July 2011
2 posts
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Two open editorial seats--a call for applicants
We’re looking to fill two (unpaid) spots on escarp’s editorial panel in the next two weeks. The time commitment is rarely more than 2 hours a week.
The basics: 1.) editors must be able to receive submissions via SMS 24 hours a day. 2.) editors must be able to respond within 12 hours via SMS. 3.) editing is done collaboratively via group SMS; we don’t use the group for chatter...
Updating properly again.
A small issue had kept our update scripts from running for a few days, but the site should be back to updating properly.
June 2011
1 post
Reply, retweet, favorite
We launched a new layout this February, but there were a few things we wanted to do that we couldn’t at the time, due to some limitations with the Twitter API. While some of our API wishlist is still outstanding, we’ve implemented reply, retweet and favorite buttons on each posting. We’ll probably continue to experiment with the placement of these as we review and implement other...
May 2011
1 post
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Congratulations, Meera Lee Sethi →
Meera’s piece, published on May 10th, got a solid review from David Backer of FictionDaily.org today.
April 2011
3 posts
1 tag
location-based stories, eh? →
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Wishing a speedy recovery to Dean Young →
But, more importantly, our condolences to the family of the donor.
March 2011
3 posts
6 tags
63072000 seconds later
@escarp turned two, today (at 10:34:15 AM CST, to be precise). It’s been quite the journey.
Work on escarp began when the clouds opened briefly about two weeks before Spring Break, on March 3rd in Lubbock, Texas and went live from a friend’s dining-room table in Austin, Texas (Thanks, Beth (aka MEGABETH!)) It was mostly coincidence, of course, that the site launched in the middle of...
Publishers and Libraries Struggle over Terms of... →
infoneer-pulse:
“People just felt gobsmacked,” said Anne Silvers Lee, the chief of the materials management division of the Free Library of Philadelphia, which has temporarily stopped buying HarperCollins e-books. “We want e-books in our collections, our customers are telling us they want e-books, so I want to be able to get e-books from all the publishers. I also need to do it in a way that is...
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The story of Dear Esther →
A PC Gamer review of a non-traditional game focused on telling a story and not on accomplishing objectives.
February 2011
11 posts
4 tags
To the many of you arriving re: Claudia Rankine &...
Claudia Rankine has posted the text of her reading on her website. You’ll need to go here: http://www.claudiarankine.com/ and then click the *AWP link to the lower-right hand side.
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TITLE CASE
For a long while we’ve published titles on our pieces (when provided) in simple Title Case due to personal preference (we don’t feel ALL CAPS comes off the same in SMS as in a book, etc.), but at the same time we’ve wished we could provide more distinction for titles when they exist. Setting titles in ALL CAPS would allow the site’s display scripts to distinguish a title...
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As promised, poetry as multimedia documentary →
This is VQR’s blog post promoting the panel which, quite conveniently, has video/audio for all of the pieces featured in the panel. Watch them. Talk about them. Tell us what you think. We aren’t here to send you over to VQR for shits and giggles, but because we feel like innovative work and forms like this are of the utmost importance as experiments in how we can keep the world of A/V...
Things we learned at #awp11, day 3:
The poetry-as-multimedia-documentary panel moderated by the famous/infamous Ted Genoways of VQR brings up the interesting potential of poetry as a sort of narrative pairing with documentary photography/video which is able to overcome some of the viewpoint limitations of traditional or creative non-fiction. It seems like the responsibility of the poet here is enormous, but we like this approach to...
What we learned at AWP 2011, day 2.
Literary projects (we won’t name names) which engage with users via apps are interesting, both as revenue sources and as a new creative publication space. But we have some reservations, as do others, about being overly complicit in the “appification” of the internet.
The hint fiction panel with Robert Swartwood (http://twitter.com/robertswartwood), Michael Martone...
escarp_blog: @Hint_Fiction We talked about... →
escarp_blog: @Hint_Fiction We talked about hintficton v tradition/establishment, but what do you think about it as an ambassador to non-literary publics?
Things we learned at awp 2011, day 1.
The Washington Marriott hates stomach-sleepers. The mattress pad and pillows were both so thick I had to discard them to sleep.
They also love cheap toilet paper and $13 a day internet fees.
There’s a reciprocal relationship between the burgeoning online lit scene and the craft/diy/limited-run book culture.
Bob Hicok is everything we hoped and more.
The Madam’s Organ bar in Adams-morgan is...
escarp_blog: http://tumblr.com/xmc1eom7nh escarp... →
escarp_blog: http://tumblr.com/xmc1eom7nh escarp has been redesigned.
Just in case you didn't notice,
we slipped away from the party for a bit tonight, on the eve of #AWP, to powder our noses and redesign the site. We hope you like the new look.
The biggest departure the redesign presents is the reduced number of posts per page. We hope to put more emphasis on each poem and story—to give each more literal space in which to unfold; let us know how it works for you as readers.
The...
Wonder how much trouble we could get for squatting empty tables at #AWP. We’re looking at you, schools/journals from the snowbound midwest.