Longhorn, Heil Featured in Hayden's Ferry Review

Issue 53 of Hayden's Ferry Review features work by alum Sandy Longhorn (2003) and third-year student Kathleen Heil. Pick up your copy now to read Sandy's poems "Left a Refugee Here in a Sterile County"and "I Have Gone Shimmering into Ungentle Sleep." You can also read "Haircut," a short story by Patricio Pron, which Kathleen translated from the original Spanish. 

And on December 12, check the journal's blog for a free internet broadcast from 8-10pm eastern time. Sandy will be featured reading from her work at 9pm!

Yates on the Importance of Small Presses

As you work on your holiday reading/giving lists, don't forget the small presses. Alum Steve Yates (1994), author of "Some Kinds of Love: Stories" and assistant director/marketing director at University Press of Mississippi, offers some insight on the importance of what these small-scale publishers do in his essay "Your No One is My Everyone."

Reaves in Town Creek Poetry

Still shivering in the deep freeze, we offer up these poems by third-year student Diana Reaves, with the warm sun of summer just humming right through them. Read "Papa's Orchard," "We Picked Gardenias," and "Honeysuckle" in the Fall 2013 issue of Town Creek Poetry.

Bowen's "The Even Years of Marriage" Available Now

Here's a book to add to your holiday reading/giving list: The Even Years of Marriage by alum Ash Bowen (2008) is now available from Dream Horse Press. The manuscript won the 2012 Orphic Poetry Book Prize. You can sample some of Ash's poetry from recent issues of the Baltimore Review and Pebble Lake Review.

Heil in New Delta Review & Poor Claudia

Point your browser toward New Delta Review for "The Authority of Accent," an essay by third-year translation student Kathleen Heil. And check out five poems that Kathleen and her collaborator Shrode Hargis published in Poor Claudia: Phenome.

A Duo of Interviews

Check out Authors & Translators, which features an interview with alum Elizabeth Harris (2000). Elizabeth's translation of Mario Rigoni Stern's novel, "Giacomo's Seasons," recently won a prize from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Culture.

After that, head on over to The Rumpus, where novelist and visiting professor Padma Viswanathan interviews Canadian author Catherine Bush.

Dougherty in Green Briar Review

"O Dochartaig, Ár nDútcas" by first-year poet Kevin Dougherty has won honorable mention in Green Briar Review's Annual Federico Garcia Lorca Poetry Prize and was selected by the editors for publication. Congratulations, Kevin!