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. To be reminded why we began reading in the first place. We like to laugh as much as we like to have our guts torn out. Milan Kundera tells us that the function of the novel is to open a space for experimentation with alternate selves. C. S. Lewis says that literature not only describes reality but adds to it. Salman Rushdie believes that literature plumbs the highest and lowest places in human society and the human spirit. New American Press aspires to find and publish literature that achieves these goals.
Our summer chapbook contest, to be judged by Kelly Cherry, is currently open and accepting submissions until September 15, 2009. Click here for details.
Our online magazine, MAYDAY, launched on May 1, 2009. It 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. A large 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.
