Tag: publication

Expanding a Legacy: The Pitkin Review

by Christine Kalafus   Last spring I received an unexpected email from the outgoing Editor-in-Chief of The Pitkin Review. It read:             “I wanted to ask if you’d be interested in filling the position of Editor-in-Chief next semester.” I nearly choked on my tea. Then I had two thoughts:             There must be someone more… Continue reading Expanding a Legacy: The Pitkin Review

And have you read… Slab?

Slab is Goddard alumna Selah Saterstrom’s new book out from Coffeehouse Press, a place you can rely on for fascinating, timely and inventive work. “On a slab that’s all Katrina left of her Mississippi home, Tiger tells a story full of wickedness and incantation…” Excerpt from the book: “SCENE IN A HOUSE: The filthy kitchenette,… Continue reading And have you read… Slab?

And have you read… The Child Eater?

Rachel Pollack’s new book is an adult fairy tale! She answered a few questions for The Writer: 1) What was the inspiration for THE CHILD EATER? THE CHILD EATER began as the two final stories in a collection of adult fairy tales, The Tarot Of Perfection, that I’d written some years before.  Actually, three of… Continue reading And have you read… The Child Eater?

Pitch Madness! How I Got My Agent

By Mia Siegert Recently, I participated in a Twitter and Blog Competition called Pitch Madness hosted by Brenda Drake. With increasing use of e-readers and social media marketing, writers are able to connect with agents and editors, sometimes having only 140-characters to pitch one’s book. If an agent’s attention is caught from just 140-characters, that… Continue reading Pitch Madness! How I Got My Agent

How to Survive Winter with Just Your Own Mind…

                        This past weekend, it snowed on the Vermont campus! If you’ve still got the chills, or are dreading next winter, or summer is your winter, learn how to survive winter in this now-classic essay by Rebecca Brown in The Stranger: “It’s dark outside… Continue reading How to Survive Winter with Just Your Own Mind…

HARIBO to publish “B-61” by Douglas A. Martin

This is a new publishing idea (“a new place for writing that I am making online”). More from editor Jacob Severn: “I would hesitate to call it a journal, because it will have no archive, no collection. Only a single piece will be made available to read at any given time.” I first met Jacob… Continue reading HARIBO to publish “B-61” by Douglas A. Martin

Susan Kim’s latest YA novel out today

GUARDIANS, the third and final book in the WASTELAND trilogy written by Susan Kim and her husband/occasional writing partner, Laurence Klavan, is out today from HarperTeen. (And two weeks ago, the second book, WANDERERS, came out in paperback) Blog tour is just beginning! Read an interview with Susan and Laurence on YA Series Insiders: Inside Secrets… Continue reading Susan Kim’s latest YA novel out today

Traveling Toward Publication

by Kristen Ringman From the moment I arrived on campus, I felt the magic of Goddard.  It wasn’t just the gorgeous woods fringing the campus.  It wasn’t the music building, where the students gathered every evening and often remained until morning.  It wasn’t Darla, the little dog that Program Director Paul Selig always had by… Continue reading Traveling Toward Publication

The Edge of Normal: Italian edition

From Carla: “I’m thrilled by the beautiful cover of the Italian edition of my novel, THE EDGE OF NORMAL. (The Italian title is “The Survivor.”) Carla Norton’s debut fiction, The Edge of Normal, was a Thriller Award finalist and a Royal Palm Literary Award winner. The sequel, What Doesn’t Kill Her, will be released in… Continue reading The Edge of Normal: Italian edition

We Are Believers: Reading Bhanu Kapil

In honor of the publication of Bhanu Kapil’s newest book Ban en Banlieue, published by Nightboat Books, the writers Amina Cain, Jenny Zhang, Sofia Samatar, and our own Douglas A. Martin, gathered together in a conversation for The Believer to talk about the work of the British-Punjabi writer, who teaches in the Department of Writing and Poetics… Continue reading We Are Believers: Reading Bhanu Kapil

ALUMNI NEWS – Ron Heacock Story Collection

Ron Heacock’s short story collection, Hey This is it, I’m Going to Die, was published by Libros Igni in November 2014. Many of the stories were written during his time as a Goddard undergraduate. Here’s the back cover description: What strange guests are these? A boy with the ability to lead the dead. A girl who can… Continue reading ALUMNI NEWS – Ron Heacock Story Collection