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Issue 4 contributor Mahmoud Saeed recognized in the latest New Yorker.
The current issue of the New Yorker contains an article on contemporary Arabic novels and features Mahmoud Saeed and his novel Saddam City.
For all the horror it details, this is a startlingly warm and humane book. Saeed, despite the incitements … Continue reading
Eula Biss in Time Out, Harper’s, and Bookstores Nationwide
Congratulations!
Eula Biss‘s new collection of essays Notes from No Man’s Land was recently published by Graywolf press. “Nobody Knows Your Name,” an essay from the collection, is proudly published in MAKE issue 7.
In addition, there’s an excerpt from the book in the … Continue reading
Andrew (A-Z) has arrived
Andrew (A to Z) by issue #2 contributor K.B. Dixon is out in the world now and available online
at Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Powell’s, etc.
For more info visit http://www.kbdixonbooks.com/
Chicago Lit Lounge at the Cultural Center
“The Chicago Publishers Gallery is a true display of the city’s diversity, enthusiasm, and determination. From the largest university publisher in the U.S. to experimental ‘micropresses’ to authors of every stripe, Chicago’s literary entrepreneurs are motivated by a do-it-yourself spirit and a … Continue reading
Congrats National Book Award Finalists (in particular…)
Congrats to Issue #5 and #4 contributor Reginald Gibbons for the nomination of his book of poems Creatures of a Day (Louisiana State University Press)
And to Issue #4 interviewee Aleksandar Hemon for the nomination of his novel The Lazarus Project (Riverhead)
Chicago.
Due October 1st: Your Rent and Ghosts of Chicago by John McNally
Issue 5 featured the five-story feature “Five Dead Guys: A History of Chicago” by John McNally. The many-more-than-five-guys version is now complete and being published by Jefferson Press. You can now purchase Ghosts of Chicago via Amazon. Head directly to … Continue reading
KB Dixon and the Oregon Book Awards
Many people have moved to Portland, but few can claim to be a finalist in the Oregon Book Awards. Issue 2 contributor (short story, Andrew (A-Z) is a 2008 finalist for his book The Sum of His Syndromes
Aaron Michael Morales and his new book.
Morales’ newly released chapbook From Here You Can Almost See the End of the Desert is available from Momotombo Press.
And the long-anticipated Drowning Tucson is forthcoming in Spring 2010 from Coffee House Press. A short story from the book, “El Camino,” appeared … Continue reading
John McNally Uses Superpowers for Good
From MAKE 5 contributor John McNally:
My new book WHO CAN SAVE US NOW?: BRAND-NEW SUPERHEROES AND THEIR AMAZING (SHORT) STORIES, coedited with writer extraordinaire Owen King, is available now from Amazon and should be available everywhere soon if it isn’t … Continue reading
