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EDITOR'S Note • VOICES ABOVE THE NOISE
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Poetry to the People Tour
CONTRIBUTORS
New Home for the Backwaters Press
Page One • Where New And Noteworthy Books Begin
Prize for Thrillers Sparks Debate
Rescuing Lethem’s Legends
The Anthologist
IN MEMORIAM
Small Press Points
Literary MagNet
Alice Quinn Bids Farewell to PSA
The Time Is Now • Writing Prompts and Exercises
My Life in Books • A MEDITATION ON THE WRITER’S LIBRARY
BE BOLD • Following the acclaim of his debut poetry collection, Night Sky With Exit Wounds, Ocean Vuong confronted expectations for his second book. Rather than craft more poems or turn to memoir, he found power in imagination and freedom in embellishment and wrote a stunningly original novel: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
First Fiction 2019
A Prayer for Travelers
The Unpassing
Goodnight Stranger
In West Mills
The Travelers
Four Lunches and a Breakfast • What I Learned About the Book Business While Breaking Bread With Five Hungry Agents
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Ode to a Copy Editor • A WRITER’S BEST FRIEND
How to Get Paid • BOOK PUBLISHING
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