From Ashley’s Desk

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Roxane Gay

• Bill Ectric gets a brief low down from author Mikael Covey, about his latest book, Out There. Check it out here: http://billectric.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/out-there-by-mikael-covey/

• The wonderful editorial staff at the Ampersand Review introduce Ampersand Books!  There are 2 books available on their website http://www.ampersandreview.com/Ampersand_Books.html.  The first is a novel by Joseph Riippi, Do Something Do Something Do Something.  The second is a collection   by Ryan J. Davidson, Under What Stars. Get your copies and escape from hot, sticky summer days, celebrity death gossip, and dog days in general.

• InsideOut Literary Arts Project, based out of Detroit Michigan, and started by writer Terry Blackhawk in 1995, is a movement to bring the innovative teaching of literature to high school students.  InsideOut places professional creative writers in classrooms and allows the creativity to flow, keeping literature alive through a love and understanding of the written word. For more info, or to just check it out click here: http://www.insideoutdetroit.org/. Always gotta love a shot in the ass to all those “literature is dead” advocates.