If you haven’t checked it out yet, Kate has organized a Short Story Reading Challenge. The Short Review has a rather comprehensive list of all the short story collections and anthologies coming out in 2008. The only downside is that the list contains many titles being released in softcover, which means they really came out […]
Below is a list highlighting some of the upcoming short story collections of 2008. I didn’t include pictures because some of the later ones don’t have cover art yet, but I hope you enjoy the selections. I’m particularly excited for Jhumpa Lahiri and Chris Adrian, and have already read or begun to read the stories […]
For 2008, I’ve decided to shift the focus of BookFox onto the short story. This means I’ll be focusing on short story collections and places short stories appear – magazines, literary journals, webzines. It doesn’t mean that BookFox will exclusively cover short stories (I don’t think I could limit my interests that much), but it […]
Have a very Merry Christmas, everyone. I’ll pop back in after the holidays sometime to post again, but for now, I leave you with the reading below. I’ve been hearing a lot about Will Self’s infamous walks over the past few months, and now NY Times finally has a review of his book, Psychogeography. What […]
Literary blogs come and go with some frequency and few lament their passing, but The Return of the Reluctant is one that will be missed. Edward Champion has announced he’s hanging up his spurs. Many thanks to Ed for his tireless cruising about the internet and blogosphere providing quips and tips on the eclectic drugs […]
Ben Marcus has a new short story in Harper’s Magazine, although the web site doesn’t even have January 2008 up yet. Because of the story’s placement in Harper’s, I couldn’t help but reading it in light of the fracas between Marcus and Jonathan Franzen that appeared in the same pages. It’s funny to remember, in […]
Over at the Guardian they have an article about the absence of LA literature. Yes, I agree that the screenwriters often overshadow the novelists (and yes, I have to justify myself at parties as well) but I have to disagree with the main point: In retrospect, the years from the late 1930s to the early […]
This should be nice encouragement for all those writers on strike. Condalmo reminds us that the Tournament of Books is seeking recommendations for your favorite book of 2007. James Wood is coming out with a book, "How Fiction Works" in February. (via Bookdwarf) Below is an excerpt from the Random House description, of which I […]
The Quarterly Conversation has just unveiled its Winter 2007 issue, with a Hispanic literature theme. Well worth your time. The Weekly Standard has another article detailing the resistance to Google’s digitization program for millions of books. Ten Top Manly Writers. I could add a few more modern ones to the list, but they’ve covered the […]
I’m happy to report that they’ve selected a new book for the Winter 2007 Read This! title at the Litblog Co-op. I was worried a week or so ago that things had seemed slow this quarter, but it’s nice to see this new book, selected by the venerable Dan Wickett at Emerging Writers Network. And […]
