Recent Articles
April 9, 2012
The Brothers Carrotmazov Was Taken 1
by Nick Moran
I’m not sure if you guys heard, but Elif Batuman joined Twitter a few days ago, and promptly seized the sweetest user alias on the site.
April 9, 2012
Distant Stations: On Steve Erickson’s These Dreams of You 1
by David Rice
A has-been LA novelist and current late nite radio host sits down with his newly adopted Ethiopian daughter to watch Obama win the presidency. He gets to thinking that at last the evaporated dream of the 60s – and the guiding dream of his life – has been fulfilled. The rest of the novel follows the myriad ways in which this turns out not to be the case.
April 8, 2012
Lit Reactor’s Literary Tattoo Contest 0
by Nick Moran
Do you have literary ink? No, not that kind. We’re talking tattoos. Lit Reactor wants to see your Moby-Dick-themed tramp stamps, and your Le Petit Prince-themed bicep tats.
April 8, 2012
Sex, Violence, & Satire Contest 0
by Nick Moran
Mixer publishing is running a “Sex, Violence, & Satire” contest with a $1,000 prize, and there’s still time to enter. So, if you’ve been chewing on the idea of writing a story containing “sex and satire,” “violence and satire,” or “sex, violence, and satire,” then consider this motivation to finish it up.
April 8, 2012
A Poem From Us 0
by Nick Moran
“A Poem From Us” features regular people reading their favorite poems. According to the project’s founder, Felix Jung, its goal is to “use technology to help folks share their love of poetry with others.” That’s something we can all get behind, isn’t it? You can participate in two ways: record a video of yourself recording [...]
April 8, 2012
Greg Mortenson Settles with CAI 0
by Nick Moran
Greg Mortenson, whose legal and ethical battles we’ve mentioned before, has agreed to repay $1,000,000 of the funds he allegedly embezzled from the Central Asia Institute.
