Category: Friday Five Writers

Friday Five: writer, editor, and Lit Mag News creator Becky Tuch

‘I wanted to create a literary space that is informative yet also entertaining’

If you want to keep up on what’s happening in the world of literary magazines, you should be reading Becky Tuch‘s Substack newsletter, Lit Mag News. This bi-weekly newsletter lives up to its billing as “a resource for all things lit mag,” and in a sector awash in newsletters about the writing craft, Lit Mag News is a must-read.

Portrait of Becky Tuch, writer, editor, and creator of Lit Mag News.
Author and Lit Mag News creator Becky Tuch

Each issue features “the latest goings-on in the world of literary magazines,” Becky explains on her about page. Those goings-on include information about new magazines, calls for submissions, contests, job and fellowship opportunities, grant opportunities, trends in lit mag publishing, and “controversies, scams, and the occasional smidge of lit mag gossip.” The writing is always conversational, often entertaining, and delivered in a breezy and easily digestible manner.

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Friday Five: a conversation with UK writer u.v. ray

‘I don’t write existential angst, I write existential rebellion.’

Just as the premature rumors of Samuel Clemens’/Mark Twain’s death were greatly exaggerated, so it is with UK writer u.v. ray. Never mind that his official author’s bio on Amazon claims he “went missing during a sail-boat trip in the Bermuda Triangle” last February, soon after he completed his chapbook Speed Trials ’94. He’s alive and well–or alive and writing at least–and is about to launch a new novel, Druggernaut, into the world. Currently Spinners editor Roual Galloway and u.v. are making final preparations for the book launch. It will be available very soon from 5767 Productions.

Writer u.v. ray with a proof copy of his new novel, Druggernaut

Born in Birmingham, England, u.v.’s raw, gritty fiction and poetry evokes comparisons to writers like Charles Bukowski and William S. Burroughs and others who captured the dark world of society’s underbelly. After dropping out of school at 15, he spent decades drifting through bars and nightclubs, experiences that fuel his works like We Are Glass (2012) and Drug Story (2019). His writing, published in numerous underground magazines, portrays a visceral exploration of alienation and fleeting redemption.

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