We are pleased to annouce that Kathy Fagan has named Renee Ashley's manuscript, The Verbs of Desiring, the winner in our spring 2009 chapbook contest. It should be available for order winter 2009/10.

The summer chapbook contest, to be judged by award-winning poet and novelist Kelly Cherry, is closed. Ms. Cherry is reading the finalist pool.

Andy Frazee's chapbook, That the World Should Never Again Be Destroyed by Flood, and Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán's collection of poems, Antes y después del Bronx: Lenapehoking, will both be available in winter 2009/10.

Ed Frankel's chapbook, People of the Air, is now available from Amazon, or you can request a copy from us via email and save a few bucks on shipping and handling.

 

Welcome to New American Press

We like poetry, fiction, drama, nonfiction, and some things that defy categorization. But ultimately we want what any reader wants: to be dazzled.

Our summer chapbook contest, to be judged by Kelly Cherry, is now closed. Finalists have been forwarded to Ms. Cherry for review. The results will be posted as soon as we have her decision.

Our online magazine, MAYDAY, launched on May 1, 2009. The first issue features work by writers and translators including David R. Slavitt, Abdellatif Laâbi, Jillian Weise, Dan Beachy-Quick, Steve Davenport, Mark Spitzer, Christophe Casamassima, Gordon Hadfield, Nancy Hadfield, Paula Carter, and Raul Clement. Jared Schickling interviews poet and featured visual artist David-Baptiste Chirot, and we listen in as Okla Elliott talks with Matt Gonzalez, Ralph Nader's extremely charming and intelligent 2008 vice-presidential running mate. Finally, a roundtable discussion explores the current state of poetry criticism, featuring writers, editors, and reviewers such as Kent Johnson, Ange Mlinko, Eric Lorberer, Don Share, Annie Finch, David Orr, Stephen Burt, Maureen McLane, Mark Halliday, Robert Archambeau, and John Beer.

Enjoy the first issue, and don't forget to check out the submission guidelines.

Issue 2 will feature a giant showcase of contemporay Asian art curated by Maya Kóvskaya, along with new work by T. R. Hummer, Barbara Hamby, David Kirby, Mark Smith-Soto and others.

Why is everyone in America reading Steve Davenport's Murder on Gasoline Lake? Because he told them to. Read more here.

Bloomsbury, J. K. Rowling's publisher, signed a contract with Kennedy to publish everything he ever wrote, but we get to hold onto the silky hem of his greatness for at least a little while longer. See what we mean here.