anthologies

For a year, Jeffrey Eugenides read nothing but love stories in order to select the best for an anthology. With the tormented poet Catullus as his guide, he went from Chekhov to Nabokov to Alice Munro and discovered that the greatest works depend on disappointment, boredom and broken hearts. A review of My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead: Great Love Stories from Chekhov to Munro.

Here’s a small press with big ambitions. One man publisher David Thompson is dedicated to reprinting classic crime and mystery titles to make them available to the next generation of readers. Busted Flush Press also publishes anthologies and has recently received recognition—an Edgar nomination—for one of its short stories.

“Old prejudices against science fiction should not deter new readers from these fables of a technological age,” writes Dinah Birch in her review of this collection of science fiction tales edited by Brian Aldiss. Quite a good review—not merely an overview but an informed look at the genre, addressing its strengths and difficulties.

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“A collection of prize-winning stories about the personal face of the immigrant experience has been launched in an attempt to move the debate on British identity beyond the tabloid headlines of Polish fruit pickers and boatloads of asylum seekers.” The anthology features 16 tales from writers aged 26 to 73 and covers a diverse range of immigrant experience.

This print anthology will compile the best fiction, poetry, and nonfiction that online literary journals have to offer. Nathan Leslie, series editor, has sent emails to editors of every conceivable online literary journal, asking for nominations of what they consider their three best works by September 15, 2007. Nathan and the publishers will also be scouring for exceptional writing on the web.