Paula Bomer

Interview with Ben Tanzer at Rain Taxi Reivew

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Tue, 29 May 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Thank you Rain Taxi for hosting my discussion with Ben Tanzer about his wonderful novel, MY FATHER'S HOUSE. It was an edifying experience.

SHORT BUS by Brian Allen Carr on Big Other

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:28:00 +0000

I had the wonderful opportunity to write about Brian Allen Carr's Short Bus (Texas Review Press) at Big Other. I wrote about it in regard to Flannery O'Connor's essay "The Grotesque in Southern Fiction" and really enjoyed being able to do so. Read the essay here. And find out more about Carr's amazing collection here.

"Friday Night at Howard Park" at Connotation Press

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:11:00 +0000

Thanks to Meg Tuite (we seem to be having a mutual lovefest) for publishing this story, an excerpt from a novella called Inside Madeleine. Click here to read it and to read Meg's interview with me, which was lots of fun.

A Review of Meg Tuite's Domestic Apparition

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:40:00 +0000

Thanks Shya Scanlon, for his editorial guidance on my review of Meg Tuite's Domestic Apparition (San Francisco Bay Books). I highly recommend this novel- it's brave, entertaining-all sorts of good things. Click here to read my review at the Nervous Breakdown.

PRE-ORDER KEITH NATHAN BROWN'S EMBODIED NOW!

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:59:00 +0000

EMBODIED: A Psycho Soma in Poetry and Prose by Keith Nathan Brown is now available for pre-order! This book is one of the most unique specimens of literature out there. The advance praise has been amazing! Click here to pre-order!

"Keith Nathan Brown’s elegantly eclectic book, Embodied, puts the high in hybrid. This is a significant new twist in the double helix of New Formalism’s formulae, an architecture of Frank Gehryesque proportions. There is no ironing out all these endless wrinkles, a static wall of balled up sound, stamping with the stutter of an uncanny cunning CAD."
-Michael Martone, author of Four for a Quarter

PRE-ORDER SCOTT WROBEL'S CUL DE SAC NOW!

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:55:00 +0000

I am so thrilled to announce that pre-orders for Scott Wrobel's CUL DE SAC are now available. The advance praise has been amazing!

Scott Wrobel is an amazingly sharp and gifted writer, and his debut, Cul De Sac, set in a twenty-first century American suburbia of lost dreams and troubled families, is not only one of the truest and saddest collections of stories I’ve ever read, but also one of the funniest.
-Donald Ray Pollock, author of Knockemstiff and The Devil All the Time

CLICK HERE TO ORDER!

A story at Necessary Fiction

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:09:00 +0000

I took part in a series at Necessary Fiction, where they " invited past contributors to share one of their earliest stories and some thoughts on how it relates to their writing now". The story is called "The Favorite Daughter" and I wrote it nearly two decades ago. I find it embarrassing, frankly, but I think that was sort of the point of the project, so here it is. Thank you Steve Himmer, the editor, for inviting me to participate.

Sententia 4 Is Now Closed For Submissions

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:47:00 +0000

Amy King, Jen Michalski and I are still reading submissions already sent in, but we are no longer accepting new ones. Thanks so much everyone for submitting your work to us.

Edward Mullany's book of poems, If I Falter at the Gallows

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:04:00 +0000

Thanks Big Other, for hosting my conversation with Edward Mullany about his new book, If I Falter at the Gallows (Publishing Genius Press.)

WIDOW by Michelle Latiolais

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:30:00 +0000

I was so fortunate to be able to review the amazing short story collection, WIDOW, by Michelle Latiolais, for the great literary site, The Nervous Breakdown. It's my first contribution there and I'm thrilled about that. Mostly, I'm grateful to Latiolais for writing such a brave, sad book and The Bellevue Literary Press for publishing it. What a contribution to the land of literature.

Dawn West Reviews Baby and Other Stories at PANK

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:20:00 +0000

Dawn West (click here to find out more about her) writes a very thoughtful and thorough review of my collection, Baby and Other Stories over at the always wonderful Pank Magazine. I"m honored and I love the way she interprets the bothness of the characters, as she writes, "both in love and unloved, the desire to be with him there and somewhere else alone".

SENTENTIA 4 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS- ALL WOMEN WRITERS ISSUE

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:39:00 +0000

Click here for submission guidelines. Send us your work! Jen Michalski will co-edit the fiction with me and Amy King will edit the poetry. Open for fiction submissions only.

Reading During NYC LitCrawl at Scratcher, this Saturday at 6pm!

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:12:00 +0000

Come join me and fellow Soho Press people at Scratcher, at 209 E. 5th Street in the East Village. Alex Shakar, Henry Chang and Juliann Garey will also read.

The Impending Launch of Sententia Books

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:58:00 +0000

Ryan W. Bradley and Paula Bomer, co-publishers of Artistically Declined Press, will be going separate ways this winter of 2011 the better to pursue their unique small press visions. Bradley will continue with www.artisticallydeclined.net and Bomer will launch www.sententiabooks.com, where she'll continue with the journal Sententia, that was founded by Bradley and herself. Please check out both websites to stay abreast of some of the most exciting small press publication out there.

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:22:00 +0000

Thanks Matt Bell and Gabriel Blackwell over at The Collagist for letting me review Barry Graham's excellent novella, Nothing or Next to Nothing. The issue is full of other good stuff, including an excerpt from fellow Soho Press author, Alex Shakar. Check it out.

My Interview with Jen Michalski at Rain Taxi Review

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:57:00 +0000

Thanks Jen Michalski for the wonderful conversation about her novella "May/December", and Rain Taxi Review of Books for supporting independent publishers and the writers they publish. Press 53 also deserves mention for choosing to award and publish such an ambitious and transgressive novella.

Big Other Post: Graham Greene's TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT and a look at Satire

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 20:41:00 +0000

A brief post about Greene's excellent satire, TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT and satire in general. It was a fantastic, inspiring read.

Soho Press to publish my novel NINE MONTHS

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:17:00 +0000

It was announced officially a few weeks ago, but I was hesitant to announce it myself while doing some extensive revisions. Now that those are done- it's official! Soho Press will publish my satire, NINE MONTHS, in the fall of 2012. I'm very excited to be on such a great press and working with the amazing editor, Mark Doten.

Dana Spiotta's STONE ARABIA at Ed Champion's Reluctant Habits

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:56:00 +0000

I take place in a roundtable discussion (my first comments appear here) about Stone Arabia by Dana Spiotta at Ed Champion's wonderful site, Reluctant Habits at edrants.com. The conversation is a week long affair and I'm honored to be in discussion with many wonderful writers. Thanks Ed, for the opportunity to talk about this book.

"Lightning" up at Bluestem

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:07:00 +0000

Thanks to the editors at Bluestem, and especially, Roxane Gay, for publishing my story, "Lightning".

Dark Sky Magazine

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Mon, 02 May 2011 22:49:00 +0000

A very short piece responding to the news - a week long project at Dark Sky Magazine. Thanks Kevin Murphy.

Big Other Post on Alice Munro's story, "Pride"

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:52:00 +0000

I love Alice Munro and enjoyed writing about her recent story in Harper's, "Pride".

READING TOMORROW NIGHT AT PETE'S CANDY STORE

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:34:00 +0000

I'm reading with the amazing Shya Scanlon at this really fun spot in Williamsburg. Please come and click for info!

Big Other post on Franzen, Chetkovitch and Grief

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:17:00 +0000

Another essay at Big Other- more personal than literary.

I'm now Contributing to Big Other

noreply@blogger.com (pb) — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:15:00 +0000

Thanks John Madera, for letting me join your great lit blog. I've guest posted in the past, but now will be a regular contributor. Here's an essay on Mary Gaitskill, Dan Chaon and compassion.