by BW | May 25, 2015 | News
We have finally launched Big Wonderful Circus! In it, we publish poems, shorts, and other oddies that fit a randomly occurring theme on a random schedule. It isn’t something you submit to, unless invited, but we plan to find our material everywhere. Check out...
by BW | Sep 28, 2014 | Book Reviews
Bilateral Asymmetry by Don Riggs Illustrations by Don Riggs ISBN 9780692212721 -2014, Texture Press Norman,Oklahoma Review by Lois Bassen One of the aspects of getting older is a palpable sensation of time as if it were weather or a season. A corollary is the...
by BW | Sep 14, 2014 | Things We Love
BWP will not be a Brooklyn Book Festival, but one of our editors will probably be there making the rounds. It is always a great a event, but hard to come to if you don’t have cash on hand to buy books–so be ready. They are also doing Pitch-a-Palooza at the...
by BW | May 24, 2014 | Musing
Editor’s Letter: For several months, BWP listed a submission category for authors that would be interested in a participating in a collaborative Kickstarter campaign. The press would do the Kickstarter for extra marketing funds, but still cover the basic...
by BW | Apr 12, 2014 | Events
Katherine Boo will be at Brooklyn By The Book this weekend. I found out about it from the A Child Grows in Brooklyn Calendar. Also, the McNALLY JACKSON Downtown Literary Festival is the weekend. Our pick is Alice Notley reading at Bowery Poetry Club at 2pm on...
by BW | Mar 15, 2014 | News
BWP will be publishing M.K. Sukach’s Something Impossible Happens very soon. Book page and cover will be up in a few days. We already have this amazing quote from Matthew Dickman: “I’m so very thankful for these poems, for the way they have opened my...
by BW | Mar 1, 2014 | News
It is cold in Brooklyn, and I am busy reviewing winter submissions and deciding on some final recommendations. We have some great material to consider. In addition, we are close to signing a couple of new manuscripts for the Wonderful Chapbook imprint. Hopefully we...
by BW | Dec 22, 2013 | Book Reviews
Behind the Beautiful Forevers Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity By Katherine Boo (Random House, Hardcover, 9781400067558, 288pp.) Publication Date: February 7, 2012 Everyone already knows this book is fantastic. I am very late to the table on this, but the...
by BW | Nov 3, 2013 | News
The Afterlife is a Dry County Kindle edition is on special countdown sale. Only 0.99 for a couple of days starting November 3rd. Another book I found that I really like at the moment is Backyard Foraging by Ellen Zachos. Apparently, I can eat quite a few of the weeds...
by BW | Dec 22, 2012 | Things We Love
At long last, Jen Karetnick’s latest chapbook Landscaping for Wildlife is now available from Big Wonderful Press.
