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Tea and sympathy? Try tea and poetry.

By Emily Homrok
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Poetry readings present a variety of great opportunities to a diverse assortment of people.

Average Guys: Impress your bleeding-heart girlfriends!
Wannabe Poets: Get tips on how to darken your blacker-than-black wardrobe!
Angsty Teens: Jot down lines you like and use them to protest your parents!

Furthermore, people who are — no! — legitimately interested in the simple pleasures of [...]


The word on lit mags

By Emily Homrok
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

As you, my lovely little reader of DPGOnline, may already be aware, Drexel University publishes a quarterly literary magazine. Nothing big, y’know… just a little mag that’s been around for nearly 40 years, receives submissions from all over the world, and has an odd tendency to discover literary gems that find their way into places [...]


Calling all aspiring writers

By Emily Homrok
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Because as nifty as “aspiring writer” sounds, doesn’t “published author” roll just a tad more nicely off the tongue?
It’s up to you to make the transition. Sadly, I can’t wave a literary wand and transform your long suffering, coffee-stained manuscript into the masterwork that makes Ulysses look like child’s play. What I can do is point [...]


Submit to Painted Bride Quarterly

By Emily Homrok
Thursday, August 13th, 2009

What is Painted Bride Quarterly?
Our statement can put it to you in formal terms:
Painted Bride Quarterly was established in Philadelphia in 1973.  As a community-based, independent, non-profit literary magazine published quarterly online and annually in print, PBQ’s main agenda is to maintain and grow a venue for the highest quality literature that best represents the individual voice.  [...]


The search begins: How to land a job in the publishing industry

By Jen Fromal
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

As a senior English major graduating in spring 2009, I recently began my job search hoping to get my name and resume out into the world while graduation is still in the distance. I’ve been lucky enough to have an internship with Painted Bride Quarterly literary magazine for the past year and to be a [...]