September - 2014

Gazing Grain Press

Ephemera

Miniatures

from A Book of Poems on Beauty

by Anne Lesley Selcer

We Can't Read This

by Meg Day

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Tunes for your feminist fall

Whether you're a student settling into the new semester, a teacher sitting down to grade your first stack of papers, or just a human who loves the glorious changing of the seasons from summer to fall, you definitely need our #fallintofeminism playlist. Featuring a mix of timeless classics and brand new jams, this playlist includes songs and artists recommended by our editors and readers throughout the summer. This playlist includes a diverse group of artists and songs we admi

Feminist Resource Feature: Minerva Rising

I discovered Minerva Rising Literary Journal while browsing Duotrope.com, looking for new feminist literary journals that could be a good home for my poems. What drew me to the journal was its mission of creating a welcoming space (in print and online) for everywoman to be creative. Minerva Rising Editor-in-Chief Kim Brown read somewhere that stories authored by women were “small” compared with those written by men. “That troubled me,” she said. “It devalued the work of women

Shanna Compton Talks Bloof Books, Poetry, Labeling & Feminisms

Shanna Compton Talks Bloof Books, Poetry, Labeling & Feminisms

Sarah Marcus: You’ve said that you left Soft Skull Press and began your own press, Bloof Books, so that you could focus on poetry. Can you tell us about the history of the press? What kind of poetry do you publish, and as an editor, what do you look for in a manuscript or collection of poems? Many of the beautiful chapbooks you publish are handmade. Can you please tell us about this process? Shanna Compton: The press happened sort of quickly, but it was actually something I'd

2014 Chapbook Launch Event at Fall for the Book

Join us this week at George Mason University for a reading featuring 2014 Chapbook Contest winner Anne Lesley Selcer and runner-up Kevin McClellan! We are thrilled that once again our sponsor, the Fall for the Book Festival, will feature the launch of our 2014 chapbook during this week's festival. The festival will run from Sept. 11th-18th, with readings and panels across Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. The Gazing Grain Press reading will be held from 4:00-5:15 pm on S

Review: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Review: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Ann Leckie Ancillary Justice Orbit Books, 2013 Paperback, $15.00 416 pages Space opera. A place where you can easily slip into writing more male heroes with maybe one female tag-along who ends up being cool. In her multiple award-winning debut novel Ancillary Justice, first of a planned trilogy, Ann Leckie shows readers that she isn’t interested in the easy way. Her narrator Breq, later revealed to be a “segment” of a larger AI consciousness that was destroyed twenty years

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