New novel by Joyce Carol Oates to be published in January, 2010

“A Fair Maiden”, a new novel by Joyce Carol Oates, the distinguished American novelist who contributed an example of her prose to Issue 7 of “The International Literary Quarterly”, is due out January 6th, 2010. In the words of publisher “Houghton Mifflin Harcourt”: “In the tradition of Oates’s classic story, ‘Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?: Selected Early Stories’, ‘A Fair Maiden’ is an unsettling, ambiguous tale of desire and control”.

Reza Aslan to lead AAR panel on the subject of “Islam and Modernity” in Montréal on November 7th

Constituting part of the “American Academy of Religion” Conference (November 7th-10th, 2009), Reza Aslan, an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of California, whose works include “No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, and who has kindly agreed to act as a Consulting Editor of “The International Literary Quarterly” with  effect from Issue 9, will be leading an AAR panel (alongside Nilüfer Göle, Tariq Ramadan and Robin Wright) on the subject of “Islam and Modernity”. The event will be held at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal, Canada, on Saturday, November 7th, 4pm-6.30pm.

Margot Livesey to participate in “Mentors, Muses & Monsters Panel” in Massachusetts this November

Margot Livesey, a Consulting Editor of “The International Literary Quarterly”, and a contributor to Elizabeth Benedict’s anthology, “Monsters, Muses & Mentors”: Thirty Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives”, will be one of the panelists (alongside Christopher Castellani, Jay Cantor, Julia Glass and Jim Shepard) who will be discussing Benedict’s book in which ”thirty of today’s brightest literary lights turn their attention to the question of mentorship and influence, exploring the people, events, and books that have transformed their lives”, at an event, sponsored by Harvard Book Shop, and to be held at The Brattle Theatre, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts on Friday, November 13th, 2009 at 6pm.

Poetry by Denise Duhamel published in “Connotation Press.com: An Online Artifact”

Poetry by the award-winning US poet Denise Duhamel, a contributor to Issue 3 of “The International Literary Quarterly”, has been published in “Connotation Press.com: An Online Artifact”, Issue III, Volume I: November, 2009.

Robert Pinsky featured on “Finding Dulcinea” site on October 20th, the day of his birthday

Robert Pinsky, the U.S. poet who was Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress between 1997 and 2000, who contributed an example of his poetry to Issue 7 of Interlitq, and who is the author of many books including “The Inferno of Dante: A New Verse Translation”, “The Life of David” and “Gulf Music: Poems”, was featured on the “Finding Dulcinea” site on October 20th, 2009, the day of his birthday. Writer Jennifer Ferris praises the fact that “Robert Pinsky has made waves throughout the literary world as a multifaceted artist: essayist, poet, computer adventure game writer, and one of the most popular translators of Dante’s ‘Inferno’”.