MetaFilter posts tagged with Poetry and fiction

The Apparition of Enoch Soames

Iridic — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:58:47 -0800

In the summer of 1897, the Devil transported a minor Decadent poet named Enoch Soames one hundred years into the future to see what posterity would make of his work. The only witness to the affair was the parodist Max Beerbohm, whose account of Soames and his journey ensured that at 2:10 P.M. on June 7, 1997, some dozen pilgrims waited in the Round Reading Room of the British Museum to see the poet appear...

Literature Isn't Dead, It Just Smells Funny

NolanRyanHatesMatches — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:12:37 -0800

Those big, wonderful book blogs like Paper Cuts, Guardian Books, and Poetry Foundation haven't totally satisfied your book blog bloodlust? Well, maybe you could start with the lit blogs updated throughout the day, like Blog of a Bookslut, Conversational Reading, Quick Study, GalleyCat, The Millions, Bookninja, and The Elegant Variation. Perhaps you'd rather lit blogs that offer a more classically bloggy style? Old Hag, Maud Newton, ENotes, Pinky's Paperhaus, and After the MFA might be up your alley. And of course, there are a variety of blogs offering a smattering of lit talk: Silliman's Blog, BookFox, Literary Kicks, and Syntax of Things. "Pft, I'd rather just stay at home, ready my New Yorker, and count my short story rejection slips," you say? Well, there are even a few blogs for you, too!

A Novelist in Shadowland

digaman — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:47:10 -0800

"Mem, mem, mem." A fascinating memoir of global aphasia -- total language loss -- following a stroke, by British poet and novelist Paul West.

Notes On Construction

carsonb — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 01:15:36 -0800

Notes On Construction starts out simply-- as an editorial description of the binding process for spork magazine. Like many editorial columns, however, it tends to wander. Meanwhile, the meat of the mag, the fiction, the poetry, can be perused via the author index.

Submit!

owhydididoit — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:35:28 -0800

Are you a Winning Writer? Although the site is largely geared toward entering writing contests, there's quite a bit of po ems and short stories that have won various contests. You can also have your poetry critiqued or visit one of the websites for poets and writers. Some services, such as the poetry critique, are only available if you subscribe to their free newsletter.

Janet Frame dies at 79

jokeefe — Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:46:18 -0800

Janet Frame , New Zealand writer, is dead at 79. More information about her life, here, and obituary notice here. Nominated for the Nobel Prize for Fiction last year, I had hoped she might yet win. RIP.