http://blog.fictionaut.com A literary community for adventurous readers & writers. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:21:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Shelagh Power-Chopra’s “The Snowbank” by Susan Gibb It was a difficult process to select a particular story out of my tons of faves. Many of my favorite stories have already been removed from the files, happily being tweaked for publishing somewhere, I'm sure. From the rest, I scanned quickly and selected ... http://blog.fictionaut.com/2010/03/15/fictionaut-faves-315/ Now and then writers chime in to send over suggestions. Finnegan Flawnt, for example, popped in to whisper "Metazen, Metazen," and I got to thinking that Metazen there is a fine, fine website. Humor, talent, fiction, "out of the box-ness," it's got it all. I think in addition to being ... http://blog.fictionaut.com/2010/03/12/checking-in-with-metazen/ Michael Kimball’s third novel, Dear Everybody, is now in paperback in the US, UK, and Canada. The Believer calls it “a curatorial masterpiece.” Time Out New York calls the writing “stunning.” And the Los Angeles Times says the book is “funny and warm and sad and heartbreaking.” His first two ... http://blog.fictionaut.com/2010/03/10/fictionaut-five-michael-kimball-2/ This past winter holiday, I got Cami Park a subscription to The Lumberyard for HTMLGIANT's second annual indie lit secret santa---and I recently stumbled upon her ecstatic write-up of the first issue she received, issue 5. I couldn't agree more with Park. For example, I too can't bring myself to ... http://blog.fictionaut.com/2010/03/09/luna-digest-39/ On Sharanya Manivannan’s “Streams of Unconsciousness" by Sara t. In "Streams of Unconsciousness" by Sharanya Manivannan, the author gives us two characters in a life long relationship, who are endowed with such precise attributes, that we imagine we know them. What struck me is how she manages to do this ... http://blog.fictionaut.com/2010/03/08/fictionaut-faves-38/ Ray Carver called Amy Hempel some pretty good names, including "a precisionist." Praised by the New York Times as a "miniaturist...whose fiction is marked by an almost miraculous exactitude of observation and execution," Amy is known far and wide for her luminous, perfectly crafted short stories. Her first story collection, ... http://blog.fictionaut.com/2010/03/05/line-breaks-in-the-cemetery-where-al-jolson-is-buried-by-amy-hempel/ Darlin' Neal is the author of the story collection, Rattlesnakes and The Moon (Press 53) which came out this month. Her work has appeared in The Southern Review, Shenandoah, Eleven Eleven, Puerto del Sol, The Pinch, Per Contra, Smokelong Quarterly, elimae, and dozens of other magazines. Among her ... http://blog.fictionaut.com/2010/03/03/fictionaut-five-darlin-neal/ by John Minichillo Marcelle asked me to say something about one of my faves, which made me realize I've given a lot of faves, more than eighty, some for friends, but most to writers I didn't know and was pleasantly surprised by. All of them I stand behind, each of ... http://blog.fictionaut.com/2010/03/01/fictionaut-faves-31/ We collect the best of last week's Twitter feed for those of you who "don't know from Twitter." If you have member news or interesting links to share, please email or DM us. On Fictionaut Fictionaut April Fool's Challenge! Jim Hanas leads up to his Significant Object on Fictionaut. Fictionauts at ... http://blog.fictionaut.com/2010/02/27/tweetable-227/ Nicolle Elizabeth is a fiction writer and contributor at the Brooklyn Rail, Words Without Borders, and others. Her work has appeared in Wigleaf, elimae, the dogzplot anthology, sir! and some other fine places she is thrilled, baby, thrilled to be included in. Her chapbook threadbare von barren is forthcoming from ... http://blog.fictionaut.com/2010/02/24/fictionaut-five-nicolle-elizabeth/