Eratosphere - Staff Announcements http://www.ablemuse.com/erato en Thu, 17 May 2012 02:29:06 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/images/visioncollison/misc/rss.jpg Eratosphere - Staff Announcements http://www.ablemuse.com/erato New Able Muse (Print Edition, No. 13, Summer 2012) http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=17839&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 17:37:21 GMT Image: http://www.ablemuse.com/v13/images/v13-book-front-cover2.jpg The NEW ISSUE of * The NEW ISSUE of ABLE MUSE, Print Editon (Number 13) - Summer 2012, has just been released, with order/subscription information (for print & Kindle editions), with online excerpts at: www.AbleMuse.com. The digital edition of the complete issue (available to the print edition subscribers only), is also available now online at www.ablemuse.com.

WITH THE 2011 ABLE MUSE WRITE PRIZE FOR POETRY —
Includes the honorable-mention poems.

Includes the 2011 Able Muse / Eratosphere 30-Day Workshop poetry & fiction winners.

editorial: Alex Pepple • featured artist: Andrew Ponomarenko • featured poet: Patricia Smith (interviewed by Reginald Dwayne Betts) • fiction: Janice D. Soderling, Rob Wright, Michael George • essays: Peter Byrne, Bruce Bromley, N.S. Thompson • book reviews: Stephen Collington • poetry: M.A. Schaffner, Brian Culhane, Timothy Murphy, Richard Wakefield, Wendy Videlock, Catharine Savage Brosman, Kim Bridgford, Jennifer Reeser, Julie Bruck, Ned Balbo, Anna M. Evans, Ed Shacklee, Gale Acuff, Matthew Buckley Smith, Adam Penna, Jay Rogoff, Sarah Giragosian, Michael Bradburn-Ruster, Tim Suermondt, Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas, Rob Wright, Carolyn Moore, John Beaton, Kevin Corbett, T.S. Kerrigan.

Read all the details at Able Muse.

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With special thanks for an outstanding new issue to -- Juleigh Howard-Hobson (Assistant Poetry Editor), Gregory Dowling (Nonfiction Editor), Nina Schuyler (Fiction Editor), Janice D. Soderling, Tim Love & John Riley (Assistant Fiction Editors). ]]> Staff Announcements Alex Pepple http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=17839 <![CDATA[Richard Wakefield's A Vertical Mile - Poems: Release Announcement]]> http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=17820&goto=newpost Mon, 14 May 2012 21:37:26 GMT
Dear Eratosphereans:

I'm pleased to announce that A Vertical Mile, a 2011 Able Muse Book Award finalist, and the second full-length collection from our very own Richard Wakefield has been released by Able Muse Press and is immediately available worldwide through Amazon, Barnes & Nobles and most popular distribution and retail channels here (ISBN 978-0-9878705-5-1). Or, just go to Richard's website, www.richard-wakefield.com, or the Able Muse Press website, www.ablemusepress.com. Besides the traditional print edition, an Amazon Kindle and a Barnes & Nobles NOOK digital editions are also available now. An Apple iTunes/iBooks digital edition should also be available within days.

Please, join me in congratulating Richard!

A Vertical Mile - poems by Richard Wakefield
(with a Foreword by David Sanders):
Blurbs from David Middleton, Chris Anderson, and R.S. Gwynn--

A Vertical Mile Richard Wakefield is a finalist in the 2011 Able Muse Book Award. Keenly observed themes about people and the land they live in show a profound sense of awe before natural beauty and a love of country life, while recognizing the effect of indifference and inexorable technological advancement. Included are poems about childhood, seasonal changes, mountain climbing, religion and its questions and doubts, life and death, human origins. These poems of stunning artistry show Wakefield in complete command of his craft. This a memorable collection whose insights and pleasures are not to be missed.
"Richard Wakefield crafts his verse to exacting standards yet keeps it uncontrived. Throughout A Vertical Mile, Wakefield shows us much about ourselves and the various worlds we inhabit, often of our own making. What he reveals may be sobering or amusing, uplifting or distressing. But, carried by a voice as versatile as the intelligence behind it, it is sure to surprise and delight us as well."
                                                                                     – David Sanders (from the Foreword)
. . . read more

Cheers,
...Alex

]]> Staff Announcements Alex Pepple http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=17820 <![CDATA[We're migrated! But ...]]> http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=17791&goto=newpost Fri, 11 May 2012 05:42:25 GMT Yes, we're migrated at long last! ... and my virtual hair-pulling should be over and done with, at least, for a little while.

Still, everyone be on the lookout for anything that doesn't work anymore, or doesn't expected in the new environment. All in all, you should notice that the site is (somewhat) faster in the new server enviromnent -- with the improved/faster server and all! -- and also let me know if you notice it ... or not.

Cheers,
...Alex ]]> Staff Announcements Alex Pepple http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=17791 Manuscript Open Reading at Able Muse Press . . . http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=17698&goto=newpost Tue, 01 May 2012 22:52:00 GMT guidelines ...]]> . . . now open     May 1 to June 15 2012     per submission guidelines

...Alex ]]> Staff Announcements Alex Pepple http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=17698 Levens absent http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=17549&goto=newpost Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:50:42 GMT I'll be absent for about one week beginning tomorrow, 4/18. Family matters. Metric seems relatively quiet. I leave everything in Bill's more than capable hands.

Thanks,
Lance ]]> Staff Announcements Lance Levens http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=17549