I’m so pleased to
see some new endeavors by literary pals, I just have to share. Joe Ponepinto
and Kelly Davio are working toward the launch of Tahoma Literary Review, and Kim Loomis-Bennett recently launched Collage: Book Reviews. Here’s what you
need to know:
Joe Ponepinto recently made
this announcement on his blog about the launch of Tahoma Literary Review. Kelly
Davio shares info
about TLR on her blog, as well. With this powerhouse editorial team, their
mission is simple: publish amazing work and pay writers fairly. Pay writers.
For creative work. You read that right. Kelly and Joe are on a mission and
setting high standards. Be sure to check out those respective blog posts for
more info about their plans. If you don’t already know these lovely literary citizens,
here’s a brief intro:
Joe Ponepinto is a former book
reviews editor for Los Angeles Review and the author
of a short story collection, The Face Maker and other stories of
obsession. He is a graduate of the MFA program at the Northwest
Institute of Literary Arts and his work has been published in dozens of
literary journals.
Kelly Davio, also a graduate of the NILA writing
program, is former Managing Editor for The Los Angeles Review and current Associate Poetry
Editor for Fifth Wednesday Journal. She is also a book reviewer
for Women’s Review of Books. Her debut collection, Burn
This House, is available from Red Hen Press.
The TLR website
will launch later this month and submissions will open on March 1, 2014. Like Tahoma Literary Review on Facebook for continued updates.
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Kim Loomis-Bennett has just launched
Collage: Book Reviews, a
new online resource that aims to cover an eclectic mix of new books. Kim’s poems
and book reviews have previously appeared in The November 3rd Club, The
Copperfield Review, Poet’s Quarterly, and Hippocampus Magazine.
She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Wilkes University.
I’m thrilled for Kim and am delighted that her first poetry review for Collage is my new book, Square Feet. Read Kim’s
review here.
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While I’m at it, I also want to give a shout-out to both Laurie Lowenstein and Barbara J Taylor. Laurie’s book, Unmentionables, is the debut release
from Kaylie Jones Books, and Barb’s
book, Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night,
will be released as the second KJB title very soon. Kaylie Jones Books is a new imprint of Akashic Books, based in Brooklyn, and I
have to give a slight disclaimer for my shout-out; I’m a nonfiction editor with
KJB, so of course my pride in these releases is a bit biased, but who cares. I’m
proud of these two amazing debut authors—and so proud of Kaylie Jones for embarking on this
incredible journey of discovering new voices.
Unmentionables, by Laurie
Lowenstein, is available
here.
Sing in the
Morning, Cry at Night, by Barbara J Taylor, will soon be available
here.
Like Kaylie
Jones Books on Facebook for updates and news.
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That’s an amazing amount of good news to share. My best wishes for Joe,
Kelly, Kim, Laurie, Barb, and Kaylie. Readers and writers, have fun checking
them all out…
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