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Call for Submissions to Drunken Boat's The Body Silent Portfolio

Drunken Boat: Online Journal of Art and Literature seeks nonfiction on illness and the body, works that put into words that which cannot be named. In the tradition of “HIV, Mon Amour” by Tory Dent and “The Two Kinds of Decay” by Sarah Manguso, we’re seeking works that articulate the varied experiences of the body. New deadline: December 31, 2011. Submit online through the submissions manager.

Trans and Genderqueer Anthology Accepting Submissions

Exciting news for all trans and genderqueer poets! Editors TC Tolbert and Tim Peterson (Trace) are collecting submissions for an anthology to be published in 2012 by EOAGH Books. The anthology aims to publish a multiplicity of voices. It is open to a wide range of poets with diverse life experiences and writing backgrounds. So if you are trans- or genderqueer-identified and you thrive on poetic expression, dust off those archives or write the piece that’s been simmering in your brain and send it in. »

Issue 14 of Drunken Boat: An Online Journal of Arts and Literature

I recently joined the editorial staff for Drunken Boat: An Online Journal of Arts and Literature as assistant nonfiction editor. »

No Time: Twisted Ladders by Richard Ragan Now Available on Amazon

Richard Ragan’s science fiction novel, No Time: Twisted Ladders, is now available through Amazon in both Kindle and print editions. »

Article by Erin Wilcox Published in Copyediting

I am pleased to announce that my article on when to place a comma between prenominal modifiers has been published in Copyediting newsletter. The article, based on a series first published here in The Particular, unveils the mysterious behavior of adjectives stacked before a noun, showing that whether or not to place a comma between them is more than a matter of stylistic taste. The full article is available to subscribers to Copyediting»