Over the weekend, the Irish Times picked up on Declan Meade’s editorial in the current Stinging Fly, in which he voices his concern about Arts Council cuts and what it will mean for the future of the Fly and similar organisations. Read the Times’ Loose Leaves column, or go ahead and support the Fly by getting a subscription.
Too recession-struck to fork out cash? At least sign the petition by the National Campaign for the Arts to support the Arts Council, Culture Ireland, the Irish Film Board, and anything else arty that might get fooked come the next budget. G’wan.
The new issue of Conjunctions journal, Not Even Past: Hybrid Histories, is out soon. You can preview it here, or perhaps subscribe here.
It’s chockfull of great things, like a memoir of Samuel Beckett and a new Roberto Bolano translation. (Also, be sure to check out page four to see my name in teeny print! Huzzah!)
I’m embarking on NaNoWriMo at 12am tonight. Will attempt to write 50,000 words of a first draft by midnight, 30 November. I shall be drinking large volumes of coffee, listening to the above song on a loop, and weeping copiously. Bid me godspeed!
