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In this piece, my favorite quote about Coleman comes from Miles Davis who says: “He just came and fucked up everybody.” I’ve been listening to a lot of Ornette since he passed, via Columbia’s WKCR jazz show in the evenings. What the Mojo article says about his style being rooted in the blues makes a…
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From Brooklyn Arts Press: In partnership with Brooklyn Poets, Brooklyn Arts Press is proud to announce a call for submissions to our Brooklyn Poets Anthology. We hope to celebrate our borough’s diverse and spirited poetry community with an exciting new book featuring work from an array of talent. Submission deadline is August 30, 2015. To…
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The PEN Poetry Series Is Now Open for Submissions! For the first time since its beginning in 2011, the PEN Poetry Series will be open for unsolicited poetry submissions during the month of May. Following an overwhelming amount of support, queries, and enthusiasm, we’ll be reading poetry from all over the literary world for the upcoming month. Please submit…
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Sackett Street Writers’ Workshop Wed May 20, 7:00PM Host(s): Julia Fierro Appearing: Nicole Haroutunian Kaitlyn Greenidge Robert Levy On the Docket: Reading Book Signing Author Bio(s): Nicole Haroutunian’s short story collection, Speed Dreaming was published by Little A in March. Her story “Youse” won the 2013 Center for Fiction short story contest. She has a…
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This year they partner with Newark Academy. From their site: 2015 3rd Annual e-Chapbook Contest in Partnership with Newark Academy Five Quarterly, in partnership with Newark Academy, is thrilled to announce its 3rd Annual e-Chapbook Contest, judged by a guest staff of high school students from Newark Academy, led by co-founders Vanessa Gabb, Crissy Van Meter, and Newark Academy teacher…
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From the CLMP site: 16th Annual Lit Mag Marathon Weekend April 25th and 26th All events are free and open to the public New York, NY—The magazines may be little, but the weekend is big, big, big! It’s time once again for CLMP’s annual Lit Mag Marathon Weekend, a massive showcase of America’s diverse literary…
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2015 Vella Chapbook Contest $11.00 USD Ends on 5/15/2015 2015 Vella Chapbook Prize: – Manuscripts may be between 16 – 24 pages – Please include a title page with ONLY the title, a table of contents, and an acknowledgements page (not included in page count). – Please do NOT include any identifying information in the…
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How do you keep the reader interested as the story unfolds? That’s the six-million-dollar question. I think it’s a question of pacing and tension. You have to keep the story moving, quickly enough that nobody gets frustrated and slowly enough that you have time to build the world, to make the story full-fleshed and evocative.…
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My God. I first listened to this when I was 14 and it holds up and will hold up. It’s just an explosion of emotion.
Joe Sullivan 