Dear Eratosphereans,

Those of us who know Turner Cassity or his work were stunned stunned by his sudden departure a couple of weeks ago. We were privileged at Eratosphere to have him here as a member and host of our last Sonnet Bake-off.

The next issue of Able Muse will feature a tribute to Turner Cassity. Suzanne Doyle will be editing this special feature. In addition to Suzanne's prodigious virtues as a writer, she probably was as close a literary friend/confidante...

This is a reminder to those who wish to participate in the Translation Bake-off as announced at the Distinguished Guest Forum that the deadline is almost here. Submit BEFORE THIS THURSDAY or lose your chance to participate!

Cheers,
...Alex

For those asking if previously published translations are accepted for the translation bake-off as announced at, the Eratosphere Distinguished Guest Forum. The simple answer is, yes!

As with our recently concluded and highly successful sonnet bake-off, your translation may be unpublished or published (however, do not send translations published in anthologies or trade press books). You may also acknowledge the journal of initial publication.

This should make it even...

The Eratosphere Annual Translation Bake-off is here!

The well-know Eratospherean, Chris Childers, will be the host for this event. He has just kicked off the event with a call for submissions. Chris will be screening the material for the our Distinguished Guest for translation and Final Judge, Rachel Hadas.

The complete announcement at the Distinguished forum, here is also appended below.

...Alex


Carissimi...

The submissions have been coming in from Eratosphereans and others. However, the Spherean response has not been as lively as I expected. Yes, there's still over a month left in the submission window, so I encourage everyone who can to jump with their submission in their area of interest before teh May 1, 2009 deadline. The initial announcement can be found here.

Cheers,
...Alex