The Deets: Episode One
Publisher: New Rivers Press/MSUM Release Date: October 2013 Editions: A simultaneous release of A modest run of a standard paperback An e-book That’s almost about all I know right now… More details...
View ArticleNew Rivers Press starts celebration of 45 years – TwinCities.com
Here is a nice piece, written by a longtime champion of the Upper Midwest literary community, the Pioneer Press’s Mary Ann Grossman. I’m so proud to be a part of the past and future of New Rivers...
View ArticleNew Rivers Press 2012 Book Launch
At The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, located in the beautiful Open Book. Click on the link below and take a look at this year’s fun (and “like” New Rivers Facebook page while you are there!)....
View ArticleIt Takes a Village
I might not be a working writer today had I not been nurtured as part of the vibrant literary culture of St. Paul and Minneapolis. And one of the best things about returning home to New Rivers Press...
View ArticleAdaptations
This radiant presence is Dr. Njoki McElroy. For over a half a century she has been a force in the Dallas cultural scene. A pioneer in the use of drama and performance to build community, Njoki has...
View ArticleCoverage
Among the many reasons I am proud to be published by New Rivers is that they are a teaching press, one of two in the country. Students in the creative writing and graphic design programs at Morehead...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, NRP
New Rivers just updated their Facebook photo! Now I wonder where they got this idea?
View ArticleI, Too, Am Pleased
That the McKnight Foundations again recognizes the important work of New Rivers Press. Here’s what they said in the letter that accompanied this year’s check. Thank you for your report on the...
View ArticleWhat, You Mean This Novel Isn’t Perfect the Way it Is?
It’s fate: getting the editorial letter from New Rivers in this same week that I am preparing for the spring semester at SMU. This is the letter that contains the recommended substantive changes from...
View ArticleThe Name Game: Editorial Problem #2
Naming characters is hard. The last name of the characters in my novel-in-progress is “Placeholder,” and rereading a recent draft, this actually started to seem like a good choice, and as it happens...
View ArticleThe Battle is Set
Upon the publication of Heathens, I received exactly four editorial suggestions from Bill Truesdale, the founder of New Rivers Press. I do not remember whether these came in the form of a letter or if...
View ArticleQuestion Seven
Look, a star! In other big news, the final substantive edits have pulsed electronically across the wires to the Great White North (as in Dakota, home of editor supreme Suzanne). Question number...
View ArticleIntroducing... 2013 book covers!
Reblogged from New Rivers Press: Hey everyone! Our student designers have been hard at work all school year, and finally we can show the finished products... online, at least. Here are the covers for...
View ArticleSo What Are You, Anyway?
A Star in the Face of the Sky features the following main characters: A beautiful child who survives an unimaginable catastrophe to grow into a self confident and charming dreamer A proud and...
View ArticleHeathens is NOT a Novel
New Rivers Press is currently housed somewhere just north of 1000 miles due north of me, so Suzzanne Kelley was spared the pleasure of having me sit in a little chair next to her desk and try not to...
View ArticleThe Many Voices Project
Today on the New Rivers website you will find a nice, concise history of the Minnesota Voices–now Many Voices–Project, which since 1981 has brought to press the best new and emerging writers from the...
View ArticleWhat He Meant To Say Was…
I hate the business side of being a writer. Which is not the same things as: I hate the publishing business. (Which is what I said HERE.) A necessary correction, for a person who wants to stay on the...
View ArticleWill There Be Hot Chocolate?
Dust off your old giant puffy parka, knit yourself a new pair of industrial strength mittens and buy yourself some double-lined waterproof boots: We’re going to a party! There are two more events...
View ArticleA Star in the Face of the Sky Wordle
The entire manuscript, but only the 100 most frequently used words. I raised and lowered the number a dozen times before settling on the final count. In the end, I opted for the one that best...
View ArticleEvents, Events, Events
In case it slipped my mind–and it did and does–I’ve got a book coming out! To that end, I’ve updated the website with the events that are on the calendar through early next year. All Minnesota and...
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