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An interview with the late, great Linda Pastan        "Along the indifferent corridors / of space, angels could be hiding," Linda Pastan wrote in her poem "Muse." ASP honors the legacy of Linda Pastan (1932-2023), a former Poet Laureate of Maryland, who passed away last week. Pastan was the author of the 2018 poetry book A Dog Runs Through It, which won the Towson University Literary Award. She was the 2003 winner of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for lifetime achievement. She taught at American University and served on the staff of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. Pastan lived in Potomac, … [Read more...]

Here's to 2022! And Here's a Sale... 2022 was a big year for ASP and our writers. In March, we had a booth at the annual AWP Conference, and our offsite reading, featuring authors Saida Agostini, Dave Housley, Elizabeth Hazen, and Richard Peabody, along with special guests Teri Ellen Cross Davis and Leslie Pietrzyk, had a standing-room-only audience packed with literary stars.  In April, ASP sponsored the American Authors Weekend at the Oxford Literary Festival in Oxford, England. Saida Agostini, David Downie, Elizabeth Hazen and Dave Housley each gave fabulous presentations on their … [Read more...]

ASP Bulletin Announces Nominations for Best of the Net 2022 ASP's in-house literary journal nominates nine authors for the Best of the Net 2022 The Best of the Net is an awards-based anthology started in 2006. Online publications can submit pieces in four categories: poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and art. For this year, the Bulletin submitted a total of nine authors in three different categories. They are as follows: Leslie Pietrzyk: Keep Your Dead Close (NF) James J. Patterson: Hermes at the Kakistocracy Hotel (NF) dave ring: Non-Volatile Memory (Fic) Ellen White Rook: … [Read more...]

"A wonderfully detailed treat!" Kirkus Reviews David Downie's Long Awaited ROMAN ROULETTE The American book review magazine and cultural gatekeeper Kirkus Reviews raves about David Downie's new thriller, Roman Roulette, calling it "a wonderfully detailed treat" all while praising it as not just a remarkable thriller but a loving tour of Rome and Italian culture. Roman Roulette is the continuation of Det. Daria Vinci's adventures first explored in Downie's Red Riviera. A new scene, a new adventure, a new case, follow the intrepid detective to the stunning conclusion of this … [Read more...]

Innisfree Poetry Journal Takes an In-Depth Look at the Career and Works of Grace Cavalieri In their newest edition, Innisfree Poetry Journal, takes a deep dive into the work and career of Grace Cavalieri. The article features thirteen poems by the Maryland Poetry Laureate including many featured in her Legacy Book, Other Voices, Other Lives. The poems are drawn from her historical-literary explorations of the lives of three famous women of vastly different backgrounds: Mary Wollstonecraft, Anna Nicole Smith, and Madame de Stael. Of her work on Mary Wollstonecraft, the … [Read more...]