And why not pursue both? – The Boston Book Festival starts tomorrow at 10am. Redivider will be out in force, as will (I imagine) Ploughshares. I only know Redivider‘s booth number (24)–if I find out (or someone sends me) Ploughshares‘, I’ll post that, too. – At 5:30, Artifice begins and ends the doomsday song of [...]

Redivider is amassing a war chest of $1350 with which it will fund a prolonged campaign to promote and/or finance fictionist deviants. Le communiqué: Your submission should include a brief cover letter with the first 300 words of the submission pasted below. The subject of the submission must read Last Name, First Name, Story Title. [...]

Sunday, 30 May 7-11pm Hard Rock Cafe 22-24 Clinton St (Faneuil Hall) To celebrate the launch of issue 7.2, Redivider will be hosting readings by past contributors Steve Almond and Ben Stein and the Hard Rock Cafe in Boston.  The Ross Livermore Band will play after the readings, and we will have crazy fun things [...]

If you came to Redivider‘s double-table (the result of a heavily-contested annex that turned bloody Friday morning during an uneasy predawn), whoever was working likely suggested that you fill one side of a rather large postcard, which we provided, with your poetry or prose.  Entries in the Quickie Contest–pause for nervous laughter, “But no, seriously”–were [...]

—If you’re here because you bought/received a copy of Redivider at the AWP Bookfair and found therein an unevenly-scissored Vernacular card, or were handed one by a rambling, seventh-day-stubbled (bearded?) apparition in a cheap flannel shirt who seemed to have forgotten he still had his aviators on, or picked one up from a stack/Go-Fish pile [...]

New Pages has this to say about Issue 7.1 of Redivider, Emerson’s student-run journal: I had not seen the journal before the current issue and, since this is the seventh volume, I realize I’ve missed out on six years of provocative writing and terrific and unusual artworks. Read the full review (NP has also reviewed Ploughshares [...]

Above photo courtesy Karloswayne from Flickr Creative Commons Hey Folks! The Dirty Water Reading Series is happening once again this Sunday at Grub Street. Featured among the readers are author Ben Stein and former fiction editor James Scott. Come on out and join us for some literature mad libs, and don’t forget your $1 donation. Hosted by Redivider, Quick [...]

Tuesday night I had the privilege of introducing Rachel Cantor at CLMP’s Reading Series at the New York Public Library on behalf of Redivider. Being the only editor past or present that lives in NYC, I earned this honor by default. I snuck into the room and checked over the flyer. Redivider’s bio described the [...]

Redivider Spring Issue Launch Party: Boston Literary Magazines Karaoke Sing-off With Quick Fiction, Post Road and Agni

The Dirty Water Reading Series is back! Allow me to tell you why this is my favorite reading series. It’s hosted by my four favorite local journals and presses: Black Ocean, Fringe Magazine, Quick Fiction, and Redivider. Please check out their websites for more info. Admission is free and there’s free food and booze! No [...]