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An Open Letter To Poetry International: From The Editors Of Versal, Versal Editors Oct 2020

An Open Letter To Poetry International: From The Editors Of Versal, Versal Editors

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In your own words, the Poetry International Rotterdam festival brings together "the most noteworthy poetry of the groundbreaking great masters, alongside that of new and original poetic talents from around the world." It is clear, however, that your mission statement applies mostly to men.

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Beauty In The Grotesque; Review Of Hayden's Ferry Review, Spring/Summer 2008, Zachary Boissonneau Oct 2020

Beauty In The Grotesque; Review Of Hayden's Ferry Review, Spring/Summer 2008, Zachary Boissonneau

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Hayden's Ferry Review is a biannual publication of Arizona State University's creative writing department. The Spring/Summer 2008 issue--themed "The Grotesque"--features poetry, fiction, and visual art from over sixty contributors, and includes an international section. It seems to be split evenly between poetry and prose as far as page count goes, and the only obvious continuity of set up is the entire international section sandwiched between the scattered poetry, prose, and visual art.

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New Lit Mag Seeks To Create Space For The Provocative; Review Of Profane, Fall 2014, John Shortino Oct 2020

New Lit Mag Seeks To Create Space For The Provocative; Review Of Profane, Fall 2014, John Shortino

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What does it mean for literature to be profane? In the introduction to the first issue of Profane (November 2014), editors Jacob Little and Patrick Chambers say, “We wanted to be open to the profane. We wanted to offer a space for work that was brave or daring or provocative.” There are a few pieces in the inaugural issue that manage to meet all three of these criteria, to use imagery and language in ways that were truly surprising, and often uncomfortable. The problem I had with the journal as a whole, however, was that even a slim collection (101 …

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A Community-First Journal Of Poetry; Review Of Verse-Virtual, Winter 2019, Trina Dotar Oct 2020

A Community-First Journal Of Poetry; Review Of Verse-Virtual, Winter 2019, Trina Dotar

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I was excited to discover a poetry-only journal, but that excitement soon gave way to disappointment since the journal is a journal in name only. The site is more like a collection of names with one or more poems posted. Of the thirty-one poets published in February’s issue of Verse-Virtual, eleven are contributing editors. Poems run the gamut from those by poets who read and study poetry to those who want to wear a shirt with the word, Poet, on the front. Most poems share the feel that they were written by folks well beyond their twenties with topics …

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Online Magazine Is A Carefully Curated Collective Of Diversity; Review Of Diverse Voices Quarterly, Fall 2014, Laura Jean Schneider Oct 2020

Online Magazine Is A Carefully Curated Collective Of Diversity; Review Of Diverse Voices Quarterly, Fall 2014, Laura Jean Schneider

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Diverse Voices Quarterly, now in its fifth year of online publication, was founded on a type of diversity that’s refreshing: it’s open to “every age, race, gender, sexual orientation, and religious background. This journal, in essence, celebrates and unifies diversity.” (I pulled this from the About DVQ tab on their easy to navigate, well-designed website.) Rest assured: you already fit into that broad (and welcoming) category, and should consider sending your work its way.

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"Providing A ‘Safe Space’ For Women To Submit Their Writing": A Chat With Debbie Taylor, Editor Of Mslexia, Debbie Taylor, Connie Post Oct 2020

"Providing A ‘Safe Space’ For Women To Submit Their Writing": A Chat With Debbie Taylor, Editor Of Mslexia, Debbie Taylor, Connie Post

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Mslexia is a British based magazine for women writers. There are unique qualities about the magazine that make it remarkable and interesting. The editor and staff are focused on championing women writers in a variety of unique and exciting ways. I enjoyed this interview and learning more about this successful and far reaching journal. Mslexia has found amazing ways to re-invent itself and stay fresh, compelling, and distinctive.

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New Magazine Explores Intersection Of Art, Literature And Technology; Review Of Carbon Culture, Fall 2014, Rachael Inciarte Oct 2020

New Magazine Explores Intersection Of Art, Literature And Technology; Review Of Carbon Culture, Fall 2014, Rachael Inciarte

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Carbon Culture, a new magazine of technology, literature, and art says of itself, “Our collection of voices and artistic work explore who we are as human beings in a technological world.” It’s a bold idea, and certainly a relevant one, as even the most technophobic literature lovers among us are being dragged through twitter trenches and iPhone tutorials. The Fall 2014 Issue is the inaugural issue. Additionally, every month CC also posts issues online.

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Fearlessly Claiming Your Own Experience: A Chat With Rebecca Olson, Editor Of Calyx, Rebecca Olson, Hadley Catalano Oct 2020

Fearlessly Claiming Your Own Experience: A Chat With Rebecca Olson, Editor Of Calyx, Rebecca Olson, Hadley Catalano

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Rebecca Olson is the Senior Editor at CALYX. She joined the journal that publishes art and literature by women in 2008 as an intern. A year later she was hired for the editorial position, armed with a new MFA in Poetry from Oregon State University and deeper understanding of publishing, writing and editing. In the following interview, the St. Paul, Minnesota native discusses her love for the CALYX family, how she balances her creativity with work and why feminist literature is empowering.

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If It's Heavy It's Ripe: On Writing And Political Sentiment, Catherine Parnell Oct 2020

If It's Heavy It's Ripe: On Writing And Political Sentiment, Catherine Parnell

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Writers and students often ask how to marry the personal and the political in their work. While I have no good answer, I did have an aha moment a few days ago that struck as I lifted a striped watermelon at the local market: if it’s heavy it’s ripe. The same holds true for the personal and the political. If it’s heavy, it’s good. But too much weight and the watermelon – the work – becomes unmanageable. So, to lift a phase from the poet Fred Marchant: beware the tipping point. And yet… Isn’t that the point of writing? …

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Highs And Lows In This 40th Anniversary Edition; Review Of Rip Rap, Spring 2018, Trina Dotar Oct 2020

Highs And Lows In This 40th Anniversary Edition; Review Of Rip Rap, Spring 2018, Trina Dotar

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After 40 years, and 40 editions, I expected a little more out of Rip Rap. The cover of the 40th-anniversary issue is pretty cool, a red on black maze with the journal’s title boxed and centered. But beyond that, everything falls a bit flat - a disappointment from a journal with such an interesting name and long tenure.

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"The Decades Have Wings": Esteemed Lit Mag Celebrates 50 Years In Print; Review Of Tampa Review, Winter 2016, E. Ce Miller Oct 2020

"The Decades Have Wings": Esteemed Lit Mag Celebrates 50 Years In Print; Review Of Tampa Review, Winter 2016, E. Ce Miller

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By its fiftieth issue, you expect a literary magazine to know what it’s doing—and Tampa Review does. As Florida’s oldest literary journal, founded in 1964 and housed at The University of Tampa, Tampa Review celebrated their fiftieth anniversary this winter with a slender, slick and glossy hardcover collection of visual art, fiction, nonfiction and poetry informed by the spirit of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. (Think pre-Etsy and Instagram DIY-ers.)

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"We’Ve Always Wanted Work That Stands Out": A Chat With Dzekashu Macviban, Editor Of Cameroon-Based Bakwa Magazine, Dzekashu Macviban, Gaamangwe Joy Mogami Oct 2020

"We’Ve Always Wanted Work That Stands Out": A Chat With Dzekashu Macviban, Editor Of Cameroon-Based Bakwa Magazine, Dzekashu Macviban, Gaamangwe Joy Mogami

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Bakwa’s website describes its purpose this way: “Bakwa, was founded to counter the absence of literary magazines in Cameroon; with a wide ranging remit that’s broader than the literary, Bakwa – is an eclectic, intelligent take on the dynamic cultural scenes often missed by mainstream, western media.”

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Just Because You're Alone, Doesn't Mean You Have To Be Lonely; Review Of Isthmus, Spring/Summer 2018, Petur Hk Oct 2020

Just Because You're Alone, Doesn't Mean You Have To Be Lonely; Review Of Isthmus, Spring/Summer 2018, Petur Hk

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Tinder is meant to act as a bridge, an isthmus, if you will, between two (or more) strangers, and like any social interaction, it has its own customs and traditions. No one is at home on Tinder—although some do seem more comfortable than others—and generally, it's not a place you want to stay for long. It’s a place to meet and then, ideally, leave together. More often than not, though, who you actually end up getting to know better is yourself and, probably, your own loneliness. Isthmus Review does something quite similar in its seventh issue. Already on the front …

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A Lit Mag Unafraid To Try Something New (And A Writing Contest For Teens!); Review Of Sierra Nevada Review, Winter 2014, Laura Jean Schneider Oct 2020

A Lit Mag Unafraid To Try Something New (And A Writing Contest For Teens!); Review Of Sierra Nevada Review, Winter 2014, Laura Jean Schneider

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If there’s a theme underlying the latest issue of the Sierra Nevada Review, it’s summed up well in a line from contributor Clayton Adam Clark’s poem, “Reverberations:” … “all things / have a pitch.” The intensity of memory, the complexity of ethnicity, the sacrifices of democracy and the definitions of family—weave subtly through this hard copy journal produced by Sierra Nevada College’s English Department and Low-Residency MFA Program.

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"I Wish All Of Our Acceptances Soar So High!": A Chat With M.E. Silverman—Editor Of Blue Lyra Review, M. E. Silverman, Julie Schlack Oct 2020

"I Wish All Of Our Acceptances Soar So High!": A Chat With M.E. Silverman—Editor Of Blue Lyra Review, M. E. Silverman, Julie Schlack

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M.E. Silverman, editor of Blue Lyra Review, moved from New Orleans to Georgia to teach at Gordon State College. He is a graduate of McNeese State (M.F.A.) and L.S.U. (B.A.). His work has appeared in over 70 magazines including: Crab Orchard Review, 32 Poems, Chicago Quarterly Review, Many Mountains Moving, Hawai’i Pacific Review, Tapestry, The Southern Poetry Anthology, The Los Angeles Review, Neon, Cloudbank, The Broad River Review, Pacific Review, Because I Said So Anthology, Sugar House Review, and other magazines. His chapbook, The Breath …

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A Lit Mag By And For The Incarcerated, Jacqueline Aguilar, Lana Marie Mousa, Cornelia Wells Oct 2020

A Lit Mag By And For The Incarcerated, Jacqueline Aguilar, Lana Marie Mousa, Cornelia Wells

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In the United States, there are over 2.2 million adults incarcerated (1 in 110 adults) and over 54,000 juveniles detained, making the U.S. home to more than 22% of the world's prisoners (despite being home to only 4.3% of the world’s people). Not only are prisoners taken out of sight, but they are often forgotten by the general public. Then, when they are released back into society (95% are released at some point), they are still irreversibly labeled with the terms “convicted felon” or “ex-con,” diminishing their opportunities for successful employment and respectable housing. Degrading labels like these encourage many …

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Wit, Charm, Depth. Lit Mag Is Full Of Compelling Works From Diverse Writers; Review Of Post Road, Spring/Summer 2015, Joanne Spencer Oct 2020

Wit, Charm, Depth. Lit Mag Is Full Of Compelling Works From Diverse Writers; Review Of Post Road, Spring/Summer 2015, Joanne Spencer

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Originally founded in New York City in 1999, Post Road is now partnered with Boston College as a non-profit literary magazine published bi-annually. They accept unsolicited material that include, but not limited to, poetry, fiction, non-fiction and critiques to name just a few.

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The Beauty Of Bilingual: A Chat With Roberto Santos, Editor Of Rio Grande Review., Roberto Santos, Leora Silverman Fridman Oct 2020

The Beauty Of Bilingual: A Chat With Roberto Santos, Editor Of Rio Grande Review., Roberto Santos, Leora Silverman Fridman

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Roberto Santos has been one of three editors of the Rio Grande Review since the fall of 2008.

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You Too? 24 Journals That Champion Women's Writing, Laura Moretz Oct 2020

You Too? 24 Journals That Champion Women's Writing, Laura Moretz

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In this time of VIDA counts and #metoo awareness, some writers may seek literary journals that focus on publishing work by women and nonbinary, female-identified writers. Some of these journals have been working to support work exclusively by women for decades, such as CALYX, which was established in 1976 and has introduced many women writers to the literary world or published them early in their careers. But CALYX is in good company with other lit mags that share this specialty and have weathered the decades—as well as many that are new to the scene.

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Fixing The System, A Lit Mag Finds Compassion For Its Contributors: A Chat With Alexis Santi, Editor Of Our Stories, Alexis E. Santi, Priyatam Mudivarti Oct 2020

Fixing The System, A Lit Mag Finds Compassion For Its Contributors: A Chat With Alexis Santi, Editor Of Our Stories, Alexis E. Santi, Priyatam Mudivarti

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Alexis E. Santi earned his MFA in Creative Writing from George Mason University in Fiction. In 2005, he founded Our Stories because of his commitment to helping emerging writers find not only a home for their work but to legitimize the work of countless others who feel that their work would be otherwise ignored. His own creative writing has been published in Word Riot, In Posse Review, Dark Sky Magazine, Prick of the Spindle, Cubista Magazine, Revista 22, and The Plum Ruby Review. In 2006 he was one of two Americans awarded a …

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Inequality In Publishing: What Can Be Done?, Becky Tuch Oct 2020

Inequality In Publishing: What Can Be Done?, Becky Tuch

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By now you’ve surely seen the numbers. VIDA, an organization dedicated to women in the literary arts, has done an incredible service to the literary community by amassing the statistics regarding gender breakdown in publishing. If you’ve seen the pie charts, then you know: women writers are in trouble. So we must now ask ourselves: What can be done in the interest of equality?

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Lit Mags & Small Presses Doing Good Works, Becky Tuch Oct 2020

Lit Mags & Small Presses Doing Good Works, Becky Tuch

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As the holiday season approaches, we thought we would celebrate those lit mags and small presses that do good deeds in the world. Below you will find a list of literary organizations that lend a hand in fighting various societal problems.

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"If You're Alive You're Recovering": A Chat With Mary Akers, Editor Of R.K.Vr.Y, Mary Akers, Jessica Ullian Oct 2020

"If You're Alive You're Recovering": A Chat With Mary Akers, Editor Of R.K.Vr.Y, Mary Akers, Jessica Ullian

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Mary Akers is the author of the short-story collection Women Up On Blocks, which won the 2010 IPPY gold medal for short fiction. Her work has appeared Bellevue Literary Review, The Fiddlehead, and Brevity. She was awarded a 2012 Pushcart Special Mention and won the 2011 American Pen Women Mary Mackey Short Story Prize for her story, “Viewing Medusa.” She has been the editor of r.kv.r.y since 2010 and lives in Western New York with her family.

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"We Recognize And Aim To Foster Feminism In All Its Manifestations, Waves, And Expressions": A Chat With Monica J. Casper, Editor Of Trivia: Voices Of Feminism, Monica J. Casper, Alicia Cole Oct 2020

"We Recognize And Aim To Foster Feminism In All Its Manifestations, Waves, And Expressions": A Chat With Monica J. Casper, Editor Of Trivia: Voices Of Feminism, Monica J. Casper, Alicia Cole

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Monica J. Casper, Head of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Arizona, has published five books and numerous articles, is co-editor of TRIVIA: Voices of Feminism, and is a managing editor of The Feminist Wire. Her creative writing has appeared in Mojave River Review, Slow Trains, Vine Leaves, The Linnet’s Wings, and elsewhere. Born and raised in the Midwest, she currently resides in Tucson with her partner, daughters, and two canines. For more information, visit www.monicajcasper.com.

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Beyond Privilege: Building A Writing Life When You Have No Room Of Your Own, Claire Rudy Foster Oct 2020

Beyond Privilege: Building A Writing Life When You Have No Room Of Your Own, Claire Rudy Foster

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What do you need to write? A pen and paper, for some people. Keyboard. You need a table or a lap or a drawing board. If you’re making an outline or storyboard, you need a wall to pin your notes on and watch them as they migrate. These objects and surfaces have to be secure, too. The worst fear is leaving a notebook open and losing pages to the wind. A writer is usually one hard drive crash away from total misery. But, looking more deeply, the writer’s craft requires space. And time. The combination of these, in the act …

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¡Qué Bueno! Literary Magazines For Latino And Bilingual Writers, Lauren Rheaume Oct 2020

¡Qué Bueno! Literary Magazines For Latino And Bilingual Writers, Lauren Rheaume

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As The Acentos Review website states, “The debate may rage forever as to who or what constitutes Latin@ art...We are already here, writing the histories of our neighborhoods, following the traditions of our ancestors, as well as the poetic traditions that came before us.” Whereas Latino writers may be among the underrepresented, underappreciated artists of our world, there are certainly many outlets carved out specifically for them to display their talents. There are also many encouraging communities out there, like the Latino Writer’s Collective of Kansas City, and the Facebook community Con Tinta which “believes in affirming a pro-active …

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An Ecclectic Collection; Review Of Colorado Review, Fall/Winter 2007, Ellyn Ruthstrom Oct 2020

An Ecclectic Collection; Review Of Colorado Review, Fall/Winter 2007, Ellyn Ruthstrom

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The Center for Literary Publishing is a hub for both new and mature writers provided by Colorado State University. Its flagship journal is the thrice-yearly Colorado Review. Not subscribing to a particular school of literature, the pages of the fall/winter issue have a remarkably eclectic flavor to them. Editor Stephanie G'Schwind packs a lot of work into this 200-page volume.

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Journal Has Heart, But Not Without Faults; Review Of December, Spring/Summer 2018, Craig Ledoux Oct 2020

Journal Has Heart, But Not Without Faults; Review Of December, Spring/Summer 2018, Craig Ledoux

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It is a sense of unease, a creeping evil, that december brings front and center to the Spring/Summer issue of 2018. The cover image, stitched woolwork by Lisa Ann Auerbach, depicts a cobwebbed bookcase, half full of books on wealth and deal making, written by and for the current president. On the bottom shelf, a revolver is wedged between Think Big and Kick Ass and The America We Deserve. Above, two books by Adolf Hitler—which the president reportedly owns—are bookended by a handgun. In her artist’s statement, Auerbach says she made the piece “before the election, back when everyone …

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Esteemed Lit Mag Charts Wide Experience Of Human Nature; Review Of Five Points, Winter 2015 - 2016, Tripp Reade Oct 2020

Esteemed Lit Mag Charts Wide Experience Of Human Nature; Review Of Five Points, Winter 2015 - 2016, Tripp Reade

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Shall I begin with the Five Points 17.1 contributor’s list? Will you want to know that these pages are spangled with NEA, Guggenheim, and Rockefeller fellowships, Pushcart, Library of Congress, and AWP prizes, magazine editors, professors, and poets-in residence? That the list of their published chapbooks, collections, short stories, and novels would consume the rest of this review if I let it? Or will it be better to turn aside, into a consideration of the issue itself? The latter? By all means, then.

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Esteemed Australian Lit Mag Brims With Dynamic Culture; Review Of Meanjin, Winter 2014, Amy Clarke Oct 2020

Esteemed Australian Lit Mag Brims With Dynamic Culture; Review Of Meanjin, Winter 2014, Amy Clarke

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As the opening editorial points out, Meanjin began as a poetry magazine nearly 75 years ago, and it continues to count the verse-driven art as its lifeblood. The poems in this edition are scattered throughout, running like veins through the entire edition, keeping the pulse and purpose of the magazine always at the forefront of the reader’s mind. Varying in style and composition, full of free verse and experimental forms, these poems are written by seasoned professionals and burgeoning artists alike. Meanjin Volume 73 begins with several brief articles under the heading, Perspectives, which explore the topics of modern day …

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