Winter 2013: Got Fame?

Artwork in this Issue

“It’s Common Knowledge”Featured Artist: Rune Guneriussen

  • January cover
  • Editor’s Note
  • “Is Fiction Empathy’s Best Hope?”
  • "Randall Horton: Two Prose Poems"
  • "rob mclennan: Four Prose Poems"
  • "Iris Jamahl Dunkle: Prose Poem"

 

 

“Reclaim” © Corrine Reid

Featured Artist: Corinne Reid

  • February cover
  • "Jerry McGuire: Two Prose Poems"
  • "Wendy Brown-Báez: Prose Poem"
  • “Why I Didn't Toss Out Fifty Shades of Grey”

 

 

 

 

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“Reclaim” © Corrine Reid

Writing and the Joy of Obscurity

Editor's Note by Martha Nichols

While a love of gossip is part of the human condition, there’s another aspect to contemporary fame that’s raised the stakes for all of us.

New pieces will appear on the Table of Contents as they publish throughout the issue cycle.

 

Columns

Authors, Nothing but the Toth, Fame : Celebrity Writers on the Loose by Emily Toth
Media Debate, Talking Indie : How Much Should E-Books Cost? by David Biddle
Family Stories, Yawping Wild, Fame : Fame, Fortune, and a Purposeful Life by Steven Lewis

Theme for this Issue

Authors, Fame : Do Fans Love Authors or Their Books? by Martha Nichols
Authors, Reader's Life, Fame : Fallen Idols by Elizabeth Titus
Teaching, Authors, Fame : Elizabeth Bishop at Harvard by Robert Boucheron
Authors, Reader's Life, Fame : Giving Stephen King Another Chance by Wendy Glaas
Authors, Journalism, Fame : Not Looking Stupid While Talking to Neil Gaiman by J.p. Lawrence

Trends and Reviews

Teaching, Book Reviews : What’s a Creative Writing Program Good For? by Fred Setterberg
Media Debate, About Fiction : Barack Obama, Fictional Character by William Gray
Media Debate, About Fiction : Is Fiction Empathy's Best Hope? by Ron MacLean
Media Debate, Diversity, Journalism : Women Writers and Bad Interviews by Lorraine Berry
Book Reviews, Sex : Why I Didn't Toss Out Fifty Shades of Grey by Karen J. Ohlson
Media Debate, Diversity, Journalism : Can Editors Change the World? by Martha Nichols

Poetry

Spotlight Essay, Prose Poetry : The Big Bang of Prose Poetry by Carol Dorf
Prose Poetry : Lois Marie Harrod: Prose Poem by Lois Marie Harrod
Prose Poetry : Trina Gaynon: Prose Poem by Trina Gaynon
Prose Poetry : Metta Sáma: Prose Poem by Metta Sáma
Prose Poetry : rob mclennan: Four Prose Poems by rob mclennan
Prose Poetry : Randall Horton: Two Prose Poems by Randall Horton
Prose Poetry : Jerry McGuire: Two Prose Poems by Jerry McGuire
Prose Poetry : Wendy Brown-Báez: Prose Poem by Wendy Brown-Báez
Prose Poetry : Carol Dorf: Prose Poem by Carol Dorf
Prose Poetry : Iris Jamahl Dunkle: Prose Poem by Iris Jamahl Dunkle

Personal Stories

Advice, Writer's Life : A Shy Writer Learns to Market Herself by Kelcey Parker
Memoir, Nature : Glistening Scar by John Gredler
Teaching, Writer's Life : Teaching Writing When the Unimaginable Happens by Lorraine Berry

Interviews

Featured Interview, About Fiction : Connie Willis: “History Is the Raw Data” by Lorraine Berry
Featured Interview : Connie Willis: “Success Is the Best Revenge” by Lorraine Berry

Fiction

Short Stories : Agua Dulce by David Meischen