Chekhov's Mistress
CLMP Literary Magazine Fair
Went today over to Housing Works Used Bookstore and Cafe for the Council of Literary Magazines and Press’s annual LitMag Fair – all journals were $2 – I always walk out with a big handful.
I didn’t have much time and I left shortly after overhearing some guy talk about his novel: “Well, the main character is a novelist, surprise, surprise, and throughout the book he pays homage to the writers that have gone before him…” (and I thinks to myself If you know the main-character-is-a-novelist bit has been worn into the ground, why indulge yourself? blagh).
Seeing all these journals in one room, it becomes clear that it’s difficult to differentiate yourself too – catchy name, artwork on the front, mixture of poetry, fiction and non-fiction inside. I usually start, not at the contents, but at the masthead, which tells me how the journal is funded, who’s on the board, etc. That gives you an idea of what you’re going to find inside (particularly when there’s no time to casually peruse the good stuff inside).
So to point out one find from today’s adventure, it would be “Circumference: Poety in Translation“ devoted to “presenting translations of new work being written around the globe, new visions of classical poems, and translations of foreign language poets of the past who have fallen under the radar of American readers.” I’ve read through a bit of two issues and it’s quite good – particularly – I insist on reading translations with the original close at hand and Circumference prints both, even when the original is written in Kanji or something else seemingly indecipherable.
If you couldn’t make it to the fair, you can always visit Dan Wicket’s Emerging Writers Network online and get a great discount on a bunch of great journals.
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- Posted by: Bud Parr
- Date: June 11, 2006
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