http://themagzine.com the MAG zine - A Modern Authors Guide Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:17:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Stephen Graham Jones explores the tragic magic of storms and serial killers in his hardcore crime novel, All the Beautiful Sinners. Following the destructive path of tornadoes across the American Southwest, a sadistic serial killer plucks children out of their homes into thin air, sucking them into the eye of his ... http://themagzine.com/authors/all-the-beautiful-sinners-by-stephen-graham-jones/ Jerome Bahr's stories of stark small-town life with hard-drinking morality and innocent desperation capture the moody weather and seasonal sullenness that overcast the Wisconsin consciousness. Jerome Bahr was born under that cloud in Arcadia, Wisconsin, around 1909, and he studied at the University of Minnesota before working at several Midwest newspapers. Bahr ... http://themagzine.com/authors/jerome-bahr-authors-simple-realism-in-wisconsin-tales/ Every writer who encloses their words into an envelop and sends them off to agents, editors, and publishers must learn to face the eventual return of a rejection letter. Rejection letters come in many shapes and sizes, but they are mostly form letters with little personality, which is wise, as there ... http://themagzine.com/publishing/the-art-of-accepting-rejection-letters/ On a major network special covering the effect that global warming is having on the melting Andean glaciers, a local farmer was quoted as having asked the following question: “Why are the mountains crying?” His metaphor is poignant, comparing the melting glacier waters rolling down the mountain slopes to human tears, inflicting ... http://themagzine.com/literary-essays/why-are-the-mountains-crying/ If you know a local library professional who makes your life a little easier and loves their job, then take the time to nominate them for the 2008 Spotlight Award. The Spotlight Award winner will receive a $2,500 prize as well as $250 for their library. Any current public library employee is ... http://themagzine.com/editors-notes/choose-your-local-librarian-for-the-spotlight-librarian-award/ Current poet laureate Charles Simic announced today in verse that the National Poetry Month has been canceled due to a general lack of interest. Although relished by poets as a month to be proud of who they are and their right to exist as citizens of the United States, a general ... http://themagzine.com/editors-notes/national-poetry-month-canceled/ Every poet should subscribe to as many poetry magazines as possible to read current poets and be involved in the poetry community, not to mention supporting the magazines that may one day publish your poetry. The more poetry magazines you subscribe to and the more poetry you read, the more you'll ... http://themagzine.com/poetry/5-essential-poetry-magazine-subscriptions/ This is the first poem in The Daily Poet, a column dedicated to modern poetry having an influence on the cultural expression of our society. The Daily Poet publishes poems that attempt to reflect our personal experiences within the perspective of their greater cultural meaning as influenced by the constant changes ... http://themagzine.com/the-daily-poet/the-daily-poet-poem-1-march-30-2008/ The Daily Poet is a regular column dedicated to the poetry of life as it occurs on the timeline of living. The Daily Poet column publishes a poem a day, or as many days as possible, which reflects our moods and feelings through the observance of the ever-changing world around us ... http://themagzine.com/the-daily-poet/the-daily-poet/ As We Are was waiting in the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul thrift store on Williamson Street in Madison, Wisconsin, which claims to have one of the biggest used book collections anywhere in the country. I found it amongst the tailored book shelves that march in strict rows like those ... http://themagzine.com/bookstore-treasures/as-we-are-%e2%80%93-a-collection-of-real-life-short-stories-from-1920s-american-life/