Sky Davis' work has appeared in The BK Reader, The Ashfield News, and Attack Bear Press's Poetry Vending Machine Project, among others. They hold a degree in Creative Writing from Columbia University and live in New York City. You can find them at @skythedavis on Twitter.
You’ve heard me talk about Other Voices Querétaro. Our website is now live! Workshops with Pam Houston, Josip Novakovich and Rob Roberge. My longtime partner in the Other Voices operations, Stacy…
This week I’ve been reading a lot about illness. I read this stunning essay by Barry Silesky, poet and longtime editor of ACM, in the Missouri Review, in tandem with Bob Flanagan’s The Pain Journal.…
Jump on board for the Great Write Off. Speaking of Dzanc Books, co-founder, award-winning author and philanthropist extraordinaire, Steven Gillis, gives it up on Other People. Ladyparts Justice…”they hate creepy…
Junot Díaz is the most interesting kind of… hmm… I was going to use the word “genius,” but maybe that’s not quite right for a man who spends seventeen years honing one brilliant book.
Honestly, stop everything and watch Sarah Silverman walk you through the current regulations on “voter fraud.” In short, make sure Grandma’s registered to own a firearm and we’re all good……
The highlight of your literary week? This “Six Question Sex Interview” with Junot Diaz, conducted by Six Question Sex Interview pioneer, Jessica Anya Blau. (P.S. Rumor has it I’m next…
Thrice-acclaimed novelist, Jonathan Evison, talks community-building, literary intimacy, the importance of editors, and the fragile construction of hope.
A fascinating documentary film, Sole Survivor, exploring the fates of sole survivors of commercial airline crashes has been successfully funded on Kickstarter. Congrats! Philip Roth to cooperate on a biography of…
Excellent, albeit depressing as hell, HuffPo piece about the corruption in politics. Uh…happy reading? Ilie Ruby, author of The Salt God’s Daughter, will be interviewed soon on The Sunday Rumpus.…
Live in Chicago? The multi-city, roving reading series, Nervous Breakdown Literary Experience, is back, hosted by Sunday Salon Chicago, tonight. Black Rock Pub, 3614 N. Damen, 8pm. Performers include Megan…
Navigating the world of literary agents, at The Millions. Some good stuff here, except that the longshot theory of “it’s all who you know” isn’t really true. I got my…