New Pop Lit Celebrates Baseball!

We're pleased to announce that, to celebrate baseball, NEW POP LIT is beginning a week of celebrating baseball!

We begin this "baseball festival" with a new featured story by Tom Tolnay,
"Baseball Is Truth, Truth Is Baseball."

http://newpoplit.com/2015/07/10/baseball-is-truth-truth-is-baseball/

BUT, to cover the Detroit angle (NEW POP LIT is based mainly in Detroit) we've set up a poll asking, WHICH was the best-ever Detroit Tigers baseball team? Its four World Series championship years are the choices. Be sure to VOTE on the right-hand side of this page.

Thanks! Enjoy the celebration.

Preview of Our Sneak Preview!

At our table at the Allied Media Conference in Detroit, beginning this Friday, we will have a limited number of copies of a preview printing of NEW POP LIT #1, which contains striking work by a number of writers-- as well as a dynamite cover by Detroit artist Alyssa Klash.

Shown is a glimpse of that cover.

(See the interview with AMC at http://newpoplit.com/2015/06/13/interview-with-allied-media-conference/ for more information on the event.)

ALOHA FROM DETROIT Is Out!

Kathleen Crane's book of stories, Aloha From Detroit, has been released and is now available as an ebook via Amazon's Kindle Store:

http://www.amazon.com/Aloha-Detroit-Kathleen-Crane-ebook/dp/B00YLB0HSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433599761&sr=8-1&keywords=aloha+from+detroit+kathleen+crane

The new book is sponsored by New Pop Lit and this blog.

The title story is about Detroit's edgy punk scene in the 1980's. You have to read it!

NEW POP LIT in Detroit

NEW POP LIT in Detroit? See the report--

https://newpoplitinteractive.wordpress.com/2015/05/15/new-pop-lit-in-detroit/

"Making Sense of Detroit"

A RELEVANT ESSAY

An essay written in 1999 by David M. Sheridan, "Making Sense of Detroit," for Michigan Quarterly Review, is more relevant today than when it was written
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?cc=mqr;c=mqr;c=mqrarchive;idno=act2080.0038.301;rgn=main;view=text;xc=1;g=mqrg

Sheridan outlines the cycles of Detroit's history, from dystopia to utopia. It's hard to think of another American city which in little more than 200 years has had such exhilarating highs alternating with devastating lows. Detroit has been knocked down more than once. This is always followed by dreamers seeking to impose their vision upon the ruins. Which is certainly happening now. Whether this is bad or good is open to discussion.

I have a selfish reason for recommending Sheridan's essay, in that it describes an essay of my own about Detroit-- one which seems no longer available, but must be archived somewhere. I'm mentioned far down in the body of the long piece, not as a writer, but a bartender, which I take as a compliment. Do I have credibility to speak about Detroit? My essay; Sheridan's remarks; my own history are evidence that in some small way, I do.

Classic Movies in Detroit?

YES!

Detroit has classic movies, shown on the big screen in actual movie theaters. Detroit Literary has seen in recent weeks "White Christmas" (possibly the corniest film ever) at the Redford Theater on Lahser Road, and "The Apartment" (a truly moving flick) at Cinema Detroit on Cass Avenue.

NEXT UP: The witty and cynical "All About Eve" this weekend at the Redford; starring Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, and George Sanders, with a brief appearance by Marilyn Monroe. Expect DL to be there!

Detroit Writer Celebrates!

Detroit-area writer Kathleen Crane celebrates her nomination by NEW POP LIT (www.newpoplit.com) for a Pushcart Prize.

Stay tuned for her upcoming collection of stories, Aloha from Detroit. Guaranteed to be exciting!