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Halimah Marcus
Halimah Marcus is an American writer and editor. She is the executive director of ''Electric Literature'' and the editor-in-chief of its ''Recommended Reading'' section. In 2021, she edited an anthology called ''Horse Girls: Recovering, Aspiring, and Devoted Riders Redefine the Iconic Bond'', with Harper Perennial. Education Marcus rode horses in high school but stopped in college and adulthood; she felt at a crossroads with the discipline and also found it difficult to maintain due to financial, educational, and time constraints. It was after she stopped horse riding that she started working on her career as a writer. Later, when she was 30, Marcus moved to New York City to attend an MFA program in fiction at Brooklyn College. Career In 2010, Marcus began volunteering at ''Electric Literature''. Over time, she assumed numerous roles and responsibilities in the publication. In 2012, she helped launched its ''Recommended Reading'' section alongside editor Benjamin Samuel. The ...
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Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn in New York City, United States. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls nearly 14,000 students on a campus in the Midwood and Flatbush sections of Brooklyn as of fall 2023. New York City's first public coeducational liberal arts college, the college was formed in 1930 by the merger of the Brooklyn branches of Hunter College (centered in Manhattan), then a women's college, and of the City College of New York (also Manhattan), then a men's college. Once tuition-free, the city's 1975 fiscal crisis ended the free tuition policy. The college also consolidated to its main campus. Prominent alumni of Brooklyn College include US senators, federal judges, US financial chairmen, Olympians, CEOs, and recipients of Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, Pulitzer Prizes, and Nobel Prizes. College history Early decades Brooklyn College was founded in 1930. That year, as directed by the New York City Board of Higher Educati ...
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Bomb (magazine)
''Bomb'' (stylized in all caps as ''BOMB'') is an American arts magazine edited by artists and writers, published quarterly in print and daily online. It is composed primarily of interviews between creative people working in a variety of disciplines—visual art, literature, film, music, theater, architecture, and dance. In addition to interviews, ''Bomb'' publishes reviews of literature, film, and music, as well as new poetry and fiction. ''Bomb'' is published by New Art Publications, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. History ''Bomb'' was launched in 1981 by a group of New York City-based artists, including Betsy Sussler, Sarah Charlesworth, Glenn O'Brien, Michael McClard, and Liza Béar, who sought to record and promote public conversations between artists without mediation by critics or journalists.McClister, Nell"Bomb Magazine: Celebrating 25 Years" ''Bomb'', Retrieved October 13, 2014. The name ''Bomb'' is a reference to both Wyndham Lewis' ''Blast (British magazine ...
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American Fiction Writers
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Brooklyn College Alumni
Brooklyn is a borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelve original counties established under English rule in 1683 in what was then the Province of New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the population stood at 2,736,074, making it the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City, and the most populous county in the state.Table 2: Population, Land Area, and Population Density by County, New York State - 2020


American Women Anthologists
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Mariner Books
Mariner Books, originally an imprint of HMH Books, was established in 1997 as a publisher of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry in trade paperback. Mariner is also the publisher of the Harvest backlist, formerly published by Harcourt Brace/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. HarperCollins bought HMH in May 2021 for US$349 million. As of fall 2021, Mariner Books was listed as an imprint of HarperCollins. List of books published *''The Hobbit'' by J.R.R Tolkien (1937) *''The Fellowship of the Ring'' by J.R.R Tolkien (1954) *''The Two Towers'' by J.R.R Tolkien (1954) *''The Return of the King'' by J.R.R Tolkien *'' The Man in the High Castle'', by Philip K. Dick (1962) *'' The Castle of Crossed Destinies'', by Italo Calvino, Translated by William Weaver, 1979. *''If on a winter's night a traveler'', by Italo Calvino, Translated by William Weaver, 1982. *''Downhill All the Way: An autobiography of the Years 1919 - 1939'' by Leonard Woolf, 1989. *'' The Blue Flower'', by Penelope Fitzgeral ...
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Andrew Sean Greer
Andrew Sean Greer (born November 21, 1970) is an American novelist and short story writer. Greer received the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel ''Less (novel), Less''. He is the author of ''The Story of a Marriage'', which ''The New York Times'' has called an "inspired, lyrical novel", and ''The Confessions of Max Tivoli'', which was named one of the best books of 2004 by the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' and received a California Book Award. Biography Andrew Sean Greer was born in November 1970, in Washington, D.C., the child of two scientists. He grew up in Rockville, Maryland. He is an identical twin. He graduated from Georgetown Day School, and Brown University, where he studied with Robert Coover and Edmund White, and served as commencement speaker. He lives part-time in Italy. He is the author of six works of fiction. Greer taught at Free University of Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He was a finalist for the Premio von Rezzori f ...
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The Best American Short Stories 2022
''The Best American Short Stories 2022'' is a volume in the annual Best American Short Stories anthology. It was edited by series editor Heidi Pitlor and guest editor and Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer Andrew Sean Greer (born November 21, 1970) is an American novelist and short story writer. Greer received the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel ''Less (novel), Less''. He is the author of ''The Story of a Marriage'', which ''The New .... The collection of 20 short stories selected from leading magazines in the U.S. was published in November 2022 with a print run of 75,000. It was also issued as an audiobook spoken by five voice actors. Short stories included References {{DEFAULTSORT:Best American Short Stories 2022, The 2022 anthologies Fiction anthologies Short Stories 2022 Mariner Books books ...
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One Story
''One Story'' is a literary magazine which publishes 12 issues a year, each issue containing a single short story A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the old .... The magazine was founded in 2002 by writers Hannah Tinti and Maribeth Batcha.Smith, Dinitia. They offer up to $500 and 25 consumer copies of your story if your short story is accepted. They are continually searching for short stories that are strong enough to stand alone, and yet leave the reader satisfied. They receive over 100 entries a week. After submitting, it takes 8-12 weeks to be reviewed"A Little Start-Up Entertains, One Story at a Time" ''The New York Times'', March 23, 2004. Retrieved March 18, 2008. References 2002 establishments in New York City Literary magazines published in the United States F ...
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Electric Literature
''Electric Literature'' is an American literary magazine. History Founded by Andy Hunter and Scott Lindenbaum in 2009 as a print quarterly journal, ''Electric Literature'' transitioned to a daily website in 2012 under the helm of Halimah Marcus and Benjamin Samuel. ''Electric Literature'' publishes essays, reading lists, interviews, fiction, poetry, graphic narratives, humor, and book news, all available to read online for free without a paywall. It launched the first fiction magazine on the iPhone and iPad. Work published has been recognized by Best American Short Stories, Essays, Poetry, and Comics, the Pushcart Prize, Best Canadian Short Stories, The Best of the Small Presses, and the O. Henry Prize. in 2014, ''Electric Literature'' became a registered non-profit. In 2016, Halimah Marcus was appointed the first executive director of ''Electric Literature''. She has been with the magazine since 2010. In 2021, Denne Michele Norris became editor-in-chief of Electric Liter ...
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