press, Coffee House, Copper Canyon, Cypher Books, Dancing Girl, Doire Press, Gold Line, Graywolf, Hanging Loose, Happenstance, Lapwing Poetry, Lost Horse Press, Mayapple, MoonPath, Mouthfeel, Nine Arches, Parallel Press, Persea Books, Pindrop Press, Poetry Salzburg, Red Hen, Saturnalia, small press poetry publishers, small presses, Steel Toe Books, The Emma Press, ThePressPress, Tupelo Press, Unicorn Press, Vagabond, Wave Books, WordTech

gremlins2_2I’m one of those crazy poetry freaks who goes gremlin without an occasional fix.  I find a few of the more mainstream books locally, but for the really good stuff you have to scout out the small presses.  Here’s my go-to list:

Airlie Press US/OR http://airliepress.org/
Bear Star Press US/CA http://www.bearstarpress.com/
Black Lawrence US/NY http://www.blacklawrence.com/
Carolina Wren Press US/NC http://carolinawrenpress.org/
Centennial Press US/WI http://www.centennialpress.com/curiosityshop.html
Coffee House US/MN http://coffeehousepress.org/
Copper Canyon US/WA https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/index.asp
Cypher Books US/NY http://www.cypherbooks.org/index.html
Dancing Girl US/IL http://www.dancinggirlpress.com/
Gold Line Press US/SC http://dornsife.usc.edu/goldlinepress
Graywolf Press US/MN https://www.graywolfpress.org/
Hanging Loose US/NY http://hangingloosepress.com/
Lost Horse Press US/ID http://www.losthorsepress.org/
Mayapple Press US/NY http://mayapplepress.com/
MoonPath Press US/WA http://moonpathpress.com/
Mouthfeel Press US/TX http://www.mouthfeelpress.com/
Parallel Press US/WI http://parallelpress.library.wisc.edu/poetry/
Persea Books US/NY http://www.perseabooks.com
Red Hen US/CA http://redhen.org/
Saturnalia Books US/PA http://saturnaliabooks.com/
Steel Toe Books US/KY http://steeltoebooks.com/
Tupelo Press US/MA http://www.tupelopress.org/
Unicorn Press US/NC http://www.unicorn-press.org
Wave Books US/WA http://wavepoetry.com/
WordTech US/OH http://www.wordtechweb.com
Cinnamon Press UK/Wales http://www.cinnamonpress.com/about/
Happenstance UK/Scot http://www.happenstancepress.org/
Arrowhead Press UK/Eng http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/index.html
Doire Press Ireland http://www.doirepress.com/HOME.html
The Emma Press UK/Eng http://theemmapress.com/
Lapwing Poetry Ireland http://www.freewebs.com/lapwingpoetry/
Nine Arches Press UK/Eng http://www.ninearchespress.com/
Pindrop Press UK/Eng http://www.pindroppress.com/
AngelHouse Press CAN http://www.angelhousepress.com/index.php?Chapbooks
Poetry Slazburg Austria http://www.poetrysalzburg.com/
ThePressPress Australia http://www.presspress.com.au/Chapbooks.html
Vagabond Press Australia http://vagabondpress.net/collections/poetry

We’ll talk later about some of the goodies I’ve found from these guys. For now, I’d love it if you would share some of your favorite presses. I know you WOM-PO ladies probably have a few that I have missed. Burn up the comments!

***See SMALL POETRY PRESSES PART II for more great recommendations.

 

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