John Madera

“To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.”

Happy birthday, Emily Dickinson! Here are some selections from her writing. “If I read a book [and] it…

Happy birthday, Clarice Lispector! Here are some quotes from the author. “Everything in the world began with a…

Happy birthday, Noam Chomsky! 91, today! Here are some quotes from the linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic,…

We are pleased to nominate the following fictions for inclusion in Pelekinesis‘s Best Microfiction 2020 anthology: Kim Chinquee’s “Foxy”…

Happy birthday, Joan Didion! 85, today! “As it happens, I am still committed to the idea that the…

Happy birthday, Rainer Maria Rilke! Here are some quotes from the writer. “Surely all art is the result…

We are pleased to nominate the following fictions published in 2019 for inclusion in Sonder Press’s next Best Small…

Happy birthday, George Saunders! 61, today! Here are some quotes from Saunders about writing, etc.: “To me,…

We are pleased to nominate the following fictions and poems published in 2019 for the Pushcart Prize: Fiction:…

Happy birthday, Arundhati Roy! 58, today! Here are some quotes from the author. “For reasons that I don’t…