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Puerto del Sol 48.1 – Pre-orders available now!
Volume 48, issue 1, is en route and nearly ready to meet the world. Why not pre-order your copy today? We’ve got work from the likes of Matt Bell, Sonya Huber, Shome Dasgupta, Sheryl Luna, Joelle Biele, and other exciting … Continue reading
Posted in Issue 48.1, Puerto News
Tagged fiction, Joelle Biele, Matt Bell, nonfiction, poetry, prose, Puerto del Sol, Sheryl Luna, Shome Dasgupta, Sonya Huber
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When is it Ok to Query Editors about a Submission?
We’ve all been there. Your submission went out ages ago. The submission period is about to close. The submission manager had a weird technical thing happen after the submission went in. The journal doesn’t take simultaneous submissions. Etc. There are … Continue reading
Posted in The MFA Life, The Writer's Backstage
Tagged editors, fiction, poetry, prose, query, submission
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The Questions We Write To
Implicit in everything from the National Book Awards to James Wood’s How Fiction Works to the workshop down the hall to the worst how-to writing book with its pedantic rules (no naming names) is the assumption that we all mean … Continue reading
Posted in The MFA Life, The Writer's Backstage
Tagged estrangement, exposition, fantastical, fiction, form, How Fiction Works, James Wood, MFA, National Book Awards, process, prose, questions, surreal
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Puerto Contributor News: Katie Jean Shinkle’s “As Close to Smiling As You Can Get” Available Now
Katie Jean Shinkle, whose work is featured in our 47.1 issue, has just released her new chapbook “As Close to Smiling As You Can Get” with Cupboard Press. The publisher provides this synopsis: Dina and Darlene Tunnel are conjoined twins. … Continue reading
Free Indirect Styl’n – You Too Can Perform Magic
Control of point of view is one of the most important skills a writer can have, and I’ll be focusing particularly here on prose. In controlling point of view, prose has this magical, fantastic tool call “Free Indirect Style,” so … Continue reading
2012-2013 Reading Period Officially Open
Our general submissions are officially open for the 2012-2013 school year. We will accept submissions through March 31, 2013 as we read for our 48.1 and 48.2 issues, and stay tuned for an announcement on our next themed section (I … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Happenings, Puerto News
Tagged drama, essays, fiction, literary journal, nonfiction, plays, poetry, prose, Puerto del Sol, reading, reviews, submissions, writers
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Books I’m Reading: Hey, it’s America
Hey, it’s America By Ryan Ridge Images by Genevieve Lawrence Rust Belt Bindery 2012 $28 Let’s get the elephant in the room out of the way here. Ryan Ridge’s Hey, it’s America, is a box. Or a book box, as … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Happenings, The MFA Life
Tagged box, cards, comedy, festivals, Genevieve Lawrence, hey it's America, prose, Rust Belt Bindery, Ryan Ridge
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Puerto Contributor News: Matthew Salesses Writer in Residence at Necessary Fiction
Puerto del Sol contributor (whose work appears in our latest issue, 47.1) is the Writer in Residence over at Necessary Fiction for the month of July. He’s focusing on revision this month, something we can all learn more about. Check … Continue reading