Monthly Archives: June 2014

by | June 26, 2014 · 12:31 pm

Summer Reading: Best Prose

Posted by Katie Waring, Managing Editor for 3.1

A few weeks ago, Managing Editor Lucia LoTempio posted her best poetry picks for our readers’ summer reading lists. Now it’s time to stretch out a hammock, slather on a little sunblock, and crack open a few fantastically juicy works of fiction and nonfiction.Whether you’re in the mood for a romantic novel, a witty short story, or an first-hand account of Detroit’s socioeconomic downfall, these books are sure to land on your must-read list for the summer:

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by | June 16, 2014 · 11:00 am

Guest Blogger: Notes from a Dystel & Goderich Intern

Posted by Amy Elizabeth Bishop, former GD contributor for 2.1  & editor for 2.2 

A summer ago, I did not expect to be sitting in my sixth story NYC apartment, listening to taxi drivers stand on their horns and across-the-street café/bar noise float in my window. Nor did I expect to be interning at a literary agency twenty minutes away from my new home. Thanks to a year of planning, fretting, good counsel, networking like crazy, working on resumes, and hating cover letters with just about every fiber of my being, I’m writing this blog post in my apartment after a full day at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management.

If you’re thinking about applying for a publishing or literary agency internship, here are a few tips and tricks: Continue reading →

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by | June 11, 2014 · 3:27 pm

Summer Reading: Poetry Picks

Posted by Lucia LoTempio, Managing Editor for 3.1

If you are looking for some hot and fresh new collections, here is a bright start! These books sing, they push boundaries, and are a decidedly fitting way to spend the long humid summer months. Not to mention these collections are current—nothing before last year for you, Gandy fans.

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by | June 5, 2014 · 1:22 am

To MFA, or Not to MFA: When to Apply to Grad School

Posted by Katie Waring, Managing Editor of GD 3.1

As we enter June and summer vacation goes into full swing, many of you might be thinking about GRE scores and grad school (or, perhaps, trying not to think about GRE scores and grad school). If you’re about to enter your senior year (like me!), the reality of life after college might feel like it’s looming over you like a boulder tipping precariously on the edge of a cliff. Even if you can still count the amount of semesters of college you have left on two hands, you might be starting to think about MFA programs. And, subsequently, whether you should get an MFA directly after your BA, or if you should wait. Continue reading →

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