Canteen: The State of Creation

EVENTS

Lit Crawl NYC: Geek Love
April 1, 2013, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm

The Powerhouse Arena (Dumbo)
37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Co-hosted by Emma Straub and Teddy Wayne.
Tickets: $15
For more information: powerhousearena.com/events/lit-crawl-nyc-geek-love/
To hear about parties, readings, and other Canteen events, friend us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, or join our mailing list by writing to news@canteenmag.com with “Subscribe” in the subject line. We will never share your email address.

PRESS

• LitBridge chats with Canteen cofounder Mia Lipman about how the magazine started, what we look for in our readers and contributors, and what’s up next (04/2013)
• NewPages offers a rave review of Canteen’s eighth issue: “The bold mix of art and writing is a delight to page through” (12/2012)
• A Photo Editor finds our second photography contest quotable (11/2012)
• New York Squash provides colorful insight into Canteen cofounder Stephen Pierson while celebrating canTeens‘ partnership with the New York Squash community (11/2012)
• Mission Local live-tweets Canteen’s Lit Crawl event in San Francisco and captures author Rakesh Satyal channeling Celine Dion on video (10/2012)
• Turkish journalist Selin Gulgoz was inspired by Canteen’s Outwrite event in New York to visit our Harlem tutoring program (06/2012)
• The San Francisco Chronicle explores how Canteen’s Hot Authors project “seeks to restore writers’ glamour” (05/2012)
• The New Yorker promotes the second installment of Outwrite, Canteen’s reading series that encourages—nay, demands—audience participation (05/2012)
• Claudette Young‘s reference library has a special place for Joyce Maynard’s essay from Canteen Two about her mother’s influence on her writing (05/2012)
• Writer’s Voice interviews Canteen’s publisher, Stephen Pierson, and contributor Rich Benjamin about our Hot Authors project and Harlem tutoring program (03/2012)
• Tablet Magazine catches up with artist Kehinde Wiley via a Canteen gala (03/2012)
• Inspired by Canteen’s Hot Authors project, Tehelka ponders the issue of writers and sexiness (10/2011)
• Flavorpill has kind words about Canteen’s tutoring program and our Third Annual NYC Gala, “a unique soirée” (10/2011)
• Electric Literature gets hot with Canteen at the launch party for our seventh issue, an official event of the Brooklyn Book Festival (09/2011)
• The New York Observer and Canteen contributor Karan Mahajan think our Hot Authors project is an “inspired idea” (09/2011)
• 3rd Ward Gallery wraps up a fantastic series of interviews about our Hot Authors project—and upcoming launch party for Canteen Seven—by chatting with literary agent Erin Hosier (09/2011)
• Time Out New York makes Canteen’s Brooklyn Book Festival event a critics’ pick (09/2011)
• Jason Jordan, editor of decomP, ranks Canteen’s website as one of the top five literary magazine sites (06/2011)
• The Millions takes note of Canteen’s forthcoming Hot Authors project and our redesigned website (04/2011)
• SF Weekly shows big love for Canteen’s enthusiastic community of readers and our Spring Gala in San Francisco (04/2011)
• The New York Times (via The Bay Citizen) sees a bright future for literary magazines, including Canteen (04/2011)
• The Rumpus gives Canteen Six a rave review: “This issue is so good—so striking, and rich with compelling content—it makes me wish they published more often” (04/2011)
• The Kickstarter Blog features Canteen’s Hot Authors project (04/2011)
• Brooklyn Based thinks Canteen would make the perfect holiday gift to help “keep print alive” (11/2010)
• A Photo Editor praises the transparent judging process for the Canteen Awards in Photography (08/2010)
• The Los Angeles Times selects Canteen’s first Outwrite event as a Top Pick (04/2010)
• Paper Magazine’s Word Up! had a lovely time at Canteen’s Second Annual NYC Gala (03/2010)
• Scallywag & Vagabond were impressed by Canteen’s literary fibs at our Second Annual NYC Gala (03/2010)
• Largehearted Boy and WORD bookstore select Canteen Five as a Book of the Week (01/2010)
• NewPages.com reviews Canteen Four (08/2009)
• The Rumpus reprints Stephen Elliott’s essay from Canteen Four (08/2009)
• The New York Review of Magazines reviews Canteen (06/2009, click on Reviews, then Canteen; or read the article via Issuu.com)
• Periodically Speaking: Canteen publisher Stephen Pierson introduces contributor Justin Taylor at a series hosted by CLMP and the New York Public Library (04/2009)
• The Rumpus reprints Eric Puchner & Katharine Noel’s essay from Canteen Four (04/2009)
• ArtInfo features Canteen and Envoy gallery’s booth at Pulse Miami (12/2008)
• Library Journal (08/2008)
• BlackBook (03/2008)
• LitMinds interviews Canteen editors Sean Finney and Mia Lipman (09/2007)
• Utne Reader, From the Stacks (08/2007)
• San Francisco magazine names Canteen “Best New Local Publication About the Arts” (08/2007)
• San Francisco Chronicle (05/2007)
• ArtBusiness.com (05/2007)

Contact press@canteenmag.com with inquiries.

Read our initial launch press release.

PARTNERS
Canteen is delighted to have our work featured on DivineCaroline, where women writers rule.