http://www.conteonline.net A journal of narrative writing. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:34:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is with great excitement that we announce the addition of Ashley Seitz Kramer to our rowdy staff as a Contributing Poetry Editor for Conte 6.1, our upcoming summer issue.  You can read more about Ashley and her work in our Who Is Conte? section. http://www.conteonline.net/2010/03/12/one-more-joins-the-congregation/ We're pleased to announce that our friend and recent contributor Erika Meitner is this week's featured poet at Anti-.  http://www.conteonline.net/2010/02/24/spreading-the-word/ With Conte 5.2 hot off the presses, I wanted to share yet another treat: Poets' Quarterly just published my recent interview with William Hathaway, a friend and former Conte contributor.  Enjoy! http://www.conteonline.net/2010/02/02/a-fireside-chat-sort-of/  It's here.  http://www.conteonline.net/2010/01/31/conte-52/ reaching up ever so casually to sliiiide back that release date.  We'll go live with our twelfth issue on January 31st.  Twelfth.  That was just more difficult to type than is really warranted, I think.  Not really a very useful word.  A little hung up on itself if you ask me, ... http://www.conteonline.net/2010/01/24/sidling-up-to-the-mantle-waiting-until-the-other-guests-are-distracted/ To all our readers, contributors, and friends, we here at Conte wish you a Happy New Year! We are currently completing issue 5.2 slated for publication late January (it's our twelfth!), so if you've submitted work for this issue, you can expect to hear from us presently. http://www.conteonline.net/2009/12/30/and-a-happy-new-year/  Happy Hanukkah.  That comes about 3 days late.  I said it to you before I said it to my grandparents.  That's how horrible I am.  Are you serious?  It's like December...it's pretty much about to almost be January. Well, you guys, I feel like a seagull because of my inbox.  See, ... http://www.conteonline.net/2009/12/14/holy-bejeezus-its-mid-december-and-also-some-great-stuff/ Though the holiday season is the most hectic time of year for all of us, I nonetheless wanted to share an exciting poetics blog I recently discovered called How a Poem Happens that is quickly becoming one of the best poetry sites online.  Edited by Virginia poet Brian Brodeur, the weekly updates feature a ... http://www.conteonline.net/2009/12/09/a-cut-above-the-rest/ It has always struck me as peculiar that Americans (myself included) celebrate Halloween—a holiday that has grown exceedingly morbid and ghoulish—with candy, costumes, and whimsical delight when, at its very core, it is a holiday centered on death. I’ll spare us all the history lesson, as there are several cultural variables that have ... http://www.conteonline.net/2009/10/30/a-haunting-somber-meditations-for-halloween/  A long time ago I read a short story which shouldn't really have been any good.  It was called "The Flesh Man," and read with a certain perspective, it probably qualifies as basically pornography with a side of brooding pulp machismo.  I wouldn't begrudge anyone that interpretation, at least.   The ... http://www.conteonline.net/2009/10/16/roses-from-poo-poo/