Interviews:
Peter LaSalle, author of
TELL BORGES IF YOU SEE HIM, in
Bookslut.
Major Jackson, author of
LEAVING SATURN, on NPR's
New Letters on the Air.
Authors in the news:
Mary Jo Bang, author of
THE DOWNSTREAM EXTREMITY OF THE ISLE OF SWANS, has won the
2007 National Book Critics Award for Poetry for her collection titled
Elegy.
David Crouse, author of
COPY CATS, has won the Mary McCarthy Prize for Short Fiction for a short story collection that will be published in August by
Sarabande Books.
Sue William Silverman, author of the memoir
BECAUSE I REMEMBER TERROR, FATHER, I REMEMBER YOU, is also author of the novel
Love Sick, which has been made into a movie by the
Lifetime Network.
Awards:
SOUTHERN COMFORTS by Sudye Cauthen has won the bronze in Florida Nonfiction from the
Florida Book Awards. Winning books and their authors will be featured in the July issue of the Florida Humanities Council's Forum magazine.
Three UGA Press titles have been named finalists for the
ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award:
THE RINGING EAR (Anthologies category),
DOUGH (Autobiography/Memoir category), and
PROPHET FROM PLAINS (Political Science category).
Reviews:
DOUGH in
Jbooks.
SPRAWLING PLACES is part of a feature on modern architecture in a recent issue of the
Chronicle of Higher Education.
The spring issue of the Jewish Book World features a great review of
THE PALE OF SETTLEMENT: "Singer writes clearly, succinctly, and effectively. The characters are believable, and the stories uplifting but realistic. Modern issues—terrorism and the second Lebanon war—intrude, but do not overwhelm, a testament to Singer’s skill and artistry."
The unaugural volumes in the
VQR Poetry Series were featured in a full-page spread in a recent issue of Publishers Weekly:
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BOY (starred review): "This second collection from Kate Tufts Award–winner Phillips ... is haunted by memories, could-have-beens and what-ifs ... Phillips is consumed with his vulnerability as a parent and finds himself lost in the cyclical recurrences of time."
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THE HISTORY OF ANONYMITY: "[Chang] is at her best and boldest in raw poems ... The final section continues the narrative of the victimized child, her sister, and her mother, with frankness and a refreshing lack of melodrama."
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HARDSCRABBLE: "This debut showcases a wild and powerful wit in action."
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FIELD FOLLY SNOW: "The sharp, pastoral imagery of Parks’s debut is set ablaze by an ominous tone and the author’s fine musical ear. Her tight tercets and prose blocks convey a sense of isolation, which, when broken by the appearance of someone other than the speaker, is as jarring as a rock heaved into a still pond."
PROPHET FROM PLAINS by Frye Gaillard in the
National Catholic Reporter.
GROUNDED GLOBALISM by James L. Peacock in the
Nashville Tennessean.
THE PALE OF SETTLEMENT by Margot Singer in
NewPages.com.
NEW ORLEANS AFTER THE PROMISES by Kent Germany in the
American Historical Review.
We get blogged:
Sudye Cauthen, author of
SOUTHERN COMFORTS, has a
new blog.
Recommendation for
THE UNABRIDGED DEVIL'S DICTIONARY by Ambrose Bierce in
Etcetera WhateverPraise for Michael Martone, author of
RACING IN PLACE, in
ZyzzyvaspeaksReflections on Erskine Caldwell's
TOBACCO ROAD and
GOD'S LITTLE ACRE in
The View from GraustarkMention of
EQUIANO THE AFRICAN by Vincent Carretta in
African Disapora, Ph.D.
Dawn Lundy Martin has been named a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in the category of Poetry for her book A GATHERING OF MATTER / A MATTER OF GATHERING. The Lambda Awards recognize writers of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender literature. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in West Hollywood on May 29.
