John Madera

It’s Giving Tuesday: Will You Support Big Other?

Dear Reader, Millions of people today are giving what they can ($25, $50, etc.) because they know that every little…

Happy birthday, Guy Davenport! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Reality was the keener for being fugitive,…

Happy birthday, Don DeLillo, maestro of maestros! 86, today! Meeting and three times speaking with Don DeLillo at “Coover-fest”…

We are pleased to nominate the following fictions for inclusion in Best Microfiction 2023: Tina May Hall’s “The Extinction Museum…

Happy birthday, José Saramago! Here are some quotes from the author. “Perhaps it is the language that chooses…

Happy birthday, Roland Barthes! Here are some quotes from the author: “There is only one way left to…

Happy birthday, John Berger! Here are some quotes from the writer: “The past grows gradually around one, like…

Happy birthday, Edward Said! Here are some quotes from Said’s books, interviews, etc.: “We can not fight for our…

Happy birthday, Sylvia Plath! Here are some quotes from her writing: “The blood jet is poetry, / There…

We are pleased to nominate the following pieces published in 2022 for The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses…