Literary Links
The following links are to literary and political sites on the Web that are using this new medium's potential in impressive ways: by publishing the work of new writers and artists as well as new thoughts and new ideas. We welcome your feedback and suggestions. — The Editors
Action Books
A poetry and translation press focusing on international writing and hybrid forms. The press was co-started by poets/translators Joyelle McSweeney and Johannes Göransson, and includes poetry by Catherine Wagner and Tao Lin, and translations of Kim Hyesoon's and Gunnar Björling's works.
Arts & Letters Daily
This site is designed to help you sort through the mountains of information on the Internet and find the "precious nuggets of real content...from among the most intellectually stimulating sites on the Internet."
Arts Journal
A digest, updated every weekday, of some of the best arts and cultural journalism, including reviews of new concerts and exhibits and industry news.
The Atlantic
One of the best and most intelligent magazines in America—"bound in 1857; unbound since 1993"—has a large and varied Web site featuring prose and poetry from the print magazine, archives, "Web-only features," and a readers' forum, "Post & Riposte," which features, among other things, a place for people to post their own creative writing.
Big Bridge
A California webzine which contains some terrific poetry, fiction, and artwork/photography. It also publishes chapbooks and selected pieces from "little magazines." An altogether impressive site.
Blackbird
This online journal of literature and the arts features, in its first issue, work by Norman Dubie, Rachel Hadas, John Dufresne, and Hal Crowther.
Conjunctions
The on-line version of the Bard College journal specializing in "innovative fiction, poetry, criticism, drama, art and interviews by both emerging and established writers." Contributing editors include Chinua Achebe, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, John Ashbery, and William H. Gass.
Contemporary Poetry Review Newsletter
An online journal "devoted exclusively to the criticism of poetry." Boston Review reviewers Ethan Paquin and Brian Henry are contributing editors.
Copper Canyon Press
A Washington state publisher devoted exclusively to poetry. Has published books by Pablo Neruda, W.S. Merwin, Denise Levertov, Kenneth Rexroth, Su Tung-p'o, among others.
The Cortland Review
This is an online literary quarterly in real audio with original material (in both text and audio) by Charles Simic, Neal Bowers, Mark Jarman, Richard Foerster, R.T. Smith, Kevin Pilkington, Mark Wunderlich, Kelly Cherry, and others. Interviews include Robert Pinsky, Robert Creeley, R.T. Smith, Mark Doty, John Tranter; also, look for its monthly features.
Council of Literary Magazines and Presses
Information about and jobs in the literary publishing industry.
Eleven Bulls
An organization dedicated to promoting emerging artists and writers in the interest of facilitating a discussion on the future of the Arts. In addition to the monthly online magazine, Eleven Bulls has staged art exhibitions in New York City and Washington, DC, and a collaborative reading.
The Equality Exchange
The purpose of this Web site, in the words of its creators, is "to stimulate research and foster communication about egalitarianism, to allow the members of the network to exchange their ongoing work in a convenient way, and to enable anyone interested to get easy access to this information."
Jacket Magazine
Jacket magazine, founded by Austrailian poet John Tranter in 1997, is impressive in its depth and variety. It exists "to showcase lively contemporary poetry and prose" and publishes a range of poets and writers, including George Oppen, Denise Levertov, Robert Duncan, Catherine Wagner, Jennifer Moxley, and Rachel du Plessis.
Lannan Foundation Audio Archive
Contains over 65 programs featuring a wide-ranging group of writers, poets, social and cultural activists and thinkers. The archive grows on a monthly basis with fresh audio files from live programs hosted in Santa Fe before a public audience. Each audio file generally has a reading segment by the featured writer or poet followed by a lively conversation between the reader and a colleague.
The Literary Review
TLR seeks to introduce "new fiction, poetry, and essays from many nations, regions, or languages to English readers." An accessible site.
Michigan Quarterly Review
The University of Michigan's flagship journal, publishing essays, interviews, memoirs, fiction, poetry, and book reviews. One issue each year is entirely devoted to a special theme: "The Automobile and American Culture," "Detroit: An American City," "Contemporary American Fiction," "The Female Body," "The Male Body," "Bridges to Cuba," etc.
Milkweed Press
"Award-winning, nonprofit literary publisher of high-quality books that place an emphasis on cultural diversity, environmental stewardship, exceptionally crafted poetry, and insightful literature for adults and children in the middle grades."
Mississippi Review
A simple and well-organized collection of the journal's fiction and poetry. Also includes back issues and guidelines for submission.
Missouri Review
Site features fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, features, and book reviews published in past issues of this excellent journal.
The MIT Press
Although the MIT Press is the only university press in the US whose publications are "based in science and technology," the Press publishes on a wide variety of subjects -- 200 new books and over 40 journals a year -- including well established and beautifully reproduced catalogues in art and architecture.
New Delta Review
A journal of the LSU Graduate Creative Writing Program, features prose, poetry, artwork and literature in translation.
North American Review
Website of the near two-centuries-old literary periodical features selected poetry, fiction, and reviews from the print journal.
nowCulture.com
A monthly online multimedia publication devoted to discovering emerging talent in the arts. This link brings you to the literary arts page.
Pif Magazine
A monthly literary magazine; "Starting Point for the Literary e-Press." This site also features Pif's Pilot, a literary search engine.
Poets' Corner
This is a poetry-appreciation site featuring poetry discussion groups, a members' gallery, poetry archives, and a "poem of the day" feature.
Poetry Daily
Poetry Daily is an anthology of contemporary poetry which each day brings you a new poem from books, magazines and journals currently in print. Poems are chosen from the work of a wide variety of poets published in the English language. Eminent poets are represented in the selections, but also poets who are less well known.
Poetry Hi-Fi
This site features audio poetry readings, reviews of music and spoken word record releases, and the opportunity for visitors to participate in a poetry slam.
Radical Society
Radical Society: Review of Culture and Politics is the journal of the Center for Social Research and Education, formerly published as Socialist Review. It is a forum for radical and progressive politics, cultural dissent, political economy and international relations to be debated and explored.
Salon Books
Reviews, interviews, and multimedia about current books from one of the first Web-only general interest magazines.
Slate
The Microsoft webzine's Arts and Life section features cultural essays and a weekly poem selected by Robert Pinsky and read by the author.
Spire Press
Spire Press is a small independent literary press dedicated to promoting talented new and neglected poets and writers. Recent authors include Jackie Bartley, Wanda Praisner, Celia Lisset Alvarez, and Phebe Davidson.
still
This peculiarly resonant English site is devoted to haiku and short poems. Its unique look places each poem in the center of an otherwise blank page, thus compelling the reader to consider the words against the context of empty white space.
Tarpaulin Sky
Tarpaulin Sky, an impressive small press and literary journal, publishes works that are "cross-genre / trans-genre / hybrid" in form. Past published writers include John Yau, Juliana Spahr, Brian Evenson, Eleni Sikelianos, Laura Mullen, Bin Ramke, and Chris Abani. Upcoming publications include books by Ana Božičević and Joanna Ruocoo.
University of California Press
One of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, publishing English-language poetry and translations of foreign poets, as well as fine works in the humanities, natural and social sciences.
Web del Sol
"Web Del Sol is a collaboration on the part of dozens of writers, poets, editors, publishers, and staff whose goal it is to acquire and frame the finest contemporary literary art available in America and abroad, and to array it in such a manner that it speaks for itself. You might say that Web Del Sol classifies as a grand experiment, a literary event at once in a continuous state of birthing and crescendo ... "
Zoetrope: All-Story
A short-story magazine founded by Francis Ford Coppola, dedicated to finding and publishing the best new voices in short fiction. The site features stories from current and recent issues of the magazine.
Zyzzyva
This attractive San Franciso journal publishes exclusively poetry, prose, and artwork by West Coast writers and artists. Its site features selected works from the print journal.
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