In a recent New York Times article on new paths for independent filmmakers (Declaration of Indies:  Just Sell it Yourself! 1/17/10), Manohla Dargis writes:

 The new D.I.Y. world is open-source in vibe and often execution. Participants refer to one another in conversation and on their Web sites and blogs, pushing other people’s ideas and projects. (On […]

Interfictions 2 is coming to the Twin Cities! Four wonderful authors read from our eclectic anthology:
Will Alexander, David Schwartz, Kelly Barnhill, and Alan DeNiro
Friday, January 29th, 7:30 p.m.
Magers & Quinn Booksellers
3038 Hennepin Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Free
http://www.magersandquinn.com/index.php?main_page=event

Excerpts from today’s New York Times Book Review piece by Pankaj Mishra:

“Ideological inconsistency,” [Zadie Smith] writes in her foreword [to her new collection, Changing My Mind:  Occasional Essays], “is, for me, practically an article of faith.”

Smith’s hope . . .  derives . . . from academic high theory, which assumes that those who live […]

A short story by Franz Kafka reads in its entirety, “Leopards break into the temple and drink to the dregs what is in the sacrificial pitchers; this is repeated over and over again; finally it can be calculated in advance, and it becomes a part of the ceremony.”
This dreamy little fable serves as an […]

Join us for our first Interfictions 2 reading of the year*, sponsored by St. Mark’s Bookshop and on Carlos’s birthday, no less!
Interfictions 2 is also coming to the Twin Cities on January 29th, so mark your calendars:
Will Alexander, David Schwartz, Kelly Barnhill, and Alan DeNiro
Friday, January 29th, 7:30 p.m. at Magers & Quinn Booksellers

*Readings by […]

The IAF is celebrating the start of 2010 by launching a new section of our website: IAF Events!
This is where you will find writeups of previous IAF events (now showcasing the November 6, 2009 New York City event courtesy of Ellen Kushner and the July 15, 2009 Brunswick, Maine event courtesy of Erin […]