Book Reviews
Loren Kleinman
Loren Kleinman has ten years of writing and editorial experience. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Drew University and an M.A. in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of Sussex (UK). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals such as Nimrod, Journal of New Jersey Poets, Resurgence (UK), HerCircleEzine and Aesthetica Annual. She is the recipient of the Spire Press Poetry Prize and is a 2000 and 2003 Pushcart Prize Nominee. Kleinman was also a Nimrod/Hardman Pablo Neruda Poetry Prize Finalist for 2004. Her book Flameco Sketches was published by Spire Press in 2003. Kleinman is a contributing writer for IndieReader.com and owner of LK Editorial. Follow her on Twitter at @LK_Editorial or read her blog at http://www.lkeditorial.com/wordpress/. She is currently working on a collection of non-fiction essays about a single girl’s journey to find love only to find sex every time.
Loren's Posts
Dan Holloway, Curator Eight Cuts Gallery Press
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May 03, 2013
I think indie has become a minefield. To those “in the scene” it seems to mean as many things as there are people, and to those “outside” it’s just “arty people getting precious about terms that don’t matter.” Read On
Long Live the Book: An Interview with Vivienne Roumani, director “Out of Print”
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Apr 24, 2013
“As long as there is a good story there will be a book, although the format may be different from the familiar bound paper pages,” says Vivienne Roumani, a former librarian and director of the independent movie, Out of Print, which will be making its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on April 25. Read On
Elisabeth Naughton: Romancing the Pages
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Mar 22, 2013
My New York Times bestselling novel, WAIT FOR ME, was rejected by several agents (I never shopped it to a traditional publisher) because, as they put it, it straddled genres and was too “category”. I was told no one would want to read about a woman with amnesia. Readers have disagreed. Read On
To Niche or Not To Niche: OHWOW Blurs the Lines Between Objects and Treasures
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Feb 01, 2013
As a publisher though, OHWOW places unique emphasis on providing “books that blur the line between objects and treasures, from exhibition catalogs to specific artist pieces.” Read On
The Stuff Romance Novels Are Made Of: Jessica Redmerski Talks Realism and Relatability
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Jan 11, 2013
Redmerski, a book addict and avid werewolf and zombie fanatic, talks about craft, revision, and that “realism and relatability stuff “. Read On
Beauty & the Book
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Jan 04, 2013
Founded in 1994, Tara Books continue to work with artists and writers from around the world to bring their readers truly unique experiences in the marriage of content and design. Read On
Raine Miller: You Have to Want It
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Dec 14, 2012
“When people ask me how I’ve done it I say this: ‘Writing is something you have to really want.’ You have to want it more than anything else.” Read On
Mark Oppenheimer on Dan Savage
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Dec 07, 2012
I discovered that Savage has several different audiences, who don’t necessarily know each other, or know about his many lives. There are a ton of people who know him just as the guy from This American Life — they don’t even know he writes a sex column! And then there are millions who know “It Gets Better” but don’t know that he writes or does radio. Read On
The Thrill of Fading
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Nov 30, 2012
An Interview with Kate Dawes, New York Times Bestselling Indie Author Read On
Elect to Laugh: Will Durst on Political Satire
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Nov 06, 2012
Political comics are the canaries in the coalmine. Our job is to sniff out the hypocrisy first. Read On
