June 2023
In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.
~John Steinbeck
Lasell Bartlett’s “Layers: another cake story” appeared in OSHO News.
JoeAnn Hart’s review of Query, a novel by Zilla Novikov, appeared in EcoLit Books.
Gail Hosking’s essay, “Arlington or No Arlington: That is the Question, Or At Least One of Them,” appeared in Post Road. Her poem “The War First Thing in the Morning” appeared in Split Rock Review.
Tara Ison’s At the Hour Between Dog and Wolf is a May 14th New York Times Editor’s Choice and was reviewed by Alida Becker in NYT’s “Dark Shadows, Dark Times.” The novel will be coming out in July as an audiobook from Tantor Media.
Ann Leamon’s poem, “The Turnip Queen,” appeared in North Dakota Quarterly.
Diane Lefer’s short story, “A Person Like You,” is in Collateral 7.2.
Jeannie Marshall’s memoir, All Things Move: Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel, was featured in the New York Times What to Read section.
Ray Nayler’s The Mountain in the Sea is a Kitschie’s Award Finalist for a Golden Tentacle Award (Debut Novel). The novel will also be translated into Polish (its 10th translation).
Mandira Pattnaik’s book, Where We Set Our Easel, launched and was reviewed in Five South by Dave Nash.
Mary Ellen Redmond’s poem "In English Class, Discussing Signs and Symbols" apears in the 2023 Summer issue of Rattle!
Three of Claudia Stanek’s poems appear in The Phoenix.
Andria Williams’ short story “In the Cafeteria at Walter Reed, 2009,” is in Collateral 7.2
Find new work in Ukraine Bulletins featuring Arrowsmith Press publications: The Burning World by Sherod Santos; A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails by Halyna Kruk, translated from the Ukrainian by Amelia M. Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk; In the Hour of War: Poetry from Ukraine edited by Carolyn Forché and Ilya Kaminsky; and Today is a Different War translated by Olga Livshin and Andrew Janco.
Our InConversation event with Denton Loving and Erika Nichols-Frazer brought on a great discussion about poetry, memoir, and personal writing. Here is the link to the recording if you missed it.
Join us Tuesday, June 27th for an InConversation event featuring Lauren Kay Johnson and Matt Gallagher.
(Registration is required.)
Get a jump on your summer writing and join our lively Birch Bark Mix & Meet community for a late afternoon prompt and generative writing session!
Tuesday, June 6th, 5 p.m. Eastern
(Registration required.)
May’s MicroLit Almanac contained work by Xavier Prince and John Coats as well as audio recordings in Ukraine Bulletins featuring selections from Arrowsmith Press publications.
“Having Already Invented the Greeks” from The Burning World by Sherod Santos (read by John Coats)
“the story of a ficus, as told by a human who prefers to communicate with plants” from A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails by Halyna Kruk, translated from the Ukrainian by Amelia M. Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk (read by JoeAnn Hart)
“[Take immortality, God, but give]” by Dmitry Bliznyk from the anthology In the Hour of War: Poetry from Ukraine edited by Carolyn Forché and Ilya Kaminsky (read by Robert (Bob) Shea)
“The Fourth Month of Constant Shelling” fromToday is a Different War translated by Olga Livshin and Andrew Janco (read by Ann Leamon)
July 9-16, 2023 (asynchronous, self-paced)
Beat the summer heat and commit to your writing with two weeks of stories, essays, poems, and prompts, all designed to help you create new work. All writing will be eligible for early review and inclusion in MicroLit Almanac.
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