February 20, 2009
By Jane Ciabattari
PEN America: A Journal for Writers and Readers, is the publication of PEN American Center, winner of this year’s National Book Critics Circle Sandrof award for lifetime achievement. PEN America
January 27, 2009
By Jane Ciabattari
National Book Critics Circle board member James Marcus interviewed John Updike in 1998 about his “Bech” novels. In 1970 John Updike unleashed his Jewish American doppelgänger upon an unsuspecting public
January 8, 2009
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Lit Windowpane, Main Street Rag, 2008. Suzanne Frischkorn is also the author of several chapbooks, most recently: American Flamingo (MiPOesias Press), Spring Tide (Aldrich Museum), and Red Paper Flower (Little
December 22, 2008
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Revolver, University of Iowa Press, 2008. Robyn Schiff is the author of Worth (Iowa, 2002). She is an associate professor at the University of Iowa, where she is the director
December 12, 2008
By NBCC
Oblivio Gate, Southern Illinois University Press, 2008 Sean Nevin teaches at Arizona State University, where he directs the Young Writers Program and is assistant director of the Virginia G. Piper
November 30, 2008
By NBCC
During the holiday season, one of my favorite gift choices for my nieces and godson are books. And since all three are going to be raised bilingual speakers, it’s important
November 23, 2008
By NBCC
Karen An-hwei Lee is the author of Ardor (Tupelo Press, 2008), In Medias Res (Sarabande Books, 2004), and a chapbook, God’s One Hundred Promises (Swan Scythe Press, 2002). Lee has
November 16, 2008
By NBCC
Please, New Issues Press, 2008. Jericho Brown worked as the speechwriter for the Mayor of New Orleans before receiving a Ph.D from the University of Houston. His poems have appeared
October 24, 2008
By NBCC
Cadaver Dogs, No Tell Books, 2008. Rebecca Loudon lives and writes in Seattle. She’s the author of Tarantella and Radish King (Ravenna Press) and Navigate, Amelia Earhart’s Letters Home (No
October 18, 2008
By NBCC
The anthology is one of those labors of love in the literary world, for the editor at least. The editor is the collector, the organizer, community-builder and, usually, the one-person