tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265859646680791397.post8895193842153788040..comments2023-12-15T17:44:30.163-07:00Comments on Hayden's Ferry Review: The Non-Reading Writer and The Review Review (Our Website of the Week)HFRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665203051008950989noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265859646680791397.post-16192855609507844082009-02-18T08:45:00.000-07:002009-02-18T08:45:00.000-07:00People only have a certain amount of money to spen...People only have a certain amount of money to spend on the creative endeavor. I literally have a budget--most of which is eaten up by contest fees and AWP since I've got a manuscript to unload. But I ask for subscriptions as gifts--I have two right now, and a couple I'd like to get since I went to AWP. If they were easier to add to Amazon's wishlist (family can be pretty lazy when it comes to Meghan Brinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05321845286728452938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265859646680791397.post-56717681330975937572009-02-09T21:05:00.000-07:002009-02-09T21:05:00.000-07:00Concerning the problem of the lack of literary jou...Concerning the problem of the lack of literary journal readership --<BR/><BR/>This problem is very similar to that of the problem I recently mentioned -- there is a lack of education in the area. Students generally don't know much about the literary journal world at all for various reasons, one among them is that they usually become overwhelmed and intimidated by the scale of the amount of Coryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09684658927205210942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265859646680791397.post-90554900710456673362009-02-09T20:58:00.000-07:002009-02-09T20:58:00.000-07:00Concerning the lack of readers of contemporary wri...Concerning the lack of readers of contemporary writers of literary merit --<BR/><BR/>I believe part of this problem lies with the lack of education students receive regarding this area of American literature. Higher level high school classes generally touch on contemporary writers, but these students are very few in number, which you mention. <BR/><BR/>If more teachers engaged their students inCoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09684658927205210942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265859646680791397.post-8977829298723446892009-02-08T12:40:00.000-07:002009-02-08T12:40:00.000-07:00When I ask my class of intermediate level fiction ...When I ask my class of intermediate level fiction writers about who they read or who their favorite writers are, half of people they name are dead. The other half are Stephen King and Chuck Palahniuk.<BR/><BR/>i think if you asked this class of writers that were not in school, you might find a different response. I think people who like to read become English majors and then find out that "Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467144491669742454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265859646680791397.post-64085879960020089512009-02-06T06:50:00.000-07:002009-02-06T06:50:00.000-07:00For the metro Phoenix writer on a budget (and what...For the metro Phoenix writer on a budget (and what writer isn't), you can browse from upwards of 200 current literary journals at ASU's Piper Center for Creative Writing... for free! Get comfortable with the latest edition of Tin House (or HFR :) in a relaxed, living room setting at The Center. And if you pick up a journal that isn't for you. There's another one on the shelf.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16014900019052103197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265859646680791397.post-8688307900519874962009-02-05T22:42:00.000-07:002009-02-05T22:42:00.000-07:00Part of the problem is a problem of scale, of cour...Part of the problem is a problem of scale, of course: since I have to try to submit to dozens of journals, and I can only afford a few subscriptions, there are bound to be places I submit to without seeing (or buying) a physical copy of the journal first.<BR/><BR/>But that doesn't excuse the people who submit a steady stream without ever reading <I>any</I> literary journals...Isaachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529618611083147320noreply@blogger.com