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Editor-in-chief: Eva Gordon
Managing Editor: Kelly Rummel
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Have you ever tried writing in a second language? Read about the ways in which linguistic alter egos can enrich your literary life: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/26/books/writing-in-english-novelists-find-inventive-new-voices.html?hp&_r=0
An expanding flock of novelists is writing in second languages, enriching and expanding the literature of their host cultures.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnNgjUWgrGQ
This is an excellent documentary of the life, times, thoughts and writings of Colombian-born Gabriel García Márquez, one of the twentieth century's most nota...
Which fictional animal has won you over?
“It is completely selfless love: Tereza did not want anything of Karenin; She did not ever ask him to love her back. Nor has she ever asked herself the questions that plague human couples: Does he love me? Does he love anybody more than me? Does he love me more than I love him? Perhaps all the questions we ask of love, to measure, test, probe, and save it, have the additional effect of cutting it short. Perhaps the reason we are unable to love is that we yearn to be loved, that is, we demand something (love) from our partner instead of delivering ourselves to him demand-free and asking for nothing but his company.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
"Even if I only had 10 readers, I'd rather do the book for them than for a million readers online."
Happy b-day Daniel Clowes, cartoonist and screenwriter. Check out his blog here: http://danielclowes.blogspot.com/.
“She had never seen pomegranates nor tasted pineapples.” Pineapples take three years to mature. Pomegranates were the symbol of fertility for the ancient Egyptians. Which of the two is a fault for Madame Bovary’s departure from sanity and morality?
In the early 1950s, The Paris Review asked the young novelist William Styron about writing, and the quality of his contemporaries. Here is that conversation: http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5114/the-art-of-fiction-no-5-william-styron
The Paris Review is a literary magazine featuring original writing, art, and in-depth interviews with famous writers.
Aminals + books = yay! http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/mar/26/top-10-books-intelligent-animals-watership-down-animal-farm
Karen Joy Fowler: From Watership Down to Animal Farm, here are 10 novels filled with anthropomorphic frailties and fantasies
Books to consider reading over your next croissant: http://flavorwire.com/446452/25-essential-books-about-americans-in-paris/
Paris, the city of lights, and the city of endless romanticizing from Americans who have heard that it's a magical land of baguettes and artistic freedom. Americans have been traveling to Paris to ...
Get your book on this March!
flavorwire.com/442976/10-must-read-books-for-march
As we hopefully begin to try and start thawing out from what has been a very long winter, March offers us up enough great books to help us get through what really should be (I mean, who knows these...
Who do you believe? Flavorwire showcases ten of literature's least reliable narrators: http://flavorwire.com/410468/10-of-literatures-most-unreliable-narrators
It was 55 years ago today that Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita was first published in the US. Nabokov's remarkable prose is as evocative today as it was in 1958. Facet's of the author...
How many of these titles have you actually read?
A new survey reveals the top 10 books people claim to have read but haven't. Be it War and Peace or Infinite Jest, share your uncracked spines here
"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong" Joseph Chiltern Pierce
Check out this list from brainpickings of five classic books about fear and the creative process:
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/09/12/fear-creativity/
From Monet to Tiger Woods, or why creating rituals and breaking routines don't have to be conflicting notions. "Creativity is like chasin
February is almost over, but there is still time for you to read a short novel or two!
February may be short but it is packed with feelings. Here are a few books that feel the same.
Hey folks! Check us out on Pinterest for your daily inspiration/procrastination: http://www.pinterest.com/PenumbraMadrid/
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Thanks to all who came out for the fundraiser last night, and to Roll Madrid for hosting Penumbra Magazine! Pictures forthcoming!
Penumbra opens for submissions today! Submit up to 5,000 words of prose, up to 5 poems, or up to 20 pages of dramatic writing to [email protected]
Take a look at last year's spring /summer issue here: http://issuu.com/penumbramadrid/docs/penumbra_spring_summer_2013_pdf?e=6895984/4103495
Penumbra Spring/Summer 2013
Happy Sunday, Readers! Looking for a novel that could leave you feeling as if you've just had a long, boozy lunch with a good friend? Nora Ephron's 1996 novel Heartburn (later a film staring Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson) may be just the ticket.
http://www.randomhouse.com/book/46734/heartburn-by-nora-ephron
Is it possible to write a sidesplitting novel about the breakup of the perfect marriage? If the writer is Nora Ephron, the answer is a resounding yes. For in this inspired confection of adultery, revenge, group therapy, and pot roast, the creator of Sleepless in Seattle reminds us that comedy depend...
As Ted Gioia points out, music and fiction don't always mix well—but here at Penumbra, we look for any reason to bring them together. Check out this list of novels heavily featuring music, and let us know if you have any to add.
Fiction and music don’t always go together smoothly, but here are ten novels that Ted Gioia rates as getting both right.
Calling all Playwrights! Starting with the spring/summer 2014 issue, Penumbra Magazine will seek submissions of dramatic writing. Starting Feb. 18th, send scripts of up to 20 double-spaced pages to [email protected]
If you would like to sign up for a 5 minute reading at next week's fundraising event (in person in Madrid, or from anywhere via skype), email us at [email protected]
Happy Valentine's Day, readers. On this uncomfortable holiday, we offer you novelists' tips on ending a relationship from http://buff.ly/NJwzAO
Our favorite is this little gem: "It's not you, it's my book." from Danielle Paige, author of Dorothy Must Die.
http://buff.ly/NJwAF1
In The Atlantic this week, Megan MCardle writes about the problem of studying only polished classic literature in school and then trying to go home and start a rough draft.
"Unfortunately, in your own work, you are confronted with every clunky paragraph, every labored metaphor and unending story that refuses to come to a point. “The reason we struggle with"insecurity,” says Pastor Steven Furtick, “is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.”
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/02/why-writers-are-the-worst-procrastinators/283773/
The psychological origins of waiting (... and waiting, and waiting) to work
Animals, much exploited in life, may be one of the least explored areas in fiction (outside the world of children's lit). J.M. Coetzee's novels Disgrace and The Lives of Animals are one notable exception; can you name another?
What's your favorite Judy Blume book? In Honor of Ms. Blume's birthday today, here is an interview Scholastic did with the celebrated author: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/judy-blume-interview-transcript
The author was interviewed by Scholastic students.
They say that money makes the world go round. Dear readers, what are your favorite novels with money as a central concern? I'll start a list here and please contribute additional names:
1. Sister Carrie/ Theodore Dreiser
2. The House of Mirth / Edith Wharton
3. The Great Gatsby/ F. Scott Fitzgerald
4. Rules of Civility/ Amor Towles
5. Money / Martin Amis
For theater lovers out there, we'd like to take a moment to celebrate the 1898 birthday of Bertolt Brecht on this day in Germany.
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Calling all [good] writers! Penumbra will be accepting submissions for our spring/summer 2014 issue starting Feb. 18th. Please send up to 5 poems, or up to 5,000 words of prose to [email protected].
Happy Birthday Herman Melville! To celebrate the occasion, visit the Melville archive online to read excerpts from the master's longer works, as well as some full-length stories, like "The Lightning-Rod Man": http://www.melville.org/lrman.htm
How would you like to live in a family of writers? Stephen and Tabitha king made their kids tell them bedtime stories and record audio books for them. The result, as the New York Times reports, is four writers in a family of five: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/magazine/stephen-kings-family-business.html?pagewanted=all
The King clan has become a dynasty of storytellers.
Some writing rules from Walter Benjamin, for those who find them useful, or entertaining: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/04/15/the-writers-technique-in-thirteen-theses-walter-benjamin/
"The more circumspectly you delay writing down an idea, the more maturely developed it will be on surrendering itself." "Write with the d
Check out the new Penumbra listing in Newpages: http://www.newpages.com/magazinestand/newmags/
Virtual rack of new issues received of literary and alternative magazines and announcements of new issues posted to online literary magazines
Finally you can access the Spring/Summer issue via our website: http://penumbramagazine.wordpress.com/2013/07/19/penumbra-springsummer-2013-issue-live/
Dear Readers, Today's the day! Click to explore the art, poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction of our Spring/Summer issue. We hope you enjoy what we've put together, and we welcome feedback, bot...
Our Spring/Summer 2013 issue is now live online! Read it here: http://issuu.com/penumbramadrid/docs/penumbra_spring_summer_2013_pdf?e=6895984/4103495
Penumbra Spring/Summer 2013
Penumbra contributor M.V. Montgomery has a new book of short stories out from Winter Goose Publishing. Read about his horror/comedy stories here: http://wintergoosepublishing.com/shop/beyond-the-pale/
Fans of old Saturday afternoon creature features and Alfred Hitchcock mystery anthologies will relish this thrilling collection of stories from author M.V. Montgomery.
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