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Gently Read Literature
Daniel Casey
20698 Drake Ct.
Rogers, MN 55374
Gently Read Literature is always looking for reviews, criticism, and essays on contemporary poetry and literary fiction. Although we are open to examining all styles of poetry and fiction (and, therefore, all poets and novelists) we prefer those authors/presses that do not typically get the attention they deserve.
Our guidelines are simple: 500 words minimum with no maximum, with as much direct textual analysis as possible. Contributions should be emailed to Daniel Casey, editor, (gentlyreadlit@gmail.com). “GRL submission” should be in the title of email, and must be in the body of the email or attached as a MS Word document. All contributions should be plainly formatted—12 point font, Times New Roman or the equivalent, single spaced. Because GRL publishes monthly, contributions are consider on a rolling basis. GRL would love to feature essays on aesthetics or extended essays focused on the aesthetics of individual authors.
I am really just a big fan of Gently Read – been reading it for about 3 years now. I think Daniel Casey has found a very good way to promote books and good writing.
how do i get my y/a fantasy novel Keeper of the Sword revieed by you
Hi Daniel,
An agent friend of yours recommended we connect. I own a bookstore that sells only Indy titles. When you can, drop me a note at the e-mail address provided.
Thank,
Jon
Back to the Books
My story collection was published last fall by Press 53. How do I go about getting it reviewed by Gently Read Literature? Many thanks!
I published my first novel when I was 60. I am 82 now. Since then I have published 12 books, some written in English some in Spanish. Some have been translated into French, some have had good reviews, none have sold much. I published in England last year a novel called Requiem for Goethe, which I would be grateful if you could review. It consists of two novellas. One tells the relationship between a Nazi officer and a young Jew in a concentration camp during the II WW, an intense relationship that leaves questions opened and inflicts wounds that will affect both of their lives. The other tells the relationship between an American student and a upper class Colombian. When in Colombia for wedding arrangements, he is kidnapped by guerrillas, where he spends three years in the jungle and is converted to their cause. They will meet again…
I hope this may interest you,I would be happy to send you a copy either in Kindle or hardcover.
Thank you
Jose Miguel Roig
concentrarion
I just read the very captivating review of Brendan Connell’s Metrophilias and I was wondering you you knew of an itlaian translation of Upleasant Tales by the same author. I really need to get it a s a present for a very important person who doesn’t read english.
Thanks in advance for your help.
G
Plain View Press has just published a volume of my poetry entitled “Days Like These”. I believe the publisher has offered to provide GRL with an advance reader copy. These new poems welcome and invite the reader inside, at the same time as they reach out with humanity, sometimes with sadness, other times with rollicking good humor and wit.
They do not bore or insult the reader with self-indulgent ostentation. They show depth of understanding that encourages the reader to see and feel things he or she might not otherwise have noticed.
The collection is varied, encompassing nature, mortality, the grief of warfare, and the ordinary events of “days like these.” Favorable critical comments from Stephen Dunn, Rebecca Foust, Rachel Dacus, among others.
The above should not be “Anonymous”. It should be signed by Robert Riche, author of “Days Like These.” Thank you. Robert Riche
I would love to have my book, “Voice From the Soul of Trees” reviewed. What are the guidelines?
What are the guidelines for submitting my book for your reviewing list. The title of my book of poetry and prose is “Voice From the Soul of Trees”. My blog is http://blog.mypecantree@comcast.net.
I am a newly published author and would love to have my collection of poems reviewed. The collection is entitled “Voice From the Soul of Trees”; a collection of poetry on life and hope. Contact me at celeste.mypecantree@comcast.net if you’re interested. More information about me as a poet can be found on my blog; My Pecan Tree Poetry Blog, http://blog.mypecantree.com
New York Quarterly just published a book of mine. Can I send you a copy for review?
Thank you. Barbara Blatner
I would be willing to review Brazil by Jesse Lee Kercheval and Eden Springs by Laura Kasischke. I contribute to a blog called As It Ought To Be and have started one of my own recently. Really, I would be willing to review any prose book you send me.
I would be interested in doing a review of ARTIFICIAL RATS AND ELECTRIC CATS by Robert Masterson. I have done reviews for various journals, including a review of J. Santiago Baca’s WORKING IN THE DARK for The New Mexico Historical Review. I have also been published in several journals, including The Blue Mesa Review. Thank you.
Hi there,
Do you ever review American fiction? I am looking for bloggers interested in Garth Stein’s newest novel.
Let me know if you’re interested.
Thanks!
Sarah
Please check out my blog [first10pages.com] and consider listing it in your LITERARY REVIEWS & JOURNALS sidebar. Also the journal THE WHISTLING FIRE [whistlingfire.com].
Thank you – Bryan
http://www.first10pages.com
Mr. King, I hope I’m doing this correctly. I’d like to review Ann Fisher-Wirth’s “Carta Marina” for GRL. Please let me know if there are additional guidelines/considerations I need to be aware of. Thanks for your consideration!
It’s nice to see a place for serious reviews. I wish you good luck in this endeavor. Now for my own sales pitch: FutureCycle Press has just released two poetry titles, No Loneliness by Temple Cone and Beyond the Bones by Neil Carpathios. The former title is the winner of our 2009 FutureCycle Poetry Book Prize. The latter was a finalist in that competition.
If anyone is seriously interested in reviewing either or both of these titles, please contact me.
Robert S. King
Director & Editor-in-Chief
FutureCycle Press
Thanks for sharing your site. I appreciate the passion and intelligence of fellow writers. We don’t often get to say aloud how we are appreciative of discovering new writers or re-discovering established writers until reviews like the ones presented here. Gracias. Rane Arroyo
Daniel-
Really wonderful site you’ve established here. Just an amazing resource! I hope you don’t mind, but I’ve taken the liberty of sending along a copy of my book (The O Mission Repo, Fact-Simile Editions, 2008) for possible review on GRL. Whether or not it warrants consideration, I sincerely hope you enjoy it.
I have also taken the liberty of providing a link to your site on http://www.fact-simile.com. If there’s any chance we might join our friends and peers on your home page, it would be greatly appreciated!
Best Regards,
Travis Macdonald
Fact-Simile Editions
http://www.fact-simile.com
travis@fact-simile.com
I would like to thank Mark Lamoureux for his review of four of the chapbooks that Cervena Barva Press has published. I am so grateful to him.
Thank you Daniel for publishing them in “Gently Read Literature.”
This is really wonderful. I know the authors will be happy to see this too.
Thanks again,
Gloria
editor@cervenabarvapress.com
Are you interested in Australian Poetry books for review?
Can we review your poetry books ?
Friendly Street Poets Inc. produces an annual Reader & a NEW POETS Volume (containing 3 New poets) In alternate years, we publish a SINGLE POET Volume. We are the lomgest running poetry reading group in the southern hemisphere and have been publishing for 34 years; in recent years ,with WAKEFIELD PRESS.
You can look at our site : friendlystreetpoets.org.au, or contact me, the Convenor, Maggie Emmett (published as M.L.Emmett) at my personal email: magicpoet01@gmail.
We at HL just received your June issue. Your critical review blog is nw to us. Please take a look at our online atalog. If you’d like to see review copies of any of our nw titles, just let me know which ones are of interest and i’ll end them to you.
Mark Pawlak
Co-editot/publisher
I would be interested in doing a review of Shane Jones’ LIGHT BOXES. From what I have read the Civil War Balloonist Thaddeus Lowe features large in this book. I am the author of THE BALLOONIST; The Story of T.S.C. Lowe, Inventor, Scientist, Magician, and Father of the U.S. Air Force, ISBN 978-1-929490-27-1, Frederic C. Beil, Savannah, 2007. This is the only book on Lowe published in the last forty years.