S259. Literary Startups

Room L100 J, Lower Level
Saturday, April 11, 2015
3:00 pm to 4:15 pm

 

How are writers working to shape literary culture and their communities? This panel gathers founders of new nonprofit or for-profit literary organizations from across the country to discuss why and where they decided to begin their projects. Whether it all started with a unique publishing idea, the will to support other writers, or seeing the need for new discussion forums, these writers-on-a-mission will share how they were able to transform good ideas into practical agents for change.


Participants

Moderator:

Erin Hoover is editor-in-chief of the Southeast Review at Florida State University and public relations advisor for VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. In 2011, she co-founded Late Night Library. Poems have appeared in Best New Poets, Prairie Schooner, Redivider, and Sugar House Review.

Toby Barlow has worked in advertising in San Francisco, New York City, and now in Detroit. He is the author of the award-winning novel Sharp Teeth, and his latest novel is Babayaga. He is the co-founder of Write A House.

Paul Martone is a fiction writer and the executive director of Late Night Library. His writing has appeared in Water~Stone Review, the Fiddlehead, Propeller, Tin House (online), and elsewhere. Paul has been a finalist for a Glimmer Train Short Story Award and the John Steinbeck Award.

Eric Obenauf co-founded Two Dollar Radio and is its executive director. His writing has appeared in the Brooklyn Rail, the Rumpus, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and other places. He is the writer and director of the forthcoming feature film, I'm Not Patrick.

Melinda Wilson is co-founder and managing editor of Coldfront magazine. Her poems have been published in the Cincinnati Review, Burnside Review, Verse Daily, Rattapallax, the Minnesota Review, the Wisconsin Review, and others. Her chapbook AMPLEXUS was published by Dancing Girl Press in 2010.

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