Having failed to nab a number of internships at showy magazines, I’d thought of my new job as a bookstore clerk as settling. My first impression of my bosses didn’t help quash my snobbery—six straight hours spent talking sports and handling books without a single mention of their own literary…
Read more » 0 CommentsBaltimore Review contributor Gary L. McDowell is proud to announce that his second full-length book of poetry, WEEPING AT A STRANGER'S FUNERAL, has been accepted by Dream Horse Press. The publisher is expecting a late 2013 release date." WEEPING AT A STRANGER'S FUNERAL is a book of associative and…
Read more » 0 CommentsI was catching up with the NewPages blog this morning—always a good source of literary journal news—when this November 26 blog post title caught my eye: “End of the World. End of the Book?” My heart stopped. Well, not for long. Although the post was an announcement of the River Styx issue…
Read more » 0 CommentsYou'd be hard pressed these days to find a movie not based on a book. On the Lincoln:Vampire Hunter/ Lincoln à la Team of Rivals spectrum, today's theatergoers face Twilight, Cloud Atlas, Anna Karenina, and soon, Silk and Fifty Shades of Grey (new spectrum-markers, I'll bet anything). As…
Read more » 0 CommentsSee this visual prompt? The title of this photo by Michael Whalen is "Landing." Did it set the cogs and gears of your mind in motion? Excellent. Submit your response in the "Prompt Response" category at the Submit link. You have a lot of leeway, and we're eager to see how all those minds out there…
Read more » 0 CommentsPublication news from BR contributor John F. Buckley: When novice poet John F. Buckley decided to Google his college buddy Martin Ott, he was stunned to discover that his friend was not only a novelist and screenwriter, but also a Pushcart-nominated poet. After Buckley recovered, he sent Ott two…
Read more » 0 CommentsAnnouncing the final judge for our winter contest: Bruce A. Jacobs Contest deadline is November 30. Theme is "Destination." Click the "Submit" button on the Submission Guidelines page for more information. Bruce A. Jacobs is a poet, a nonfiction author, a working jazz drummer, and an improving…
Read more » 0 CommentsMichael Salcman, Little Patuxent Review Consulting Editor for Art, and Baltimore Review poetry editor, will give a joint poetry reading with Myra Sklarew on the topic of Science and Technology. Their reading will be followed by a panel discussion with brief readings by other poets and writers. This…
Read more » 0 CommentsThe following review of the (then) forthcoming Maggot by Paul Muldoon was accepted by The Baltimore Review in 2010, prior to our re-launch, and is quoted at http://www.paulmuldoon.net/news.php4 . We think it's worth repeating. - Barbara Westwood Diehl, Senior Editor Upon revisiting this review, I'm…
Read more » 0 CommentsBe sure to stop by our booth at the Baltimore Book Festival, held September 28-30, 2012! We'll be sharing a booth with Washington Writers Publishing House, and we think you'll like the WWPH folks, too. Hang out and chat with us. We love shmoozing with fellow writers and editors. And readers!…
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