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Today we celebrate the birthdays of four writers: Vladimir Nabokov, Barry Hannah, Charles Johnson and William Shakespeare (we think). You can see author birthdays each day on powells.com, where I…    read more

Is it summer? Winter? Spring can’t be sure. Perhaps it is the warm weather and approaching graduation that has me putting together boxes and organizing piles of things to begin…    read more

In his recent Web exclusive, Scott Kaukonen explains with wit and eloquence that book contests are “as anyone will tell you, somewhere between playing the lottery and giving candy to…    read more

I really like a recent blog post by Charlie titled Listening Online. It included links to virtual places to visit and hear poetry read. I very much like having work…    read more

As was noted earlier on this blog, last week Elizabeth Strout was here at the University of Missouri-Columbia as a Writer in Residence. On Thursday night we were treated to…    read more

The fiction writers here at The Missouri Review, me included, like to crack jokes about how little time poets actually spend working, so as penance, I’ve decided to devote a…    read more

Dust off your eyeglasses, because this month, Barnes & Noble is giving you a few reasons to pick up a good book. If you’re looking for a canonized, tried-and-true classic,…    read more

I was browsing my bookshelf the other day and decided to revisit River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze, a gift from a friend a while back. I really enjoyed…    read more

Recently another editor passed me a manuscript she didn’t particularly care for, but felt obligated to pass because it was by a writer who has substantial credentials. Upon reading it…    read more

I have a thousand dollars…in theory. Periodically, I offer my theoretical thousand dollars to authors by way of letters and e-mail in exchange for their outstanding works of non-fiction. I’ve…    read more