什么作家阅读并如何找到它

|凯瑟琳DiMercurio |

It is a curious thing, the way our worlds intersect sometimes. I am an editor at Gale, as well as a recent graduate of the Vermont College of Fine Arts, where I earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing. These two worlds overlapped recently when I was reviewing content for an upcoming volume of当代作家。

Did you know?

• 当代作家is one of Gale’s longest running series.
• The first volume was published in 1962.
• We compile research on writers and create a critical biographical entry on the author and his or her work.
• 超过158000名的作者已被列入最新的。

我最近才交到掌舵当代作家，when, in my new role as editor, I stumbled across the work of克莱尔·路易斯·贝内特，谁出版池塘爱尔兰在2015年，在美国于2016年。池塘’s 2017 paperback release has garnered the work a fresh round of attention. The book, alternately regarded as a novel and as a short story collection, caught my eye, due to the simplicity of the title, and the high praise it received for the richness of its prose. Within a few days of reviewing Bennett’s entry, along with about 199 of its siblings in volume 402 of the当代作家系列中，我开始看到池塘’s luminous cover appear elsewhere, especially on Instagram where my writer friends were posting about what they were reading over the summer.

作家，尤其是那些刚毕业的MFA学位，常常发现自己读短篇小说的文学期刊大大小小。我们读中获得灵感，大家看了就决定在哪里提交，我们读，因为我们爱读。作家的话首先是吞噬。贝内特本人发表在新望伦敦文学刊物，The White Review，并荣获该杂志的就职在2013年短篇小说奖。当代作家draws on a variety of sources as we research authors for inclusion in the series. We pay attention to authors, like Bennett, whose works have received literary awards such as白回顾短篇小说奖而他们的工作正在积极进行审查。这样的作家赶上我们的眼睛，就像他们捕捉评论家和作家的关注。在许多方面，我们都在这一起，这个being an act, as simple as supper, involving making and consuming and assessing. Was it good? Did it satisfy? Is there any more?

You don’t have to be a writer to appreciate池塘，虽然。这是一个美味的放纵，同时对生活，爱情，和孤独的微小细节冥想，以及较大和较深有时主题的探索。磕磕绊绊跨越之美池塘as an editor, as a writer, and finally, as a reader, is that it tipped me off to what a wonderfully rich resource当代作家可以是，这么多的人。它是在印刷和电子书的形式容易sourceable。当代作家在线存储库还提供了最新的条目all the authors the series has featured, and is updated continually to provide the most relevant information on awards and new publications. So whatever door you are entering from, as reader, as writer, as teacher, or as a learner, come sit at the table.当代作家是你的菜单。请享用。