Call for Submissions: August Reading Period Now Open!

the museum of americana is happy to announce that we are open to submissions for our Spring issue, which will be a special music-themed issue. We seek fiction, nonfiction, art, and photography, and of course songs, that explore and/or repurposes the cultural history of America's music, especially jazz, country, blues, rock n' roll. Please see our … Continue reading Call for Submissions for Music Issue

museum friends, this is just a quick note to let you know that our super-excellent seventh issue will be delayed a few weeks. Expect it to go live sometime in mid December. Thanks for checking in. We promise this issue will be worth the wait!

As a kid who only ventured into Detroit when my father was in the mood for a Tigers game or the jazz festival was in season, my early experiences with the city were pretty limited and sheltered. When I hit grad school, I developed a big fondness and interest in the place, and grew to … Continue reading A Detroit Anthology — Review by C.J. Opperthauser

Friends, please put your hands together for our Best of the Net nominees. And when you're finished, click on the titles below to re-read their excellent work.         Poetry Priscilla Atkins - "Letter to C, On the Road, Etc." Kathleen Kirk - "Making a Date" Monica Berlin - "It's true. There are … Continue reading Congratulations to our Best of the Net Nominees

Please put your hands together and welcome our newest member of the editorial staff, John McCarthy. Among other things, John will be leading the charge into print. The museum hopes to put out our first annual "Best Of" print anthology by the end of the year, with an eye toward other print projects in the future. John … Continue reading Welcome Assistant Editor John McCarthy

museum editor Justin Hamm's debut collection Lessons in Ruin (Aldrich Press) is now available for pre-order. Click here for more information. Bruce Guernsey, former editor of Spoon River Poetry Review and author of From Rain: Poems, 1970-2010, calls Lessons in Ruin "generous" and "wonderfully accessible and human poetry." Michael Walsh, author of The Dirt Riddles and winner of the Miller Williams Arkansas Poetry Prize, says, "With … Continue reading Editor Justin Hamm’s Debut Collection Lessons in Ruin

museum contributor Christopher Martin (Issue One) has not one but two new chapbooks coming out, and we’d like to share the ordering information with you so you don’t miss out on his thoughtful, moving poems. Everything Turns Away: Poems from Acworth and the Allatoonas is set to launch this Friday with La Vita Poetica Press. … Continue reading Contributor Christopher Martin Has Two New Chapbooks

Poet and museum friend Justin Evans talks to Western poet David Lee about his new book Last Call, retirement, and how his writing methods have changed with time. ~  ~  ~ A few months ago I was fortunate to share a phone conversation with my friend and mentor, David Lee.  He is the author of more … Continue reading Interview with David Lee

            Reviews editor M.E. Silverman is busy working on a handful of anthologies that might be of interest to our contributors and readers. See below for details. Call for poems about the body for new anthology Parts of the Whole: Poetry of the Body is looking for poems about the body. … Continue reading Three Anthology Opportunities

For those of you unfamiliar with David Lee’s poetry, you will have to adjust to the idea of narrative by way of colloquial vernacular. Lee’s ear for rural idiom and speech is impeccable, but not to be taken for granted. Some readers have found it necessary to find assistance in the reading by way of … Continue reading David Lee’s Last Call — Review by Justin Evans