MAGICAL REALISM NEWS FOR WEDNESDAY, NOV 30
Topic: November 2005
CONTRIBUTOR
NEWS
? The prolific Jan Steckel has been a busy
bee this fall. She writes: "First, the most exciting
news: Zeitgest Press will publish The Underwater
Hospital [Jan's chapbook] in the spring." She'll be reading and signing copies at the following
dates/venues in the Bay area:
Tues Mar 7: Works in Progress at the Montclair
Women's Center (an all-women reading with open
mic)
Thurs Apr 6: First Thursdays at the Albany Library
(with open mic)
Sat Jun 17: 2-4p at the Lakeview Branch Library in
Oakland
Steckel's recent publications include work in
Street Spirit,
The Pedestal,
El Portal de Una Musa,
So
Ma Literary Review,
Oakland's
Neighborhoods (Mailman Press, 2005),
Bay
Area Poets Seasonal Review and
Woman-Stirred.
Upcoming: "Alex the Dragon," a very short story by Steckel, will appear in the Winter Issue of Lodestar
Quarterly on December 21. Her work, "On a
Lesbian Wedding in the Woods," will be coming out in
March in Linda Zeiser's What I Want from You:
Voices of East Bay Lesbians (Raw Art Press). Her
poems, "Black Leather" and "Home Run" are
forthcoming in Harrington Lesbian Literary Review. Also, her poem, "The Maiden Aunts," will be reprinted next year online in Awakened
Woman and in 2007 for the second edition of
Blood to Remember: American Poets on the
Holocaust (Time Being Books) (edited by Charles Fishman). Fishman will also include
Steckel's poem, "Diamonds and Rubies," in the
Apr-Jun 06 issue of New Works Review.
Steckel also announces this contest:
Mother Poetry
Contest for the online literary salon,
Woman-Stirred. No entry fee, and the winner
gets their poem published on Woman-Stirred and wins several other prizes, including a copy of The Underwater Hospital.
? Christopher Kritwise
Doyle's story, "The
Missing Scroll," which we nominated in 2005 for the
Pushcart Prize, Best American NonRequired Reading
and The Year's Best Fantasy, was selected for
reprint in the forthcoming anthology, Peculiar
Pilgrims: Stories from The Left Hand of God,
which will be released in Summer 2006.
? We always love to hear from our French Martinican
contributor, Zyskandar
A. Jaimot. He reports
that his beautifully handprinted book, From Asano
Condivi's Life of Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni [The Lost Chapter], has been released by publisher Bull Thistle Press and is available for purchase. His first book of poetry, Take Me Home to Pringus, will be released in early 2006 by M Books of Canada. Jaimot recommends Kazuo Ishigura's latest book, Let Me Go, which he describes as "well-written, although kind of depressing—nonetheless a good read." He also
reports that he still refuses "to follow any of Martha Stewart's recipes or stock tips!"
Especially good news: Jaimot's now stabilized from a
recent setback in his physical condition, with surgery to follow in a week or so. Speedy Recovery To You, And Get Well Soon, ZAJ!
? Thad
Rutkowski, who interviewed Janice Eidus for Margin a few years
ago, continues to be busy with writing, performances, publishing
and teaching.
Rigoberto Gonzalez gave Rutkowski's
book, Tetched, the thumbs up in Laila Lalami's
blog, Moorish
Girl [see Nov 8 05 entry]. Tetched
was also reviewed by George Held for Book/Mark and in the Midwest Book Review.
Rutkowski will be teaching "Generating Fiction" on
Mon Jan 9 at The Writer's Voice of the West Side
YMCA. The workshop focuses on producing new writing (stories, chapters, prose pieces) and is open to all. For
more info
Upcoming readings for Rutkowski:
Dec 3, 2-4p, Bowery Poetry
Club, with Tom Savage, Jeffrey Wright, James
Hoff, others. Hosted by Steve Dalachinsy and Yuko
Otomo
Dec 5, 8p, Smut series at the Galapagos Arts Space,
Brooklyn. Hosted by Desiree Burch and Regie Cabico.
Info: (718) 782-5188.
Dec 6, 7p, Fiction slam with Fiction magazine
contributors at the Loft in Manhattan. Info
Dec 9, 8p, The North Water Street Gallery in Kent,
OH. Hosted by Maj Ragain.
Dec 10, 7p, Mac's Backs Books on Coventry in
Cleveland Heights, OH. Info
Jan 1, 2p-midnight. Alternative New Year's Day
extravaganza. Bowery Poetry Club Hosted by Bruce Weber,
others. [Rutkowski reads between 2-4p]
Jan 8, 6p, Quetzal Quill reading at Cornelia Street in Manhattan. With Paolo Javier, Sarah Gambito. Hosted by Rigoberto Gonzalez. $6, includes drink. Info: (212) 989-9319.
Feb 12, 5p, East Side Oral, The Living Room in
Manhattan. Hosted by Elise Miller. Donation. Venue and
Host
Info.
Feb 21, 7p, Poets for Oxfam at Oxfam Books & Music
in London W1, England. Hosted by Todd Swift.
Feb 23, 8:30p, Shortfuse series at The
Camden Head Pub in London N1, England. Hosted
by Nathan Penlington.
Mar 15, 7:30p, World's End in Beacon, NY. $3. Plus
open reading.
Posted by magicalrealismmaven@yahoo.com
at 9:54 AM PST
Updated: 30 November 2005 9:58 AM PST
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