Cantaraville

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Authors of the quarterly magazine Cantaraville from Cantarabooks, publishers of fiction, poetry, memoirs and essays. [ISSN 1933-6624]

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Selected highlights: the memoir "A Siberian Story" by Perle Besserman and Ida Sherl (Eight); the story "Come Together" by Fred Bubbers (Six); "Memories of Philip K. Dick" by Tessa Dick (Seven); an excerpt from the autobiographical novel Liquid Motel by TV and film director Stephen Gyllenhaal (Three); an excerpt from the novel Walking Man by National Book Critics Circle member Tim W. Brown (Two); an excerpt from the “herstory” Wish They All Could be California Girls by underground comix legend Trina Robbins (Four); the story “Not Into the Box” by Hugo and Nebula award winner John Grant (One); an excerpt from the novel I Remember Amnesia by Clifford Irving (Five); a hilarious excerpt from The Macoomba Room at the Club Mocombo by Emmy-winning comedian Buzz Belmondo (Summer); the short memoir “An LSD Christmas” by actor-author Stephen Tobolowsky (Winter).


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Two Presses

Somewhere on the internet I’ve mentioned that Cantarabooks-Cantaraville was inspired by Hogarth Press, founded in 1917 by the writers Leonard and Virginia Woolf. Like authors before them—and certainly authors after—they began their small press as a way to ensure that their own works, and the works of their friends, would always find publication. As far as Hogarth Press’s scale of operation, the Woolfs’ ambitions were modest: a tabletop handpress, tools, lead type and a how-to pamphlet on… Continue

Posted by Cantaraville on January 1, 2009 at 12:00am

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Cantaraville Winter Contents

This Issue's Authors Cory DOCTOROW Stephen TOBOLOWSKY Michael MATHENY V. ULEA A. MOLOKTOV Ashutosh GHILDIYAL Linda ETTINGER Yelena DUBROVIN Dolores CULLEN Stephen GYLLENHAAL

Tagged: yelena-dubrovin, linda-ettinger, dolores-cullen, stephen-gyllenhaal, ashutosh-ghildiyal

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This Issue's Authors Buzz BELMONDO Trina ROBBINS Simona WING Becky HEINEKE Corey MESLER Dale EZEKIAN Michael MATHENY The Mad MICK Manda DJINN

Tagged: corey-mesler, simona-wing, trina-robbins, michael-matheny, mad-mick

Started by Cantaraville. Last reply by Simona Wing Oct. 2, 2008.

 
 
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