Where the Hummingbird Goes to Die |
(poetry by Justin Hyde)
So right after I finish this book, I’m sitting around trying to figure what I should say about it, and my roommate comes down and picks it up off my bed and starts readin...
Posted by The Jargon on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:26:00 PST |
The Garbage Bush years |
Finally finished my copy of Spencer Dew’s "Songs of Insurgency."Okay, so I think the reason this book works for me is because I moved to Boston (age 23) the week of September 11th. More or less,...
Posted by The Jargon on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:04:00 PST |
Raymond Carver in a punk house |
Mike Boyle posted some good new poems on his blog here:(I really like the first one)http://bohobait.blogspot.com/And a new review for Dollhouse here:http://www.ghotimag.com/ReviewBoyle.htm("Mike ...
Posted by The Jargon on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:44:00 PST |
Vote for the best Thieves Jargon story |
This is my favorite of the online writing awards. Thieves Jargon always gets a few notable stories listed, but we haven't cracked the top ten yet. Which would make me really happy.Surely you had one f...
Posted by The Jargon on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:36:00 PST |
Delphine in Print Anthology |
"Expletive Deleted" is a print anthology released by Bleak House Books, edited by Jen Jordan. It has some big names and some smaller names. Worth getting for Delphine Lecompte's story "Three Tepid Sho...
Posted by The Jargon on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:29:00 PST |
The Parlor -- North Shore writers |
Want to take writing classes in Salem? Help The Parlor get off the ground by taking a short survey. This is a real good cause being masterminded by Adam and Jen, the team behind that slick print journ...
Posted by The Jargon on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:09:00 PST |
On rejection |
"disregard the submission i sent around october 21st. a poet friend of mine who has been published in your magazine a few times before showed me a rejection you guys sent him that i found disrespectfu...
Posted by The Jargon on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:20:00 PST |
Expository, plotless writing |
Aha! Check out the newest Dollhouse review here, courtesy of Sue Miller at GUDMagazine. They're offering a free copy of the book, so there's that to think about.
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Posted by The Jargon on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:31:00 PST |
$5.33? |
Some bozo is selling a used copy of Dollhouse over at Amazon for $5.33. This type of slashdown is probably not the greatest for author and publisher, but we're not in this for the money, so maybe...
Posted by The Jargon on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 08:29:00 PST |
Fuck you for only reading the short pieces |
One person told me they read Greco's story in a way that led me to believe they actually read it.
Same for Kepnes.
Same for Van Noord.
That's why I tell these writers they need to focus their effort...
Posted by The Jargon on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:43:00 PST |
