Periodically Speaking: Literary-Magazine Editors Introduce Emerging Writers at The New York Public Library

New York, NY—The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses [clmp] and The New York Public Library present Periodically Speaking, a reading series providing a major venue for emerging writers to present their work while emphasizing the diversity of America's literary magazines and the magazine collections of The New York Public Library. Each event presents writers from three influential literary magazines—one poet, one fiction writer, one nonfiction writer—introduced by their editors.

Many Mountains Moving
Many Mountains Moving: A Literary Journal of Diverse Contemporary Voices, was founded by Naomi Horii in 1994 and quickly achieved national recognition; the editors championed works that were exciting, brilliant, eccentric, courageous and heartfelt, by unknown and famous writers of all kinds. MMM is one of the very few journals that promotes diversity that is truly open to all.

Editor Thaddeus Rutkowski introduces fiction writer Jon Swan..

Washington Square
Washington Square is an innovative, nationally-distributed literary journal publishing fiction and poetry by emerging and established writers. Edited and produced biannually by the students of the NYU Graduate Creative Writing Program, Washington Square also sponsors an annual literary contest judged by eminent poets and writers, and hosts an annual benefit reading in NYC.

Editor Levi Rubeck introduces poet Elisa Gabbert.

Bidoun
Bidoun was created as a platform for ideas and an open forum for exchange, dialogue, and opinions about arts and culture from the Middle East. Bidoun's primary goal is to bring together cultural expressions from a vast and nuanced region.

Editor Michael Vazquez introduces nonfiction writer Anand Balakrishnan.

Please look for Program III on Tuesday, December 9th. For more information, visit www.clmp.org.

This series is made possible in part by support from the New York State Council for the Arts, a state agency; The New York Public Library; and Friends of [ clmp ], a diverse group of individuals committed to supporting independent literary publishing.

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