Happy
Small Press Month! Here at New Issues we're very proud of our writers, and our writers have all been very busy lately. Here are just a few examples of the awards and attention our writers have received recently:
Jennifer Perrine, author of
The Body is No Machine (New Issues, 2007) won the 2008 Ledge Poetry Award for “A Transparent Man Is Hard to Find.” She received $1,000, and her poem will be published in the
Ledge.
Marc Sheehan of Grand Haven, MI, author of
Greatest Hits (New Issues, 1998) won the 2008 Richard Snyder Publication Prize for his poetry collection
Field Guide to the Native Emotions of Michigan. He received $1,000 and publication of his book by
Ashland Poetry Press. Elton Glaser judged.
Katie Peterson, author of
This One Tree (New Issues, 2006), and Jericho Brown, author of
Please (New Issues, 2008), have both received a Bunting Fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.
Sandra Beasley's memoir
Don't Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life was taken by Crown. Poet and
American Scholar editor Beasley is the author of the poetry collection
Theories of Falling (New Issues, 2008). Crown's pub date is late 2010.
Lewis Horton, a contributor to the
Art of the One-Act anthology, just released his novel,
The Writing Class, published by Aberdeen Bay Books.
Elaine Sexton's
Causeway (New Issues, 2008) has been named a finalist for the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry. Jericho Brown's
Please (New Issues, 2008) has been named a finalist for the Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry. The
Publishing Triangle hands out both awards.
Happy Small Press Month! Here at New Issues we're very proud of our writers, and our writers have all been very busy lately. Here are just a few examples of the awards and attention our writers have received recently:
Sunday, March 29th, 6 pm
McNally Jackson Features New Issues in their Indie Press Series:
Visit Ron Slate's website to read his review of Elaine Sexton's Causeway: www.ronslate.com
Visit Critical Mass, the blog of the National Book Critics Circle board of directors, for a brief interview with poet Elaine Sexton, author of the books Sleuth and Causeway. SMALL PRESS SPOTLIGHT: ELAINE SEXTON. Find out how Elaine answers this question from her interviewer, Rigoberto González: "How does a poet find fresh perspective when writing about a place like New York City? How does a single person claim a city that belongs to everyone?"
Elaine Sexton, author of Sleuth and Causeway, will be reading at the upcoming locations:
Elaine Sexton's poem "The Horse in Her" was featured Wednesday, December 19, on the Poetry Daily website. The poem, originally published in New Letters, will appear in Elaine's new book, Causeway, due out from New Issues March 1, 2008.
