Saturday, May 21, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
Paris Review - You Leave Them, Mona Simpson
Paris Review - You Leave Them, Mona Simpson
The main thing is that everything become simple, easy enough for a child to understand; that each act be ordered, that good and evil be decided arbitrarily, thus clearly.
-Albert Camus
The main thing is that everything become simple, easy enough for a child to understand; that each act be ordered, that good and evil be decided arbitrarily, thus clearly.
-Albert Camus
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Updates: Graphic Novels Accompanying Stories
New work coming out this month in:
-Anemone Sidecar, an international literary online journal of avant garde, progressive poetry and shorter prose.
My professor and department head here at Brown, the illustrious and kind Brian Evenson, is featured in Chapter 12. His piece, The Story, appears alongside The Graphic Interpretation by Caitlin Skaalruud.
Check it out here.
I like the idea of having someone reinterpret a story you wrote in another medium. If any artists want to collaborate, shoot me an email at maria_anderson@brown.edu ....
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-the Prism Review, which publishes contemporary poetry and fiction from both national and international authors as well as interviews and reviews with emerging contemporary authors — in the last two issues, they've interviewed poets Josh Kryah and Craig Santos Perez and fiction writers Lucy Corin and Josh Emmons.
In the future I'll have reviews of short stories I read from a variety of publications, mainly fiction, as well as links to contemporary artists and authors.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
“Strawberry,” the girl said again, insistently.
“Milk,” he replied.
“Now Mommy.”
“Cow.”
“Hamburger,” Violet said. To Jake, “Hamburger comes from cows. People kill the cows and then they eat them. They made me eat cows but I didn’t know what it was,” she said sadly. “I didn’t know.”
“Please don’t start again, Violet,” her mother said. “No one meant to taint you. No one knew how you’d feel about it.” To Jake, “Her nanny doesn’t know how to talk to sensitive children.”
“I ate cows,” the little girl persisted gravely.
Paris Review - Virgin, April Ayers Lawson
The ending of this story is tight and beautiful and impeccably constructed.
April Ayers Lawson won the Paris Review's Plimpton prize, which Ann Beattie will present to her at the spring revel this Tuesday.
“Milk,” he replied.
“Now Mommy.”
“Cow.”
“Hamburger,” Violet said. To Jake, “Hamburger comes from cows. People kill the cows and then they eat them. They made me eat cows but I didn’t know what it was,” she said sadly. “I didn’t know.”
“Please don’t start again, Violet,” her mother said. “No one meant to taint you. No one knew how you’d feel about it.” To Jake, “Her nanny doesn’t know how to talk to sensitive children.”
“I ate cows,” the little girl persisted gravely.
Paris Review - Virgin, April Ayers Lawson
The ending of this story is tight and beautiful and impeccably constructed.
April Ayers Lawson won the Paris Review's Plimpton prize, which Ann Beattie will present to her at the spring revel this Tuesday.
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