Tara Deal Author Site: News http://www.taradeal.com/news.html News about Tara Deal's published works Feeder 1.5.10(880) http://reinventedsoftware.com/feeder/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:36:20 +0100 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:49:09 +0100 3 February 2012 Cheek Teeth, which is the blog associated with Trachodon, “a biannual print & digital magazine of lit, art, & artisan culture.” Read my story “Framework” here.]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:05:47 -0500 3-february-2012 11 November 2011 Opium magazine. The title is “Self-Portrait in Santa Margherita,” and the reading time is 59 seconds.]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:11:42 -0500 11-november-2011 2 October 2011 I have a new poem, called "Pining," in Blue Lotus Review.

Also, my story "Thirteen Figments with Scattered Pencils" is available as a Kindle download (only 99 cents) from Mixer Publishing.

]]> Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:33:59 -0400 2-october-2011 16 September 2011 an exhibit of artworks inspired by stories in Hint Fiction. (I’ve seen pictures of the pieces that were based on my story, and they’re fabulous.) Read more about the exhibit here, on editor Robert Swartwood’s blog.]]> Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:26:38 -0400 16-september-2011 9 September 2011 Thirteen Figments with Scattered Pencils, in the second issue of “literary genre” magazine Mixer, which publishes pieces that are “breaking the distinction between entertainment and art.”]]> Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:47:31 -0400 9-septebmer-2011 8 July 2011 two new flash pieces (one fiction, one non-) in the summer issue of blipmagazine.]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:44:29 -0400 8-july-2011 27 May 2011 One of my one-sentence stories appears in Monkeybicycle.]]> Fri, 27 May 2011 10:05:39 -0400 27-may-2011 6 May 2011 Foliate Oak, a magazine of "quirky writing that makes sense." The direct link to my prose is here.]]> Fri, 06 May 2011 09:43:31 -0400 6-may-2011 4 March 2011 The Literary Bohemian gets a nice mention in this month’s issue of Poets and Writers. (My piece called "Shoulder Season" was featured in Issue 9.)]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:42:32 -0500 4-march-2011 4 February 2011 Flashquake, a “literary and art journal for the briefest of forms,” is back, after taking a break. New content coming in March. (My flash nonfiction piece, “Still Life with New York,” can be found in the Fall 2010 archives.)]]> Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:58:06 -0500 4-february-2011 28 January 2011 Hint Fiction to the Columbia (Missouri) Art League. More details can be found here.]]> Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:02:34 -0500 28-january-2011 14 January 2011 West Branch Wired, “a quarterly extension of the print magazine,” is now online. My first serious poem was published in West Branch almost a decade ago, so I have a soft spot for this magazine.]]> Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:24:21 -0500 14-january-2011 10 December 2010 Furnace Review.]]> Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:37:56 -0500 10-december-2010 19 November 2010 More Hint Fiction news:

Nice review in the Los Angeles Times.

An interview with the editor on NPR's "Weekend Edition."

And over at The Millions, a somewhat skeptical look at the collection.

]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:10:06 -0500 19-november-2010 5 November 2010 Fogged Clarity, a review that incorporates music and visual arts and “aims to transcend the conventions of a typical literary journal.”]]> Fri, 05 Nov 2010 10:11:10 -0400 5-november-2010 29 October 2010 On November 10th, I will be at McNally Jackson bookshop, which is hosting a reading and signing of Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer. The fun starts at 7 o'clock. The address is 52 Prince Street (Manhattan).

In the meantime, you can read The New Yorker's review here.

And if you want to know about other book signings around the country or read more reviews, visit the Hint Fiction page on Facebook.

]]> Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:11:52 -0400 29-october-2010 8 October 2010 new poem up at Spiral Orb, an online magazine with an intriguing format: “Sections (words, phrases, lines) of each poem in Spiral Orb are embedded with hyperlinks to other poems in Spiral Orb. A composite poem including a fragment from each piece in the issue serves as the entry poem and table of contents. Hence, Spiral Orb is an experiment in juxtaposition, interrelationships, and intertextuality.”]]> Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:34:24 -0400 8-october-2010 24 September 2010 flashquake.]]> Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:06:22 -0400 24-september-2010 17 September 2010 FragLit (the Solitude issue). FragLit is an international online magazine of fragmentary writing and features a variety of forms, including aphorisms, vignettes, journal entries, and micro essays.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:16:30 -0400 17-september-2010 14 September 2010 GUD, a print/pdf magazine that features both literary and genre fiction as well as art and poetry.]]> Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:42:20 -0400 14-september-2010 August 2010 Wander Luster, is now in the collection at Poets House. “One of the most comprehensive and various chapbook collections available anywhere can be found at Poets House. It includes early work by many of the best known poets writing today, mature work not yet published in book form, and the first publications of emerging writers from around the country.” More information about collections and upcoming events can be found at their website.]]> Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:54:57 -0400 august-2010 15 July 2010 celebration of small presses appeared recently in the Huffington Post, with a nice write-up about my novella publisher, Texas Review Press.]]> Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:56:17 -0400 15-july-2010 2 July 2010 Palms Are Not Trees After All, available at the iBookstore.]]> Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:48:08 -0400 july-2010 June 2010 Kindle version of my novella, Palms Are Not Trees After All, available at Amazon.]]> Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:55:47 -0400 june-2010 May 2010 Literary Bohemian.]]> Thu, 13 May 2010 10:11:07 -0400 may-2010 April 2010 Amazon and Barnes & Noble. "The 125 gemlike stories in this collection come from such best-selling and award-winning authors as Joyce Carol Oates, Ha Jin, Peter Straub, and James Frey, as well as emerging writers."]]> Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:05:22 -0400 april-2010 19 March 2010 Small Press Month, and there's still time to celebrate. My suggestion: just wander into an independent bookstore and find something unexpected. (Or email me before the end of the month, and I'll send you one of my books.)]]> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:18:59 -0400 19-march-2010 12 March 2010 Stone's Throw Magazine, based in Montana but featuring writing and art from around the world. There's a nice mix of fiction and nonfiction, reviews and poetry, painting and photography.]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:06:17 -0500 12-march-2010 3 March 2010 chapbook festival in May (in NYC) has several free events and some workshops that sound interesting. My chapbook publisher Finishing Line Press is one of the exhibitors.]]> Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:03:30 -0500 march-2010 January 2010 Hint Fiction, due out in the fall. Should be interesting.]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:23:54 -0500 january-2010 November 2009 back to blogging on a daily basis—not about writing or publishing but about things that I like in New York City.]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:21:15 -0500 november-2009 October 2009 Sept./Oct. edition of Poets and Writers magazine, with a nice mention about Finishing Line Press. (The article is available only in the print version.)]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:27:29 -0400 october-2009 August 2009 email me in the meantime if you need something.]]> Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:45:56 +0100 july-2009-1 July 2009 GUD magazine—in Spring 2010! (The poetry business is the slowest there is.) In the meantime, check out this innovative magazine, with a format that allows you to buy only those parts that interest you (and which offers writers, for a change, royalties, which is amazing).]]> Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:47:21 +0100 july-2009 March 2009 In celebration of Small Press Month, I am participating in the Member Giveaway of books over at Library Thing. I've got 10 copies of my novella to give away, and you can register to enter the drawing to receive one. Go to this page and scroll down until you find it (and you can register for other books as well).

"The small presses represent what is most brave, crazy, and beautiful about our country and our literature," according to the Small Press Month poster boy for this year, Sherman Alexie.

]]> Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:22:44 +0000 march-2009 January 2009 Email me your mailing address and I’ll send them out.]]> Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:19:07 +0000 january-2009 November 2008 Flashlight Worthy book recommendation site, I have a list with a few suggestions of books about London and New York that I find especially evocative, provocative, or otherwise particularly successful at capturing the spirit of these two places.]]> Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:47:38 +0000 november-2008 October 2008 Texas Book Festival, free to the public, is happening in Austin during the weekend of November 1 and 2. My novella publisher, Texas Review Press, will be one of the exhibitors, so drop by their booth, if you're in the neighborhood.]]> Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:17:44 +0000 texas-book-festival August 2008 http://www.taradeal.com/news.html A couple of reader comments recently received:

about Wander Luster:
“I find the poems to have a very calming effect on me.”

about Palms Are Not Trees After All:
“Your style is so relaxed and comfortable, then kind of explodes in your face.”

]]> Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:19:07 +0000 July 2008 http://www.taradeal.com/news.html Even though the publication date isn't until September, Palms Are Not Trees After All is now shipping from Amazon and others.

]]> Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:08:46 +0000 June 2008 http://www.taradeal.com/news.html I have a new poem in the latest issue of Penumbra, a new London literary magazine. The magazine isn't online but is available at bookstores around town.

Palms Are Not Trees After All is now available for preorder (with discounts) at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Powell's Books. Also available for preorder in the UK at Amazon.co.uk.

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