Every Boy Should Have a Man: Zombie Novel

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Zombie Novel

It suddenly occurred to me why zombies, werewolves, and vampires are so popular these days. The first generation of goths are now in their thirties and forties. Not only are they reading books and watching scary (albeit kid friendly) movies, but they are also in the business of writing and producing such material. This accounts for zombie and assorted undead lore. Remember Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Blade? Harry Potter? Twilight? The hundred or so zombie novels and zombie tv shows and zombie movies? Scary stuff. Not always. No. There is an entire line of undead romances, literature about loving undead things--gaaak--but I'm sure this comes as no surprise to you unless you've been living under a rock--or maybe it comes as no surprise to you BECAUSE you have been living under a rock. Wink. Wink. I said all of this to say that I'm thinking of writing a zombie novel. But Preston, my god, you're a serious writer. A zombie book? No. Say it isn't so. Ah, but that's because you haven't read it yet. And when you do, keep in mind that I strive for Excellence in all of my work. So don't scoff, my friend. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

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Interview with Celia Alvarez

Celia Lisset Alvarez holds an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Miami and teaches writing at St. Thomas University. Her debut collection of poetry, Shapeshifting (Spire Press, 2006), was the recipient of the 2005 Spire Press Poetry Award. A second collection, The Stones (Finishing Line Press, 2006) followed that same year. Other work has appeared or is forthcoming in numerous journals, including the Iodine Poetry Journal, Fifth Wednesday Journal, and Prairie Schooner, and in the recent anthologies Not a Muse (Haven Books, 2009), and Eating Her Wedding Dress: A Collection of Clothing Poems (Ragged Sky Press, 2009). Recently, her poem “Wonder Woman Goes through Menopause” was the winner of the 2008 Here There Poetry Contest. Born in Madrid of Cuban parents en route to the United States, she grew up in Miami, where she lives with her husband, Cuban-American literary scholar and fellow poet Rafael Miguel Montes. On 24 May 2013, Celia interviewed me about Every Boy Should Have a Man (EBSHAM). For a transcript of that interview visit Celia at Writing With Celia: http://writingwithcelia.blogspot.com/ --There are two other ways to get a transcript of the interview. 1) You can back track through my posts. 2) You can scroll down to the bottom of this page.

Preston L. Allen is a recipient of a State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship and a winner of the Sonja H. Stone Prize in Fiction for his collection of stories Churchboys and Other Sinners. His work has appeared in various literary anthologies and journals including Las Vegas Noir, Miami Noir, The Seattle Review, 1111, Drum Voices, and Black Renaissance Noire. His novels All or Nothing and Jesus Boy have received rave reviews from O, the Oprah Magazine, Library Journal, Feminist Review, and The New York Times.

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