AMERICA | CONTENTS

AMERICA, CURRENT ISSUE
07/11/2011 18:24

Out this month in a new paperback form, our ‘America’ issue promises a transatlantic treasure trove of the freshest fiction and poetry from both sides of the pond, ruminations and reminiscences of the writing life from American writers working in Europe and European writers ‘over there’, travel pieces and reportage from across the United States, an eclectic mix of interviews and features as well as an all-but-definitive A-Z of American Letters.

The Raconteur ‘America’ is over 300 pages long, and will set you back just £10.

INSIDE THE COVERS:

THE A-Z OF AMERICAN LITERATURE


IS THIS A DIRTY WORD IN DORCHESTER

Russell Celyn Jones

 

THE RACONTEUR INTERVIEW: Allegra Goodman

 

GREEN-CARD BLUES

DO NOT LEAN ON DOOR

lloyd robson

 

FROM HAVANA TO HARLEM:

Afro-Cuban/Latin Jazz – An American Art Form

Bobby Sanabria

 

MAKING SOME NOISE:

The Civil Rights Era in Queens, NY

Catherine Fletcher

 

SHELF LIFE: Strand Bookstore, New York

 

THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNEW IT

WYOMING ROAD KILL

FISHING IN THE AFTERMATH

Salena Godden


DOROTHY PARKER AND ME:

The Round Table and the Narrow House

PENETRATIVE DISCOURSE

CYNOSURE

ANTITHESIS

Rhian Edwards


A COMEDY SEGWAY

Taylor Glenn

 

SOMETHING REAL:

Nan Goldin, the Mechanism and the Moment

Jo Mazelis


THE EYE OF AN OUTSIDER

Tamar Yoseloff


RE-GENERATION, RE-UPS AND RE-TELLINGS

Tom Anderson


COMING TO AMERICA

Yahia Lababidi


GODFREY HODGSON talks to Gary Raymond


THE UNITED STATES OF PORN

Heathcote Williams


I AM NOT & ALWAYS WILL BE AN AMERICAN

David Oprava

 

AN AMERICAN SAGA

Gary Raymond


A HISTORY OF GONZO JOURNALISM

from Acid to ZZZZZZZZZ

Dan Tyte


BRIGHT LIGHTS, DARK CITY:

How Noir Exploded the American Dream

Rob Lewis


SUNNY SIDE UP IN EASTERN KENTUCKY

Tom Abbott


ON GOING NATIVE

Mimi Thebo

 

DRIVING AROUND COLORADO

Joao Morais

 

HANDBALL

Todd Zuniga

 

A BRIEF RESPONSE ON THE TOPIC OF NATIONAL DREAMS

Graham Isaac

 

HAPPINESS IN MAGAZINES: McSweeneys


HOWL AND THE HOWLERS

Jack Foley


MADISON TIME

L.A. RAIN

Tim Wells


WRITERS’ GRAVES: Billy Wilder


 

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  • Malcolm Ballin
    09/11/2011
    10:53

    Very interesting and enterprising. Will attend the Cardiff Launch on 7th December.

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