The long-delayed next selections at the All-Time American Writers Tournament will be announced tomorrow. As part of our ongoing exclusive coverage of the event, we’re giving here the four names which comprise the #4 “seeds.”
–Sylvia Plath
–William Faulkner
–John Steinbeck
–Ezra Pound
We may have the order wrong, but those are the names.
TO GET THIS NEWS BLOG going again, we’re going to try to provide weekly updates– for now, mostly about ourselves.
And a lot has been happening!
First, twitter wars. At his own twitter account, our chief editor took on anonymous ghosts of the internet– demi-puppets (see Shakespeare’s definition) who were trying to close down another literary site. Apparently there’s a new literary movement afoot– literary journals whose purpose is to shut down other literary journals. A kind of New Censorship Movement. Yes, things have come to that. We’ll have more about what that’s about here at this blog.
At the @NewPopLit twitter handle we engaged in a quick debate with a confused Brown University prof who believes America is about the worst thing that ever happened. We’re obviously more positive about this country than he is.
Second, we posted a lot of new material this week– a new story, a new chapbook review, new photos, and more analysis at the All-Time American Writers Tournament. Get on our home page and check it all out!
New Pop Lit NEWS 