Editors Unleashed! The New York Public Library Hosts Literary Magazine Magathon, June 10 and 11

All Events Are Free and Open to the Public

The magazines may be little, but the weekend is big, big, big! It's time once again for CLMP's annual Lit Mag Marathon Weekend, a massive showcase of America's diverse literary magazines and journals.

The Magathon
New York Public Library's DeWitt Wallace Periodicals Room, Fifth Avenue at 42nd St.
Saturday, June 10, 4:00--6:30 p.m.

The Magathon kicks off the weekend with a celebratory "marathon" reading. Over a dozen readers --editors representing journals of every size and style, from promising upstarts to the oldest, most established-- will present favorite selections from their latest issues.

Seventh Annual Literary Magazine Fair
Housing Works Used Book Café, 126 Crosby Street in Soho
Sunday, June 11, 12:00--5:00 p.m.

Lit fiends can take home armfuls of magazines discounted more than 50% at only $2 a copy! Choose from hundreds of magazines from all over the country and hobnob with many of the editors who'll be present to meet and greet. Proceeds go to Housing Works, a nonprofit organization serving homeless people living with AIDS, and to The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, a nonprofit organization serving independent literary publishers.

The fair was founded in 2000 by editors Jenine Gordon Bockman of Literal Latté and Rebecca Wolff of Fence, and has connected thousands of readers and writers by raising the profile of exceptional literary publishers.

The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) was founded in 1967 to serve independent publishers of exceptional fiction, poetry, and prose through technical assistance and advocacy. Made possible with support from the NEA, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs -- and co-sponsored by the Humanities and Social Sciences Library of The New York Public Library, Fence, and Literal Latté.

Contact: Jamie Schwartz | 212-741-9110 x12