The Essentials: Books Correspondents
I will publish one article per day, each covering a specific Essentials Channel.
The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
And all the sweet serenity of books.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Note: this is not an 'official' listing, but is published with the permission of Gather, Inc.
Ed's column, "Poetry Central" is published twice each month to Gather Essentials: Books. His column explores many aspects of the art form and business of poetry. |
Click here to find all articles from Ed's "Poetry Central" books and reading series. |


Eric’s column, "Lit Bit", is published every Wednesday to Gather Essentials: Books. Featuring bits on writing, writers, books, and literature, Lit Bit will fulfill your literary longings. Eric is a full-time, professional, published writer and editor. His work has appeared in local, national, and international publications, including a story in the current issue of The Baltimore Review. |
You’re also invited to join Eric’s group for writers and the readers who love them at writeful.gather.com. Click here to find all articles from Eric's "Lit Bit" books and reading series. |


Chris Steib's column, "The Only Game in Town" (AKA: The Game), published twice each month to Gather Essentials: Books focuses on emerging trends in the publishing industry and assorted other book-and writing-related miscellany. |
Chris is the editor in chief of Void magazine, and can be reached at steib@voidmagazine.com. Catcher in the Rye is one of his all-time favorite books. Click here to find all articles from Chris' "The Only Game in Town" books and reading series. |


Patry's column, "Diary of a First Novelist", is published every Thursday to Gather Essentials: Books. It will detail all she knows--and is in the process of learning--about writing and publishing. To learn more about Patry and her debut novel, The Liar's Diary, visit her Website. |
Click here to find all articles from Patry's "Diary of a First Novelist" books and reading series. |


Jenny’s column, "Good on Paper" is published the 2nd and 17th of every month to Gather Essentials: Books. A hodgepodge of miscellany musings from children's book reviews to an evaluation of southern literature's place in the modern world of words, Good on Paper covers (almost) everything in print. After honing an impressively rabid obsession with the printed word at the same insitution that churned out such greats as Annie Dillard and Lee Smith, Jenny Watkins packed up her worn paperbacks and headed West for the sparkling crime den of Los Angeles. |
When she's not pushing her favorite volumes off onto friends or indulging her embarassing love affair with trash T.V., she's searching for the perfect job and the perfect dive bar. Click here to find all articles from Jenny's "Good on Paper" books and reading series. |


Kimberly Ripley's column, "Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit", appears twice monthly to Gather Essentials: Books. Kimberly is a freelance writer and published author from New Hampshire. |
Click here to find all articles from Kimberly's "Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit" books and reading series. |


Racheline's column, "Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fan", is published twice each month to Gather Essentials: Books Racheline is a performer, writer and long-time fan of sci-fi and fantasy literature, who believes truths lurk in all art, no matter how fantastical. |
Click here to find all articles from Racheline's "Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fan" books and reading series. |


Lucy’s book review column, published every other Tuesday to Gather Essentials: Books, revisits recent works of literary fiction. Lucy is a copy editor at a news service in Northern Virginia. |
Click here to find all articles from Lucy's book review series. |












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