Small Press Spotlight: Vievee Francis

By Rigoberto Gonzalez

Author Photo: Corine Vermeulen Horse in the Dark, Northwestern University Press, 2012 Vievee Francis is the author of Blue-Tail Fly (Wayne State University Press, 2006). Her work has appeared in

Small Press Spotlight: Natalie Diaz

By Rigoberto Gonzalez

Author Photo: Joseph Gidjunis When My Brother Was an Aztec, Copper Canyon Press, 2012. Natalie Diaz grew up in the Fort Mojave Indian Village in Needles, California, on the banks

Small Press Spotlight: Joy Castro

By Rigoberto Gonzalez

Author Photo: Nicky Martínez Island of Bones, University of Nebraska Press, 2012. Joy Castro is an associate professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she is the associate director of

Small Press Spotlight: Monica A. Hand

By Rigoberto Gonzalez

(Author Photo: Rachel Eliza Griffths) me and Nina, Alice James Books, 2012. Monica A. Hand is a poet and book artist currently living in The Bronx. Her poems have appeared

Small Press Spotlight: Carmen Giménez Smith

By Rigoberto Gonzalez

Goodbye, Flicker, University of Massachusetts Press, 2012. Carmen Giménez Smith is the publisher of Noemi Press, the editor-in-chief of Puerto del Sol, and an assistant professor in the MFA program

Small Press Spotlight: Rene S. Perez II

By Rigoberto Gonzalez

Along These Highways, University of Arizona Press, 2012. Rene S. Perez II was born in Kingsville, Texas, and raised in Corpus Christi. He received a BA from the University of

NBCC/Bookforum conversation: Criticism Beside Itself

By Jane Ciabattari

Last night's critical conversation at the Center for Fiction, dubbed “Criticism Beside Itself,”ranged widely, from discussion of Russian formalists, Marxists, and N+1 magazine to critics James Wood (Elif Batuman: “James