SMALL PRESS SPOTLIGHT: GABRIELA JAUREGUI

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Controlled Decay, Akashic Books, 2008. Gabriela Jauregui was born and raised in Mexico City. She graduated with an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of California, Riverside. She is

SMALL PRESS SPOTLIGHT: AIMEE NEZHUKUMATATHIL

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At the Drive-In Volcano, Tupelo Press. Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of At the Drive-In Volcano, winner of the Balcones Prize, and Miracle Fruit, which was the winner of the

SMALL PRESS SPOTLIGHT: ELAINE SEXTON

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Causeway, New Issues Press, 2008. Elaine Sexton is also the author of Sleuth (New Issues Press, 2003).  Her recent poems and reviews appeared or are forthcoming in American Poetry Review,

SMALL PRESS SPOTLIGHT: PRAISE THE CHAPBOOK

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Perhaps the smallest of the small press ventures, though definitely not the least significant, the English-language chapbook has a history that can be traced back to the sixteenth century, when

SMALL PRESS SPOTLIGHT: JAMES ALLEN HALL

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Now You’re the Enemy, University of Arkansas Press, 2008. James Allen Hall is assistant professor of English at Bethany College in West Virginia. Now You’re the Enemy was a finalist

An Interview With Kevin Prufer

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University of Memphis MFA Student Bethany Reisner recently talked with longtime NBCC board member Kevin Prufer about criticism, his work as editor, and his newest book of poetry, National Anthem,

SMALL PRESS SPOTLIGHT: DANIEL A. OLIVAS

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Latinos in Lotusland: An Anthology of Contemporary Southern California Literature, Bilingual Press, 2008. Daniel A. Olivas is the author of the story collections Devil Talk and Assumption, the novella The

SMALL PRESS SPOTLIGHT: STEVE FELLNER 1

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Blind Date with Cavafy, Marsh Hawk Press, 2007. Steve Fellner’s debut collection of poems won the 2006 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize and the 2008 Thom Gunn Award for Gay