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the museum is delighted to share our Best of the Net anthology nominations. Best of luck to these amazing writers!              Poetry "Potluck" by Derek Barry    (Issue 15)   "Corn" by Alexandra Umlas   (Issue 15)   "Magnum Boasted 7 Phones in 1901" by Ryan Clark   (Issue 16)   "Everyone … Continue reading Best of the Net Nominations for 2019

the museum is delighted to announce that contributor Sue D. Gelber has joined our editorial team! She will be serving as editor for our new humor section. In this Q&A, Sue shares about her journey to humor writing along with some tips and resources for submitters. You can also check out her recent work in … Continue reading Q&A with Humor Editor Sue D. Gelber

Sarah Potenza’s 2019 release Road To Rome offers a formidable artillery of empowering blues and R & B anthems. With help from her husband Ian Crossman (lead guitar, co-writer), as well as friend Justin Wiseman (co-writer), Potenza’s follow-up to 2016’s Monster is a 10-track tour de force. Garnering well-deserved praise from publications such as Rolling … Continue reading Emma Guzman Reviews Sarah Potenza’s Road To Rome

                the museum of americana invites you to connect with our editors at AWP this year! They're not as scary as this bear. I promise. You can catch up with us: Wednesday, March 27th, 5:00–7:00 PM Sustainable Print: A Celebration of Independent Lit Featuring poetry and prose from Tahoma … Continue reading Connect with the museum of americana at AWP

As soon as I started Grant Clauser’s latest collection of poems, Reckless Constellations, I thought to myself, Wow, I know this place. This place is a landscape filled with beer-can littered woods, second-hand stores, and haunted back roads. But it’s also a place populated by snipe hunters, little boys who find themselves in engaging in … Continue reading Grant Clauser’s Reckless Constellations — Review and Interview by Contributor Karen Weyant

Join members of the museum of americana’s editorial staff, along with contributors, and friends old and new, for a midday meetup at AWP18 in Tampa! Have a beer, share news, learn about the review, or just stop by and say hey. We’d love to see you!   Day: Friday, March 9 Time: 12:00 pm - … Continue reading AWP18 Museum Meetup

Viriditas, the debut solo album from NYC-based composer Charlie Rauh, is a series of short guitar pieces exploring the modalities of simple melodic phrases.  Contributor Cal Freeman takes the opportunity to interview him about the release and ask some questions about his musical influences and his multi-faceted musical life.   Tell us a bit about the unique … Continue reading Contributor Cal Freeman Interviews Charlie Rauh

          Congratulations to the following contributors for their excellent contributions this year. We believe in your work deeply, and we wish you luck in the judging process. Prose An American Shopping Cart — Nonfiction by Jennifer Fliss Two Flash Fictions by Christopher Merkner  Poetry I’ve never been good at directions or … Continue reading Announcing our Pushcart Nominations

  I was fourteen when Ty put me on the H.  All winter, I had helped him with chores, cleaning out stalls, setting up the milking, feeding cows hay, silage.  Summer, my brother was in the fields.  I had never thought about joining him. But when they showed me the Farmall tractor and I sat … Continue reading Ellen Stone on the Farmall Model H Tractor

  The Corridor Doop and the Inside Outlaws “Back in the summer of ’49, old Everett Belcher was runnin’ shine from the hills of Kentucky to the mills of Great Lakes Steel.”  So begins the title track from Doop and the Inside Outlaws’ 2009 record, Everett Belcher.  Many Americana songwriters arrogate working class themes and … Continue reading Contributor Cal Freeman on Doop and the Inside Outlaws’