Dzanc Books

Book Trailer - While in Darkness There is Light

I like this book trailer (and would like it even if it wasn't a Black Lawrence Press <ie, Dzanc imprint> title).  It's simple in design, easy to follow, and tells me what the book is going to be about.

The book is by Louella Bryant, and is currently available via Amazon.com, Powells, the chains, or your favorite independent bookseller.

Best of the Web 2008 Invades the Internet

As the Best of the Web series celebrates online publishing, we thought an online invasion of information was necessary and found many literary bloggers that felt the same way we did.  The following links are mainly to guest posts from authors whose work is included in Best of the Web 2008.

You can now hear five of the authors reading the works that they have included in Best of the Web 2008 at the new Dzanc multimedia page!

Large Hearted Boy has a Book Notes up dedicated to the anthology!

The Elegant Variation has a series of posts up from Zachary Amendt.

Okey Ndibe writes about his essay over at the Visiting Hours blog.

Matt Bell has a post up from Ron Tanner.

New Hampshire's The Mumpsimus has a series of posts (combined into one) from Myfanwy Collins.

The Written Nerd was kind enough to come out of an August blogging hiatus to post writing from Sarah Sweeney!

Writing from Benjamin Buchholz can be found both at LitKicks and the Emerging Writers Network.

Maine's own Condalmo has an essay from Maine's own Jacques Rancourt.

Robin Behn's essay about her BotW essay can be found at Syntax of Things.

Fernham has the first of a trio of posts from Michael Bahler up already - keep checking throughout the afternoon for the other two!

Some other sites to look to later in the day include Seth Harwood's blog, Powells.com's blog,  Critical Mass, and No One Does That as they all also have posts at the ready.

Update:  Edward Byrne, who has a great poem in the anthology, writes about the anthology in general, while happily noting that two other poems originally hailed from the Valparaiso Poetry Review.

And, the aforementioned post for No One Does That?  It's now up, and it's from Mike Wood.

The L Magazine - Best of New York City

Dzanc Books recognized by The L Magazine!

The L Magazine has just announced their Best of NY City Issue and when it comes to the area of letters, Dzanc Books and our authors have done well.  The L Magazine noted the four best independent works of fiction in 2008 (so far) and praised Dzanc's debut title, Roy Kesey's All Over by saying: 

"Short stories: we love ’em, and Dzanc Books, a small press out of Michigan that shot out of the gate with Kesey’s All Over, is going to be publishing a lot of them. This is a book that combines the wiliness of George Saunders and the wisdom of Ron Carlson. Put simply: this is a great collection."

They also pointed out the best short stories published by NYC publications and tops on that list was "What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us" (One Story #102), which is the title story from the forthcoming (November 2009) collection Dzanc Books will be publishing by Laura van den Berg.

We're both proud and thrilled to see Roy and Laura's names alongside authors like Lydia Millet, Robert Coover, and Louise Erdich!