December 5th, 2008 / 2:43 am
Presses

Hi, I like So New Media

Here is a post about So New Media.

Things there are happening proactively.

Things are there that involve books, and we’re here for books. They have released books by Jackie Corley, Jen Michalski, and they have released books by Amy Guth and a new anthology by David Barringer with a lot of cool people in it.

Now there is a new editor in the house. That editor would be the excellent Amy Guth. Check out this note from passing editor David Gianatasio:

In a literary move so earthshaking I paused my pre-release X-Files: I Want to Believe dvd to spread the word, Amy Guth will be, according to an e-mail that just hit my in-box, “Taking on much of the effort at So New as Managing Editor…Amy has a ton of great ideas about the future of the press, lots of enthusiasm for the existing catalog, and just the right mix of professionalism, social-savvy and creativity.” Jim Stegall, a god-like figure on the independent lit scene, remains publisher. Both Amy and I have released mind-numbingly brilliant books through So New, so I’m not exactly a disinterested party. I was a fan of the press long before I was one of their authors. Even in their earliest chapbook days, they produced fun, challenging stuff that big-time didn’t suck — and that would surely have fallen through the cracks at large literary houses. (Early Neal Pollack, Claire Zulkey, Jami Attenberg, etc.) Having dealt with them through the editing/publishing process, I can honestly say: THEY ROCK. This is a first-rate outfit in every regard, respectful of writers, endlessly helpful and encouraging and worthy of everyone’s support. So put a crowbar in those wallets, buy some books and help Amy, Jim and So New out, OK?

I like what So New Media does. I like their books. More things are going to happen.

In the meantime, check out the Barringer-edited anthology. What Happened to Us These Last Couple Years?. Go.

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20 Comments

  1. darby

      I was worried about so new for a while there. Good to see they are alive and working it. I still remain worried a little about better non sequitur.

  2. darby

      I was worried about so new for a while there. Good to see they are alive and working it. I still remain worried a little about better non sequitur.

  3. matthew savoca

      how do i get so new to publish my book?

  4. matthew savoca

      how do i get so new to publish my book?

  5. matthew savoca

      this post is yes

  6. matthew savoca

      this post is yes

  7. Tony O'Neill

      Jackie Corley’s book is really, really good. I was carrying it around with me for ages after I did a reading with her, and I finally had the chance to sit down and read it recently and man, she can write her ass off.

  8. Tony O'Neill

      Jackie Corley’s book is really, really good. I was carrying it around with me for ages after I did a reading with her, and I finally had the chance to sit down and read it recently and man, she can write her ass off.

  9. Adam R

      Jen Michalski’s book, Close Encounters, is a hardcover and handmade. It’s impressive and well worth the $$.

  10. Adam R

      Jen Michalski’s book, Close Encounters, is a hardcover and handmade. It’s impressive and well worth the $$.

  11. barry

      amy is so sexy her pics hurt my eyeballs

  12. barry

      amy is so sexy her pics hurt my eyeballs

  13. Molly Gaudry

      Hey y’all: If you can afford the Barringer, please do buy it. Lots of excellent writers in the antho, including a few lesser-knowns like me.

  14. Molly Gaudry

      Hey y’all: If you can afford the Barringer, please do buy it. Lots of excellent writers in the antho, including a few lesser-knowns like me.

  15. barry

      lesser knowns… pfffff. molly, you are universal.

      just ordered matt’s chapbook.

      i wanna see the cover.

  16. barry

      lesser knowns… pfffff. molly, you are universal.

      just ordered matt’s chapbook.

      i wanna see the cover.

  17. Amy Guth

      I appreciate you writing this post. Resulting support of the press will be, of course, very much appreciated.

  18. Amy Guth

      I appreciate you writing this post. Resulting support of the press will be, of course, very much appreciated.

  19. Blake Butler

      a pleasure amy. looking fwd to it under your wise eye

  20. Blake Butler

      a pleasure amy. looking fwd to it under your wise eye