Comments on: What you think I rap for?

By: Who’s who in indie lit » Unstressed

Who’s who in indie lit » Unstressed — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:26:59 +0000

[...] Brady of Barrelhouse asks which writers and publishers in the indie lit community are consistently pushing things forward, and nominates a few of his [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:22:52 +0000

When I first scanned the comments, I read Peter’s as “Lauren Conrad” instead of “Lauren Cerand.”

And, you know, no offense to Lauren Cerand, who is a really good writer and all, but every one of my raps is for Lauren Conrad. Every last one of them.

By: Roxane

Roxane — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:47:33 +0000

I totally forgot (how, I don’t know) Peter and Scott. Peter, in particular, is always willing to lend a hand even though his plate is overfull.

By: Tim Jones-Yelvington

Tim Jones-Yelvington — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:51:16 +0000

Second Matt Bell, Roxane Gay, Scott Garson, Peter Cole, Michael Kimball as additions.

By: dave

dave — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:12:24 +0000

All of the above, of course.

Plus Scott Garson from Wigleaf, which is putting out amazing work at an amazing pace. Having worked with Scott on a little piece I had at Wigleaf, I was really impressed with how much thought he put into my little 900 word story. As an editor, I’m amazed at the high quality of work that’s constantly coming through Wigleaf.

Michael Kimball, who we also interviewed for our first episode of Mixtape, is a force of nature, and his presence in Baltimore has really helped make it one of the must-stops on the indie lit tour circuit (if there is such a thing). Which reminds me: Jen Michalski, another Baltimore lit person, editor of JMWW, and curator, along with Michael, of the 510 reading series.

Although, to quote Mike Ingram, I don’t really get poetry, Reb Livingston is literally a one woman poetry empire/factory. Plus, she’s mouthy in the best possible way (hi Reb!).

I also love how Peter Cole is pushing things forward with Keyhole. They’re publishing a great lit mag, putting out story collections, and their new iPhone app is brilliant, and I know it was a huge pain in the ass to get it past the strange iTunes approval process. From a reader’s perspective, it was worth the trouble.

By: Peter Richter

Peter Richter — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:06:16 +0000

I really like to work Lauren Cerand puts forward and promotes.

http://www.luxlotus.com/

Roxane Gay and her staff put out great work with PANK. (see above) She’s friendly and really cares about the people who submit and read. It’s refreshing, inspiring and she is always pushing writers forward.

http://www.pankmagazine.com/

By: Roxane

Roxane — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:50:08 +0000

You listed most of my list. Blake (he’s cloned himself, right?), Dan (he must have a clone too) and Adam (CLONE) all work tirelessly. I would throw Barry Graham’s name into the mix as well. He is a great editor and always puts a lot of energy into his projects and into promoting writers and independent literature. I’d also mention Matt Bell (who to mind is such a writer’s writer), Jason Jordan, Jackie Corley and Aaron Burch.

By: jereme

jereme — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:54:44 +0000

good article.

blake also does the year of the liquidator thing.

he is a massive throbbing dick crushing the guts of all indie lit people everywhere.

gold standard fo sure.