Sneak Peek of New Field Guide to Writing Flash Nonfiction

We know that many of you are anxiously awaiting the publication of the newest addition to our Field Guide series, The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Nonfiction, edited by the wonderful Dinty W. Moore. The book publishes in September and preorders will begin in August. But today, two sneak peeks for the interested and impatient: the author list and the front cover!

The new Field Guide contains craft essays on writing flash nonfiction from these esteemed writers, editors, and teachers in the nonfiction field: Barrie Jean Borich, Jenny Boully, Norma Cantú, Rigoberto Gonzalez, Carol Guess, Jeff Gundy, Philip Graham, Robin Hemley, Barbara Hurd, Judith Kitchen, Eric LeMay, Dinah Lenney, Bret Lott, Patrick Madden, Lee Martin, Maggie McKnight, Brenda Miller, Kyle Minor, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Anne Panning, Lia Purpura, Sue William Silverman, Jennifer Sinor, Peggy Shumaker, Ira Sukrungruang, Nicole Walker.

And here's the front cover, again designed by Rebecca Saraceno, with crow art from Pamela Callahan:

Buzzing around the Internet today...

...is a lot of buzz for Rose Metal Press Books. Over here at The Next Best Book Club blog, you can read all about the forthcoming I Take Back the Sponge: A Lyrical Choose-Your-Own-Adventure by Loren Erdrich & Sierra Nelson.

And Melissa Gruntkosky, the designer of that book, blogs about her approach to the project here today.

Last but not least, Curbside Splendor ran a glowing review of They Could No Longer Contain Themselves by Elizabeth Colen, John Jodzio, Tim Jones-Yelvington, Sean Lovelace and Mary Miller on their blog which you can read in its entirety here.

Third Face....

...gives We Know What We Are by Mary Hamilton some face time over here. Thanks, Barry Graham!