400 Words News

Blogging about the 400 Words project

Hype!

Posted to 400 Words News on 20 June 2007, with 4 comments so far.

I know there is more than enough great stuff to read here, but I wanted to call your attention to a couple of things. First of all, I have a positive rash of publications in other venues: an essay about depression, medication, and the way we live now in The Brooklyn Rail, and another essay [...]

The Work Issue: Wrapping it Up

Posted to 400 Words News on 15 June 2007, with no comments so far.

Our almost-year of Studs Terkeldom has to come to an end sometime. Luckily, it’s going to culminate in the release of 400 Words, Issue 3—the Work issue. But before that can happen, I have to catch up with all the incredible stories you’ve sent. So: the last day for submitting pieces for the Work issue [...]

Sprucing

Posted to 400 Words News on 7 June 2007, with 3 comments so far.

Hi, readers. Now that it’s summertime, I’m starting to think that the site might need a face-lift in the form of some new banner photos. Having despaired of finding time to take any myself, I’m throwing this to you. I want you to send me pictures that involve the number ’400.’ Street addresses, road signs. [...]

Cool

Posted to 400 Words News on 24 April 2007, with 1 comment so far.

Edited by the mysteriously-named Dinty W. Moore, Brevity is an online journal of ultra-short (that’s 750 words or less, to you) nonfiction essays. Brevity publishes in “˜issues’ rather than ongoingly; Issue 23 is up now. It’s the literary equivalent of a small Whitman’s sampler, ten delectable non-fictive morsels by ten interesting people I want to [...]