June 11, 2015
Pleiades Writer Spotlight This week it was announced that Pleiades writer Brenda Peynado has won the 2015 Nelson Algren Award, joining the ranks of past winners such as Louise Erdrich and Stuart Dybek. Her story "Carnaval" appears in the current issue of Pleiades (35.1). To read more about the award, go here: http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/books/ct-nelson-algren-award-winner-2015-20150611-story.html To ...
May 11, 2015
Mark Wisniewski Congratulations to Mark Wisniewski, whose book Watch Me Go was named a "Book to Look Forward To in 2015" this week! Check it out here: http://abcreads.blogspot.com/ Wisniewksi's story "A Million Bones" first appeared in Pleiades ...
May 08, 2015
Happy book release to Pleiades writer Christine Sneed! Read an excerpt here: http://www.christinesneed.com/paris-he-said-excerpt/ Then buy the book ...
May 07, 2015
Toi Derricotte, "a voice" from Pleiades 24.2 there was a reason she let herself get beat up there was a reason she had men beat her up before she sang so she could sound like she was beat up there was a reason we liked that sound there was a reason she knew we liked that sound there was a reason she wanted to be liked there was a reason she and i spoke the same language there was a reason i wanted to sound like ...