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Literary Magazines and Journals Database| Poets & Writers

Literary Magazines and Journals Database| Poets & Writers. While searching for literary journals online in order to create a database,…

literary journals, poets & writers

Bossypants by Tina Fey

In today’s world coming across visible female role models can be quite challenging. Young women gaze at countless types of…

30 Rock, Book Review, Bossypants, memoir, Tina Fey

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

Reading Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad is kind of like going on a fantastic journey through time…

Book Review, fiction, jennifer egan, music fiction, pulitzer

Ann Beattie: Now and Then

In college I read a short story by Ann Beattie in one of those short fiction compilation books assigned in…

ann beattie, distortions, paris review, Short Fiction, Writing

Gambler’s Quartet by Brad Summerhill

Gambler’s Quartet follows the tragic story of an estranged mother and son trying to survive their own demons and defects…

Book Review, Brad Summerhill, fiction, gambling, nevada, Nevada Review, prostitution, reno, Virginia Avenue Press

Ghostopolis by Doug TenNapel

I don’t typically read young adult stuff, but I came across this YA graphic novel on Amazon and thought it…

ghost, graphic novel, YA, young adult

The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman

Tom Rachman‘s The Imperfectionists follows the personal lives of a staff of an English language newspaper based in Rome, Italy. Each…

fiction, italy, newspaper, the imperfectionists, tom rachman

“Gold Mine” by Claire Vaye Watkins

After reading The Paris Review‘s disappointing Winter 2010 issue, I must say “Gold Mine” by Claire Vaye Watkins was its…

"gold mine", claire vaye watkins, nevada, Short Fiction, the nevada review, the paris review, Writing

Northline by Willy Vlautin

Vlautin’s The Motel Life and Lean on Pete are both heart-wincing novels about downtrodden young people who make mistakes, struggle,…

Book Review, fiction, las vegas, nevada, reno, willy vlautin

Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love by Chris Roberson and Shawn McManus

I picked up this graphic novel while at the Emerald City Comic Con last weekend. It’s a cute story about…

chris roberson, Cinderella, comic, fabletown, fairytale, graphic novel

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