by BW | Sep 17, 2011 | Events
This year’s Brooklyn Book Festival is so popular that it is actually impossible to attend a party, and will probably be impossible to go to any of the panels because of the wall of bodies. Does this mean that literature is making a come back? I think that will...
by BW | Aug 30, 2011 | Things We Love
An excerpt from Ann Patchett’s “The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir About Writing and Life” gives us some interesting insight on Grace Paley as a woman and a teacher. Can that burglar story possibly be real? Does it matter? From...
by BW | Aug 25, 2011 | Things We Love
The concept of book trailers really bugs me, but I know we have to make them now. This guy’s is perfect. Great Book Trailer
by BW | Aug 22, 2011 | Events
The literary bunch at Drunken Boat is co-sponsoring an event with the talented Quintan Ana Wikswo and Yeshiva University Museum When? 6:30pm, September 12th Where? Yeshiva University Museum, 15 West 16th St, NYC Tickets? FREE, but you need to book ahead. Click here!...
by BW | Aug 20, 2011 | News
We have selected our first poetry chapbook to publish with Big Wonderful Press: Landscaping for Wildlife By Jen Karetnick. We are excited and hope to add the cover and more information to the website soon. Big Wonderful Press is reading submissions now in multiple...
by BW | Aug 9, 2011 | Things We Love
Re-blogged. “The Los Angeles Times proudly announced last week that it was as dedicated as ever to book coverage — “we have not changed our commitment,” said Vice President of Communications Nancy Sullivan. Sullivan was speaking to Publishers Weekly’s Wendy...
by BW | Aug 6, 2011 | Things We Love
We like this fascinating interview full of tidbits of editor contributions and humble bravado. http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1760/the-art-of-editing-no-1-robert-gottlieb
by BW | Jul 16, 2011 | Things We Love
Sharing a great blog post by a smart woman. She shows us how all of Best American’s short stories come from only 12 literary journals and magazines. Read it here: The Best American Short Stories...
by BW | Jul 3, 2011 | News
The official Big Wonderful Press launch is coming. The launch includes events, prizes, and open submissions. Check back in August.