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Independent and Small Press Month

Guest Post: Caleigh Minshall Talks About Porcupine’s Quill and Its Mission

March 10, 2011

Caleigh Minshall is our guest today, and she’ll be talking about Porcupine’s Quill, which is nestled in the town of Erin Village, Ontario, Canada.  She’s an intern over there and blogs as Porcupette. It sounds like this press is really enthusiastic about its mission and helping out writers and poets alike.  I’m sure you can [...]

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Guest Post: Bancroft Press’ Harrison Demchick on Small Press

March 9, 2011

Bancroft Press has Harrison Demchick on the front lines, and his press is another local one, situated in Baltimore, Md.  We’re going to be taking another Literary Road Trip of sorts today, as Harrison talks about being a small press and what that entails in the day and age of publishing battles in the media [...]

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The Rorschach Factory by Valerie Fox

March 8, 2011

The Rorschach Factory by Valerie Fox is a collection of poems that are left up to the interpretation of the reader in many cases.  Much like the inkblot test, these poems provide snippets of color, image, and story to provide an outline for readers, and those readers are then tasked with filling in the blanks [...]

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Guest Interview: Melanie Huber Speaks With New York Quarterly Editor Raymond Hammond

March 4, 2011

Today’s interview with The New York Quarterly‘s Editor Raymond Hammond is brought to you by the prose editor of Leaf Garden and her own blog, Melanie Huber. New York Quarterly is a literary magazine I’ve read off and on for several years, but the organization also publishes books. Without further ado, please enjoy Melanie’s interview [...]

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Guest Review: Confederate Streets by Erin E. Tocknell

March 2, 2011

Today’s guest review of Confederate Streets by Erin E. Tocknell comes from a new-to-me blogger, Sara from Wordy Evidence of the Fact.  She was one of the first to respond for my call for guest posts this month, and I’m thrilled to host her and her review.  I hope you enjoy it and visit Sara’s [...]

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An Interview With Dan Cafaro, Publisher of Atticus Books in Maryland

March 1, 2011

Today we’re kicking off Savvy Verse & Wit’s First Annual Indie & Small Press Month Celebration with Dan Cafaro from Maryland’s very own Atticus Books.  He was gracious enough to answer a few questions about his business, books, and some more personal matters, like obsessions. Rather than provide you with all the connection details at [...]

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Celebrate! Indie & Small Press Month Schedule

February 28, 2011

March begins tomorrow, and my celebration of Indie & Small Presses begins as well. I thought that I would post a schedule of the events for the month, so everyone could refer to it. Think of all the diversity you’ll miss if you don’t check out the fiction, poetry, and other publishers here in the [...]

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March 2011 Independent and Small Press Month

February 18, 2011

As many of you know, I will be pre-occupied with the new bundle of joy for the next month or so, but in my absence, I’ve got a great line-up of small and independent press owners and publishers, some guest reviews, and other goodies coming in March. I dubbed this event a Celebration of Independent [...]

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Call for Guest Posts…

February 2, 2011

Good afternoon everyone! As many of you already know, March will be a challenging month for me in terms of reading and blogging since the little one will soon be with us, so I wanted to get prepared. As a result of brainstorming, I came up with an idea to feature independent publishers on Savvy [...]

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