always a race to the finish

Publishing the zine is, that is. Though hopefully a bit less so this time, if all goes well at the printer's.

Christopher has posted a brief account of the techie-herculean effort involved in actually getting the issue to press. He's also posted the lovely front cover (the back's very lovely too, with a brand new Fortress of Words logo and everything), which I can't resist putting up here as well.



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We just made a short trip to B&N to pick up a birthday pressie for a party tonight. And now I've got a few moments to page through the Oxford American food issue, which looks frabjous. We also picked up Asimov's, which is having a run of truly beyootiful covers. And The Believer came in the mail, with lots and lots of fun things in it this month (attention J & S: including an excellent essay about the WNBA and how its fans are different--which made me wish extrahard we lived in a town with a team).

Lest you doubt my ability to stay on task, I finished my Aunt G column this morning for LCRW and tapped out some words on the new book. So it goes.

Keep an eye on the LBC site -- the big announcement should happen tomorrow, as the calendar says it'll be May 15 at midnight.