Tag Archives: Guernica Magazine
Amitav Ghosh in Guernica
Guernica this week features the work of Amitav Ghosh. Honored to have him in there. We’ve also interviewed him before. Here’s a link to his fiction, the first chapter of his novel, River of Smoke.
Caine Prize Winner Olufemi Terry on Guernica
Olufemi Terry, whose “Stickfighting Days” won the 2010 Caine Prize for African Writing, is in the current issue of Guernica. The story is brilliant, and it shows how if won Africa’s mst prestigious literary prize. But it’s looong. . . … Continue reading
New Fiction on Guernica: Michael McGuire
Michael McGuire, who often writes about life on the American border, has one of his best pieces, ever, in Guernica called “Rosa de la Rosas.” Michael is the author of a short story collection, The Ice Forest (Marlboro Press), named … Continue reading
New Fiction on Guernica: Panos Karnezis
This issue of Guernica fiction has an excerpt from the novel, The Convent, to be published later this month by W.W. Norton & Co. The story of a nun who adopts a baby, it’s intense and gripping. . . Dog … Continue reading
Book Party for E.C. Osondu’s Voice of America in NYC
Where The Gallery Bar, 120 Orchard St, New York, NY When Tuesday, November 2, 7–9 p.m. E.C. Osondu I picked his story, “Waiting” out of the slush pile. It went on to win the 2009 Caine Prize, Africa’s leading literary … Continue reading
Electric Literature on Guernica’s 6th Anniversary Party
Literary magazine of the moment, Electric Literature, writes about Guernica‘s 6th anniversary party. It says someone stole the cheese. I know what happened: the intern stole (and then also drank) a lot of wine. She then passed the cheese around … Continue reading
Guernica is 6 This Thursday
Guernica is 6 this coming Thursday. If you’re in New York, come out for the celebration. And because you’re reading this, get a discount by using this code: FACEBOOKFRIEND. More info on the party is here. Last year, David Byrne … Continue reading
New Fiction on Guernica: Ethel Rohan
We’re going with two short-short pieces by Ethel Rohan. They’re sort-of, kind-of, about leaving and returning to Ireland. We don’t normally run micro-fiction, but I had to go with it, this time. Ethel was raised in Ireland and now lives … Continue reading
New Fiction on Guernica
I’m not sure how many fiction pieces I’ve edited at Guernica–maybe about 100 (an exhausting thing to contemplate). This week, we have Leora Skolkin-Smith’s short story, “The Fragile Mistress,” which is an excerpt from the novel of the same name. … Continue reading
Q&A with Guernica author
Glen Pourciau who had a story here is featured in the excellent new blog, the Roving Editor. I love that I don’t know him at all. His work came in over the transom. Glen has a new book of short … Continue reading
