The Sun

The Sun in California

2012-02-23T10:37:03Z

We invite you to join Sun authors Doug Crandell, Tony Hoagland, Gillian Kendall, Frances Lefkowitz, Alison Luterman, and Sparrow, along with editor and publisher Sy Safransky, for a lively weekend of writing, conversation, and inspiration. The gathering will be held at Esalen, a retreat center situated on twenty-seven acres of spectacular Big Sur coastline.

An Evening with The Sun in Chicago, IL

2012-02-10T09:29:24Z

Join Sy Safransky, founder and editor of The Sun, along with contributors Poe Ballantine, Krista Bremer, and Cheryl Strayed, for a free reading at The Heartland Café, Saturday, March 3. Doors open at 7 pm; reading begins at 8. We hope to see you there.

The Sun in Massachusetts

2012-02-08T10:09:16Z

We invite you to join Sun authors Joseph Bathanti, Krista Bremer, Alison Luterman, and Lee Martin, along with editor and publisher Sy Safransky, for a lively weekend of writing, conversation, and inspiration. The gathering will be held at Rowe, a retreat center situated on fifty acres of lush woodland in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts.

An Evening with The Sun in Chicago, IL

2012-02-08T01:01:01Z

A weekend with The Sun in California

2012-02-07T01:01:01Z

The Sun will host a gathering on October 26–October 28 in Big Sur, California. Click here for details.

A weekend with The Sun in Massachusetts

2012-02-07T01:01:01Z

The Sun will host a gathering on June 1–3 in Rowe, Massachusetts. Click here for details.

Capitalism And Its Discontents - Richard Wolff On What Went Wrong

2012-02-01T01:01:01Z

The Sun Interview by David Barsamian

“When a system has everybody playing more or less by the rules and achieves the level of dysfunction we have now, it’s time to stop looking for scapegoats and understand that the problem is the system itself.”

Citizens Of A Broken City

2012-02-01T01:01:01Z

Poetry by Alison Luterman

It Burns

2012-02-01T01:01:01Z

Fiction by William Black

“ ‘Do it,’ he said, and I hit him as hard as I could — in the chest, in the stomach, in the ribs, over and over until my knuckles were raw.”

No Ears Have Heard

2012-02-01T01:01:01Z

Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories by Lee Martin

Profanity in the checkout line

Painting The Summer Palace Of The Queen

2012-02-01T01:01:01Z

Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories by Philip Kelly

Invading homes for a living

Real Work

2012-02-01T01:01:01Z

Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories by Joseph Bathanti

Becoming a man, brick by brick

Warning Signs

2012-02-01T01:01:01Z

Readers Write by Our Readers

Numbness in the chest, beer cans in the car, rage on a wedding day

Sy Safransky's Notebook

2012-01-31T11:14:50Z

I need to cut more pages from my upcoming book, so I’m trying to keep in mind William Faulkner’s advice to writers: “You must kill all your darlings.”

Sunbeams

2012-01-31T11:14:13Z

I am having an out-of-money experience.

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Writing retreats in 2012

2012-01-05T01:01:01Z

Join Sun authors and readers, as well as editor and publisher Sy Safransky, for one of our lively weekends of writing, reflection, and inspiration. The Sun will host two gatherings this year. Click here for details.

Does The Sun shine in your neighborhood?

2012-01-03T01:01:01Z

Would copies of The Sun brighten up the magazine rack of your local bookstore, coffee shop, co-op, or other hangout? Click here to let us know.

Writing from The Sun receives Honorable Mention in the Best American Series and The Pushcart Prize Anthology

2011-11-21T01:01:01Z

Authors include Poe Ballantine, John Frank, Louis B. Jones, Marjorie Kemper, Nikolina Kulidžan, Lee Strickland, and Lad Tobin. Click here for a list of the selections.

The Sun nominated for three awards

2011-04-15T01:01:01Z

The Sun was recently named as a finalist for a National Magazine Award, and also received two nominations for the 2011 Utne Independent Press Awards. Click here for details.

Essays from The Sun selected for Best American Essays 2010

2010-10-14T01:01:01Z

Jane Churchon's essay “The Dead Book” [February 2009] was selected for The Best American Essays 2010 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Best American also listed four essays from The Sun as “Notable Essays.” Click here for details.

Paper Lanterns Book Release Party

2010-08-27T01:01:01Z

Join us for a reading and reception to celebrate the release of our new collection of Sunbeams, Paper Lanterns: More Quotations from the Back Pages of The Sun. Click here for details.

Writing from The Sun wins the Pushcart Prize

2010-06-08T01:01:01Z

Two selections first published in The Sun have been awarded the Pushcart Prize, which honors exceptional writing from America’s small presses. Click here for details.