Literary Magazine Editors Introducing Emerging Writers at The New York Public Library

The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses [clmp] and The New York Public Library present Periodically Speaking, a reading series providing a major new venue for emerging writers to present their work while emphasizing the diversity of literary magazines in New York City 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 publishers/editors.

Program II
Tuesday, November 14th, 6 – 7:30 pm
DeWitt Wallace Periodicals Room, The New York Public Library,
Humanities and Social Sciences Library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd
(Please use Fifth Avenue entrance; admittance is free)

The Virginia Quarterly Review
Winner of two National Magazine Awards in 2006, The Virginia Quarterly Review has been a haven—and home—for the best essayists, fiction writers, and poets, seeking contributors from every section of the United States and abroad since 1925.
Editor Ted Genoways introduces fiction writer James P. Othmer.

Soft Targets
What The New York Times called the “excellent Brooklyn-based journal of art, fiction and poetry,” Soft Targets also contains criticism, found images, sound, and other ephemera.
Editor Dan Hoy introduces poet Paul Killebrew.

Columbia: A Journal of Literature & Art
Columbia is a nonprofit literary journal committed to publishing fiction, poetry,
nonfiction, and visual art by new and established writers and artists. It is edited and produced by students in the Graduate Writing Division of Columbia University’s School of the Arts.
Editor Thom Blaylock introduces nonfiction writer Meehan Cr ist.

Please join us for the final reading in the fall Periodically Speaking series: Program III, December 12th. Stephen Corey from The Georgia Review introduces Anna Solomon, Don Share from Harvard Review introduces John Hennessey, and Lee Gutkind from Creative Nonfiction introduces Meredith Hall.

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