Spoutstock Has Moved! Who: The lovely people at Spout and all their talented musician friends What: Spoutstock 2010 with a hint of Oktoberfest Where: Mario’s Keller Bar (Gasthof’s) 2300 University Ave NE Minneapolis, MN 55418 When: Thursday, September 30, 2010 More details coming soon……. Continue reading »

On Sunday August 22 at 7:30 pm Bedlam Theatre will be presenting Poetry on the Patio, which features a fantastic group of writers in a swell setting. This is a Spout-centric lineup, featuring Spout editor John Colburn, and Spout contributors Sarah Fox and Joanna Fuhrman (one of our featured poets) along with playright Bob Kerr. Here … Continue reading »

Not sure what to read? Suspicious of the stale suggestions from Amazon? Maybe what you need is to consult a biblioracle. What is a biblioracle, you may ask? This piece from Salon can answer your questions about biblioracles, book lust, and why you need to dig out that old copy of Gravity’s Rainbow. Continue reading »

In a recent Salon.com piece, Laura Miller ruminates on the increased challenge of finding quality work to read when self publishing exponentially increases the available options. Read her piece here.  While reading unsolicited work (aka slush) can be a trying experience, as Miller vividly attests, it also provides an unfiltered view of the eccentricities and preoccupations of … Continue reading »

Today is Bloomsday. If you are looking for an opportunity to celebrate Ulysses with other Joyceans, there are celebrations being held throughout the country and the world. Here is an article from today’s LA Times you may enjoy. Continue reading »

Recently Garrison Keiller published the New York Times Op-Ed piece “The End of an Era In Publishing” which discusses how self-publishing will irrevocably change the publishing industry. His somewhat tongue-in-cheek assessment prompted Minnesota Public Radio’s MidMorning program to devote an hour to discussing the topic of whether or not book publishing as we know it is … Continue reading »

In honor of Bob Dylan’s 69th birthday today, Spout strongly encourages you to play your favorite Dylan album. For me that might be Blood on the Tracks.  You can watch Bob perform a song from the album here. A good introduction to Dylan for children is the book “Forever Young” which was published in 2008. … Continue reading »

I was reading a book of poetry at my neighborhood library, when a red piece of paper caught my attention. Upon further inspection, this was not any ordinary scrap of paper used as a bookmark. I had stumbled upon a broadside of the poem “Dreams” by Adrian Manning, printed letterpress and slipped into the book as … Continue reading »

At Spout, we are always amazed at the volume and quality of the submissions we receive, and wish we could publish more work than we do. According to a recent article from the Chronicle of Higher Education, there are plenty of publishing opportunities out there, but that isn’t necessarily a good thing. The growing number of … Continue reading »

Coleridge famously wrote that “friendship is a sheltering tree.”  But what kind of shelter is provided by digital branches? In an online world, is it necessary to deploy finger quotes when using the term “friend?”  Am I the only one who finds the use of the term  “followers” on Twitter slightly creepy? Is the process … Continue reading »