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In Review: The Week of May 14th

This week we learned the word “crossip,” rolled some short story dice, imagined what superheroes would read, and more.

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~ In case you were wondering, “what would the Avengers read?” we’ve got you with this superhero booklist.~ Build our short story prompt dice to get your next short story rolling.~ Try our cosmic lit-inspired cocktail with a side of David James Brock’s Ten-Headed Alien (Wolsak and Wynn).~ “crossip,” “opera buffa,” and “boogaloo” are just some of the ways Linda Rogers describes her collection Crow Jazz (Mother Tongue Publishing) in our Short Story Month interview.~ The Vetala combines “the tension and dread that permeate Bram Stoker’s Dracula with the scholarly focus of Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose.” Also, vampires.

Around the Web

~ The 2018 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers revealed three excellent nominee choices for this year’s prize: Ben Ladouceur, Trish Salah, and Joshua Whitehead.~ Are you a Maya Angelou or a Gabriel Garcia Marquez? LitHub put together this list of authors that correlate to the 12 sun signs.~ In a pinch you can use bacon and other perishables as bookmarks, apparently. 

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What Else We’re Reading

Getting ready for Pride month with books by the 2018 Dayne Ogilvie Prize nominees: full-metal indigiqueer by Joshua Whitehead (Talonbooks), Otter by Ben Ladouceur (Coach House Books), and Wanting in Arabic by Trish Salah (Mawenzi House).

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