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Rumpus Exclusive: Cover Reveal for Foreshadow

  • The Rumpus
  • June 18, 2020
An exclusive first look at the cover of the forthcoming collection, FORESHADOW!
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Combating Lit Journal Bias

  • Victor Luo
  • August 11, 2016
In the latest installment of “The Blunt Instrument” over at Electric Literature, Elisa Gabbert tackles the delicate question of bias in literary journals. Her answer? Take thoughtful reflections and make careful adjustments.
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The Rumpus Interview with Becky Tuch

  • Max Gray
  • July 1, 2016
Becky Tuch discusses founding The Review Review, motherhood, creativity, and the future of literary magazines.
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Pressing Send

  • Guia Cortassa
  • June 28, 2016
A writer friend recently asked me a brief but not-so-simple question: How do you decide where to send your work? Over at Lit Hub, Erika Dreifus answers this simple yet…
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Failing at Gender

  • Kelly Lynn Thomas
  • May 18, 2016
An essay by Daniel Harris in the most recent issue of The Antioch Review has sparked a backlash from the transgender community, with many members of the trans community feeling…
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The Dark Web’s Literary Journal

  • Michelle Vider
  • February 1, 2016
For Motherboard at VICE, Joseph Cox interviews the two creators of The Torist, the first literary journal created and available solely on the dark web. Robert W. Gehl, the public…
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Disguising Payments Hurts Writers

  • Ian MacAllen
  • June 3, 2015
Literary journals don’t always pay contributors. But unpaid contributions are less of a problem for writers than literary journals that conceal their pay rates. Allison Williams, over at The Review…
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In Search of Women

  • Ian MacAllen
  • April 27, 2015
The latest VIDA count might have some disappointing if unsurprising results, but there are empowered women involved in the literary community if you know where to look. Danielle Lazarin compiled…
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Model Citizens

  • Claire Burgess
  • October 17, 2014
Becky Tuch, founder of The Review Review, talks about the growing diversity in literary magazines, badass female protagonists, and the problems with telling writers how to be good literary citizens:…
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Letting the Story Surprise You

  • Lyz Lenz
  • August 21, 2014
As part of their series on the craft of non-fiction and the personal essay, Michael Steinberg discusses the struggles and surprises of writing his memoir in the Tri-Quarterly Review. As…
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Submission Strategy

  • Ian MacAllen
  • August 15, 2014
Writers don’t always use their time efficiently when it comes to submitting to literary journals. Luanne Castle, writing at The Review Review, explores strategies for improving the submission process: I…
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A Look Inside the Kenyon Review

  • P.E. Garcia
  • July 8, 2014
If you’re wondering just how exactly the Kenyon Review chooses what it’s going to publish, Managing Editor Abigail Wadsworth Serfass writes on the journal’s blog about one story’s journey from the…
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