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Congrats to @arjunbasu for winning the #shortyaward in #literature! Well deserved.

Thursday, March 4th, 20100.539 million seconds ago

We've been scaling back the site's interface a bit. We'd drifted from our minimalist roots. More changes likely. Hit us with your feedback.

Sunday, February 28th, 20100.845 million seconds ago

Have art/literature news, events, contests, announcements etc? Message them to us. We'll pass the best along.

Thursday, February 11th, 20102.32 million seconds ago

@theaside Hey. Twitter didn't show this mention at the time, but it showed up today, 6 months later, for some reason. Belated greetings?

Thursday, February 11th, 20102.321 million seconds ago

@SoulCandyPoetry Thanks much. <3

Sunday, February 7th, 20102.717 million seconds ago

@SoulCandyPoetry Thanks for the RT! We need to ask you, though, to replace this with one that mentions the original author, @benmiller314

Saturday, February 6th, 20102.747 million seconds ago

Reminder: Send submission reports to duotrope for us and other journals to bring transparency to literary publishing: cot.ag/bmoHUX

Friday, February 5th, 20102.848 million seconds ago

Interesting blog post discussing the state of conventional publishing, e-books and the Amazon/Macmillan fiasco: bit.ly/cYw1Ae

Thursday, February 4th, 20102.939 million seconds ago

Faceout Books takes a look at the design of "This is My Book, This is Your Book" - bit.ly/cAEOhk

Wednesday, February 3rd, 20103.02 million seconds ago

A stop-animation story from some of the kids at 826 Valencia (see some of our older posts for more about 826 Valencia): bit.ly/9M0jTT

Thursday, January 28th, 20103.55 million seconds ago

Ted Genoways, editor of VQR's article "The Death of Fiction?" bit.ly/5bhz8e

Monday, January 25th, 20103.809 million seconds ago

@escarp just published its 50th piece of brief literature. A small milestone, but a milestone nonetheless.

Friday, January 22nd, 20104.068 million seconds ago

So, we're down to about a week left on the Shorty Awards. Cough. Cough. shortyawards.com/escarp

Friday, January 22nd, 20104.072 million seconds ago

We received our ISSN (2153-0289) today. Like new sneakers, this doesn't mean much, but don't we look a little faster? Jump a little higher?

Tuesday, January 19th, 20104.318 million seconds ago

@bernadettegeyer Nice. A friend lucked into some old Shenandoahs last year, along with a few other 1950s design and literary periodicals.

Tuesday, January 19th, 20104.376 million seconds ago

This doesn't really have a lot to do with literature, on its face, but was too cool not to pass on: bit.ly/5zbSeL

Friday, January 15th, 20104.648 million seconds ago

@likelovelust Not consistently, but we do on occasion model characters with an MBTI archetype in mind.

Thursday, January 14th, 20104.742 million seconds ago

Video reading: Charles Bukowski - Confession: bit.ly/4B69d3

Thursday, January 14th, 20104.768 million seconds ago

@deborahmpoe Thanks for the love, Deborah. Keep fighting the good fight. :)

Wednesday, December 30th, 20096.038 million seconds ago

@syntactics It was too close to another of their stores, so they put a new one in a couple miles away within a year of closing it. :)

Wednesday, December 30th, 20096.076 million seconds ago

@syntactics A Hastings store went out of business a couple years ago. Bought about ~$1100 face value in books for under $150. Good times. :)

Wednesday, December 30th, 20096.103 million seconds ago

@syntactics We're prepared to hibornate, you could say. one stack (each) of: poetry, non-fic, journals/anthologies, and 3 stacks fiction. :)

Tuesday, December 29th, 20096.113 million seconds ago

@bernadettegeyer Nice! How many of them? We've got a few fall issues to catch up on, over the break. Let us know how Serafin turns out. :)

Tuesday, December 29th, 20096.123 million seconds ago

@syntactics Only one book this year, Stephen King's On Writing, but we've got stacks of unread books. Catching up on mags/journals, for now.

Tuesday, December 29th, 20096.123 million seconds ago

What'd everyone get for Christmas? Any good books?

Sunday, December 27th, 20096.287 million seconds ago

@kaysexton Grin. It's not like _we'll_ be reading it in the French anytime soon. We still need to brush up on Spanish for Márquez, someday.

Thursday, December 24th, 20096.582 million seconds ago

@kaysexton Are you reviewing a French or English language copy of The Elegance of the Hedgehog?

Wednesday, December 23rd, 20096.647 million seconds ago

What are you #reading over the Christmas break?

Wednesday, December 23rd, 20096.654 million seconds ago

Matt Kish's blog (bit.ly/6IEzHr), where he's posting a drawing for each page of Moby Dick. Archive here: bit.ly/817wSq

Monday, December 21st, 20096.84 million seconds ago

GOOD magazine's Anne Trubek on speed-writing: bit.ly/4JdaMZ

Friday, December 18th, 20097.092 million seconds ago

Interview: Alice Sebold on The Lovely Bones, marking the release of Peter Jackson's new movie based on the book- bit.ly/5yIOVE

Friday, December 11th, 20097.686 million seconds ago

Video reading: Kim Adonnizio - bit.ly/6L8vRw

Friday, December 11th, 20097.695 million seconds ago

Reference: A glossary including over three thousand terms used in or related to postmodern theory/criticism - bit.ly/8pa3zI

Thursday, December 10th, 20097.766 million seconds ago

RT @ElectricLit: An account of how postmodernism went populist, recently bit.ly/5smGtF (via @TheRumpus)

Thursday, December 10th, 20097.779 million seconds ago

RT @McSweeneysBooks: I Am Locking the Wikipedia Article On Our Sex Life: bit.ly/5yH2Wm

Thursday, December 10th, 20097.792 million seconds ago

Video reading: Three short poems by Billy Collins (we had to turn the volume up a good bit to hear it): bit.ly/8NCX77

Wednesday, December 9th, 20097.851 million seconds ago

@grettir We've done this. We were at a hotel with friends and couldn't sleep. Logical response? Go sit in the tub and read.

Wednesday, December 9th, 20097.868 million seconds ago

RT @jamesscottbell: A tip for authors who write in 1st Person POV. tinyurl.com/yldvqks

Wednesday, December 9th, 20097.881 million seconds ago

Audio interview: Joss Whedon at 826 NYC. see the other videos below about 826, too, and consider donating - bit.ly/6U5Tye

Tuesday, December 8th, 20097.937 million seconds ago

Whoops. You have to click the "dirt" keyword on the map to see it. Lubbock, Texas: Where dirt is a trending topic: bit.ly/4W9qPZ

Tuesday, December 8th, 20097.944 million seconds ago

Check out this video examining the Young Authors' Book Project produced by 826 each year. bit.ly/5Rn8Uf

Tuesday, December 8th, 20097.95 million seconds ago

Video talk: author/editor Dave Eggers tells TED about the 826 Valencia program and its expansion (including 826 NYC) - bit.ly/5Eu5ZK

Tuesday, December 8th, 20097.964 million seconds ago

Academic and more academic euphemisms for masturbation from @McSweeneysBooks bit.ly/8C6SPf bit.ly/6rrhX2

Monday, December 7th, 20098.024 million seconds ago

RT @ElectricLit: Inspiration for your Sunday writing: A list of Unusual Deaths at wiki bit.ly/O5mMa

Monday, December 7th, 20098.039 million seconds ago

Video/audio interview: Ira Glass of This American Life interviews Etgar Keret about reality and his short stories - bit.ly/8xdXhG

Monday, December 7th, 20098.053 million seconds ago

@32Poems, which publishes twice a year, is offering a free issue with a one year sub, or two for two years: blog.32poems.com/about

Sunday, December 6th, 20098.11 million seconds ago

@kathrynth We try to avoid places where weather reports say "bitterly cold." :) We like some of Howell's poems. Have you taken him?

Sunday, December 6th, 20098.116 million seconds ago

Video reading: Billy Collins - The Lanyard - bit.ly/6JYjfc

Sunday, December 6th, 20098.125 million seconds ago

Video reading: Two poems by Patrick Rosal - bit.ly/7gJSMe

Sunday, December 6th, 20098.141 million seconds ago

@kathrynth we considered EWU, but were intimidated by living inland that far north. How do you like the program?

Sunday, December 6th, 20098.157 million seconds ago

@tabularasta - We love the name. <3

Sunday, December 6th, 20098.167 million seconds ago

Video reading: Three poems by Rita Dove - bit.ly/5r0F19

Saturday, December 5th, 20098.19 million seconds ago

Remember to update duotrope with your submission responses. Your reports can help us bring in more subs and readers bit.ly/5PQmjb

Saturday, December 5th, 20098.212 million seconds ago

Video interview: Charles Bukowski on poetry - bit.ly/7auviK

Saturday, December 5th, 20098.228 million seconds ago

Check out the "Make Something Cool Every Day 2009" project by@laserbread aka Brock Davis: bit.ly/3gB40u

Friday, December 4th, 20098.272 million seconds ago

RT @McSweeneysBooks: Twitter updates workshopped by MFA students: bit.ly/8XMOUp

Friday, December 4th, 20098.289 million seconds ago

RT @GalleyCat: Free eBook Friday! List includes a @charliehuston novel: bit.ly/6YE6oT

Friday, December 4th, 20098.294 million seconds ago

@litdrift Thanks for the mention. We dig the blog, too.

Friday, December 4th, 20098.306 million seconds ago

@induviduality We were going to say we're a weirdo magnet, too. But--who are we kidding--we're clearly the weirdo.

Friday, December 4th, 20098.307 million seconds ago

@grammarmonkey We couldn't come up with a good non-toxic method of making hollow cookies, but we found this patent: bit.ly/8KWLW6

Friday, December 4th, 20098.307 million seconds ago

Check out the "Interactive Version" and the book at wefeelfine.org/ for what the creators call "an artwork authored by everyone."

Thursday, December 3rd, 20098.36 million seconds ago

Video reading: Tim Seibles - Midnight, the Coyote, Down in the Mouth www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf03QHCGAIs

Wednesday, December 2nd, 20098.442 million seconds ago

@ElectricLit Thanks for fighting the good fight. And for the mention, of course.

Wednesday, December 2nd, 20098.444 million seconds ago

@Earthgirl42 Aha. We wondered where the Heart of Gold was. Par for large family holidays. We got to post a story after dinner, though. :)

Friday, November 27th, 20098.9 million seconds ago

Thanks for the #FF, @earthgirl42. Did you have a good Thanksgiving?

Friday, November 27th, 20098.902 million seconds ago

We fixed a display bug in IE that may have existed for months. We're surprised no one said anything before we found it by accident. Oops.

Wednesday, October 14th, 200912.732 million seconds ago

Unfortunately had to post/delete/repost a submission today, due to a typo we didn't catch in the username. Apologies for the repeats tweets.

Friday, September 18th, 200914.962 million seconds ago

Made some minor adjustments to the "about" statement, and fixed some issues in the share links for writers without websites.

Tuesday, September 15th, 200915.216 million seconds ago

Stats self-report: escarp just published it's 25th piece, from 80 submissions. Report your responses at duotrope.com/rt.aspx?id=3525

Monday, August 31st, 200916.507 million seconds ago

The data we get from Twitter has changed, slightly, and is occasionally throwing errors. We're working on sorting them out. Try refreshing.

Monday, August 31st, 200916.547 million seconds ago

Made updates to accomodate long lines. Author-broken lines appear flush left, breaks enforced by the site layout will now appear indented.

Wednesday, July 15th, 200920.561 million seconds ago

Had to make some code updates to properly handle smart (curly) quotes in submissions. Message us if you see anything weird.

Saturday, July 11th, 200920.916 million seconds ago

RT @thaumatrope Who? Oy. If you insist. For now, we are Travis A. Everett. Later, who knows? We hope to bring in some fun guest editors.

Saturday, July 4th, 200921.501 million seconds ago

RT @thaumatrope Who? Aren't you tricky. We're escarp.org We're a graduate of Texas Tech and incoming MFA student at Old Dominion.

Saturday, July 4th, 200921.501 million seconds ago

RT @thaumatrope How? Natural selection and a couple million years, we'd say.

Saturday, July 4th, 200921.501 million seconds ago

RT @thaumatrope When? The Handbook of Texas Online says about 1-2 mya during the Pleistocene, the epoch when hominids like us evolved.

Saturday, July 4th, 200921.501 million seconds ago

RT @thaumatrope How? The caprock is a layer of water-resistant caliche, but the land east of here wasn't resistant, so it eroded away.

Saturday, July 4th, 200921.501 million seconds ago

RT @thaumatrope What? An escarp is a sharp rise in the land, usually caused by tectonic faults or by erosion. Ours is the latter.

Saturday, July 4th, 200921.501 million seconds ago

RT @thaumatrope Where? escarp is most closely connected with the Caprock Escarpment. We have an inexplicable attraction to the landform.

Saturday, July 4th, 200921.501 million seconds ago

Following will be the contents of the interview @thaumatrope conducted with us, in the order we originally answered the questions.

Saturday, July 4th, 200921.501 million seconds ago

We're being interviewed by @thaumatrope. Here's the intended order: Where? What? How (caprock)? When? How (Natural)? Who (tricky)? Who (Oy)?

Tuesday, June 30th, 200921.867 million seconds ago

Deborah Ager posted about escarp on the 32 poems blog ( blog.32poems.com/ and @32poems), including an interview. Check it out.

Tuesday, June 16th, 200923.06 million seconds ago

Changed date format on individual posts so browsers that can't see the tooltip can know the date of a posting. Fixed some other bugs.

Tuesday, June 16th, 200923.122 million seconds ago

Did some backend functionality updates to futureproof and address some relatively rare issues. Please message us if you see something break.

Saturday, June 13th, 200923.324 million seconds ago

Added share buttons to news postings as well. May seem superfluous for now, but in the future these news items should be more interesting.

Tuesday, June 9th, 200923.683 million seconds ago

Updated entry styling to include facebook, twitter and email share buttons for each piece, both on the main and individual pages.

Monday, June 8th, 200923.75 million seconds ago

The date on each piece now links to a local copy of the single post, enabling users to more easily share their favorite works with friends.

Sunday, May 31st, 200924.426 million seconds ago

Even if you don't know anyone to tell about escarp, sending submission reports to duotrope helps: www.duotrope.com/rt.aspx?id=3525

Thursday, May 28th, 200924.761 million seconds ago

Our main page now relies on a database instead of javascript and Twitter. This should make it more reliable. Message us if something breaks.

Sunday, May 24th, 200925.046 million seconds ago

We've had to change our requirements. A space, @ and your username (eg: ' @twitter') must be included in your sub, so posts don't truncate.

Tuesday, May 19th, 200925.468 million seconds ago

Pieces exceeding ~136 characters before attribution are oddly truncated. See the main page for examples. May lower our limit sometime soon.

Tuesday, May 12th, 200926.089 million seconds ago

We've corrected a number of issues with the writers page, as well as added comment, news, link, FAQ and donation pages; how-to coming soon.

Tuesday, May 12th, 200926.09 million seconds ago

We handed out promo cards at PubFest, a lit/art/music event by farragoproductions.com to benefit llanoidea.com on April 18th.

Tuesday, May 12th, 200926.09 million seconds ago

We designed and began hand-making promotional cards on April 17th. They're ~1"x3" on 2-ply bristol, brown ink. Want some? Message us.

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Tuesday, May 12th, 200926.09 million seconds ago

escarp was added to duotrope on April 5th. Please report your submission responses to duotrope: duotrope.com/rt.aspx?id=3525

Wednesday, May 6th, 200926.599 million seconds ago

Making some retroactive updates to catch us up to present, since we decided to add a news feature.

Monday, May 4th, 200926.828 million seconds ago