Announcements
April 7, 2009
Tonight on 4th Avenue 0
by Garth Risk Hallberg
Tonight’s installment of the Pacific Standard Fiction series in Brooklyn is a special “NYFA night,” featuring three 2008 fiction fellows of the New York Foundation for the Arts. They are: National Book Award-nominee Christine Schutt, author of All Souls; Guggenheim honoree Paul LaFarge, author of Haussmann, or The Distinction; and me. Drink specials will benefit [...]
April 2, 2009
Blog Drop: Welcome to themillions.com 8
by C. Max Magee
We have some exciting news today. I’ve long pined for the perfect url for The Millions and now we finally have it. From now on, The Millions will reside at www.themillions.com. Long-time readers will know that this is in fact the fourth address that the site has had over the years, but I can assure [...]
March 26, 2009
Welcome Lydia 2
by C. Max Magee
We’re welcoming a new regular contributor to the fold today. Lydia Kiesling has shared her “Modern Library Revue” project with The Millions over the last few weeks, and as of today The Millions will become its new home. As a regular contributor, Lydia will also depart from her project to offer up posts on non-”Best [...]
March 25, 2009
Join Us: The First Annual Millions Walking Tour of NYC Indie Book Stores 6
by C. Max Magee
Please see our updated itinerary One of the supreme pleasures of reading is the way adventures begun on the page – or on the screen – take on a life of their own. Since posting our revised and expanded “Walking Tour of New York’s Independent Bookstores” last week, we’ve been overwhelmed by great feedback. Now, [...]
March 24, 2009
Anniversary: The Millions Turns 6 2
by C. Max Magee
The Millions is six years old today. We’re another year deeper, and as in past years it seems an appropriate moment for reflection. Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the shape and format of what we do here. The Millions is ostensibly a blog, a publishing format that seems to have had a brief [...]
February 8, 2009
Short Fiction Workshop 0
by Edan Lepucki
I’m teaching another eight-week Short Fiction Workshop, which will begin March 12, 2009. This course differs from previous ones in that, aside from our examinations of published short fiction, we will also be reading nonfiction writing about writing (so far I’ve got Annie Dillard, Italo Calvino and Lewis Hyde on the list – with possible [...]
