Chicago’s Gabriel Levinson (of Book Bike fame) is trying to earn his place in my books as raddest dude ever.
He’s coming pretty close to it too.
Thank you Gabe. You are a gem of a human.
Archive for the ‘Annalemma’ Category
Wednesday, September 8th
Things of Interest: Jordan, Gray, Soubiran.
Say friend, do you like things? Were you aware that people still do things these days? It’s true. Here are some things that have happened (are happening):
Issue #4 and Issue Six: Sacrifice contributor Todd Jordan‘s Now I Remember collective is showing the world through their cell phones at New Image Gallery (best click through image) in LA this weekend. I know you live there, I have Google Analytics. Go to this show.
Issue Five contributor Amelia Gray released her second collection of fiction, Museum of the Weird on FC2 yesterday. Amelia is a writer in a class of her own that never disappoints. Buy this book.
Dear friend, Alix Soubiran, is showing her lovely animals at Bold Hype‘s new gallery in New York this weekend. Go see them. You will fall in love with them and her.
Thursday, September 2nd
Design Session Dance Break.
We’re hard at work laying out Annalemma Issue Seven: Endurance. To break up the monotony, print designer Jen O’Malley takes an opportunity to lay some tasty shapes on some phat beatz.
Monday, August 30th
Submissions Are Open.
After a few weeks of taking a breather, we’re opening up submissions again. As we put the finishing touches on the print issue we’ll be considering all submissions for web publication only. If you’re looking to get published on the website (and why wouldn’t you be?) bear in mind that being succinct is important. And if you’re going to going to submit something over 3000 words, it had better grip from the first sentence and never let up. Click here to submit them gems.
Friday, August 27th
Anniversary Sale.
It’s officially been one year since the current site when live and we started publishing fiction and essays on a weekly basis. To celebrate, we’re taking 20% off the price of Annalemma Issue Six: Sacrifice and Annalemma Bundle for today and today only.
Also there will be a small ceremony in the break room during lunch. Cake will be served. Janelle will be collecting $2 from everyone to cover the cost of the cake.
Thursday, August 26th
ZNH.
The ink is dry on the papers that say we got permission to do something very cool for Annalemma Issue Seven: Endurance. Keep an eye out for a more formal announcement next week.
Thursday, August 19th
Hey Chicago!: Go See Max Kauffman.
Issue Five contributor Max Kauffman is throwing his first solo show in a long time in Chicago. Go and check out his freakiness next month. From the press release:
R’fuah- new works by Max Kauffman
presented by Pawn Works
1050 N Damen Ave Chicago, IL
opening reception Friday Sept 10th 6-10 pm
available by appointment 312-841-3986
R’fuah: a renewal of spirit. A way of looking at things you hold dear, without idolizing them: knowing that these inanimate things you keep are important because of the emotions you impart on them. Are they real? Are the emotional ties meaningful because of the item or because of the emotion itself?
These thing we hold dear: they keep us happy, bittersweet, positive, appreciative of the things in our life. Why? Are they simply coping mechanisms or do they actually uplift us? From prophets and idols and relics to symbols and talismans of today, we alternately assign them power and draw power from them. We are actually pulling on the strength within ourselves, our thoughts and spirits when we look to these things. When we fall on dark times, we become even more attached to the inanimate—sure and committed to the power we believe they bring, until the storm passes and we relinquish them until next time.
This renewal, this evolution, this cycle of spirit and material. Does it make us more or less human? By putting our faith in objects, are we overpowering or overpowered by them?
They calm us; they bring us peace. R’fuah.
R’fuah will feature new mixed media paintings on paper and wood, ceramic works and a site specific installation.
Show runs through October 10th
for more information contact marz09@yahoo.com or mhkauffm@gmail.com
Monday, August 16th
Roster – Issue Seven: Endurance
Below is the tentative roster for Annalemma Issue Seven: Endurance. Tentative because not all of these people have gotten back to me yet. If you haven’t, please do. I want to print your stuff.
Poetry:
Coming For To Carry Me Home
Poem: Sasha Fletcher
Image: Jake Blanchard
Fiction:
You Will Be The Living Equation
Story: Amber Sparks
Images: Margaret Durow
2001 or This is How the Century is Born
Story: Salvatore Pane
Images: Justin Chen
The End, Temporarily
Story: Matthew Simmons
Images: Patrick Savile
Water-Filled Jugs
Story: Brian Allen Carr
Images: Erin McCarty
Rainbow Dogs
Story: Justyn Harkin
Images: Sam Brewster
Five Pieces of a Broken Heart
Story: Roxane Gay
Image: Bryan Schutmaat
The Worst Thing My Father Did In His Life
Story: Patrick deWitt
Images: Cali deWitt
What is Your Favorite War?
Story: Joe Meno
Images: Kristian Hammerstad
Dieback
Story: Nick Ripatrazone
Images: Rose Wind Jerome
The Difference Between
Story: Andrea Kneeland
Photo: Kristie Muller
Relations
Story: Nicolette Kittinger
Birth in the Memory
Story: Carl Fuerst
Image: Jonas Norway
Nonfiction:
Lions
Essay: Paul Kwiatkowski
At the Window
Essay: Jen Knox
Monday, August 16th
Where to Buy Annalemma *UPDATED*
(image by angela n.)
Do you love indie bookstores so much that you were refraining from buying Annalemma Issue Six: Sacrifice online just so you’d have an excuse to visit your local independent book seller? I hear you. I do that too sometimes. We got you covered, for the most part. Issue Six is now available in the following fine brick-and-mortar stores:
(*** indicates a recently-added retailer)
Long Beach, CA
San Francisco, CA
Denver, CO
Durango, CO
Maria’s Books ***
Miami, FL
Orlando, FL
Atlanta, GA
Iowa City, IA
Chicago, IL
Bloomington, IN
Lawrence, KS
Louisville, KY
Brookline, MA
Portland, ME
St. Louis, MO
Oxford, MS
Baltimore, MD
Minneapolis, MN
Bozeman, MT
Missoula, MT
Raleigh, NC
Buffalo, NY
New York, NY
Ithica, NY
Cleveland, OH
Portland, OR
Ottowa, ON
Doylestown, PA
Philadelphia, PA
Pittsburgh, PA
Providence, RI
Austin, TX
Richmond, VA
Seattle, WA
“Hey!” you say, “That’s not a hell of a lot of stores there, partner!” You’re right. If your favorite bookstore isn’t on our list then shout it out in the comments. We’ll contact them and say there’s folks in their area clamoring for a piece of the Issue Six action.
Friday, August 13th
Cycle Complete.
Whooo, buddy. Took us a little bit, and had a brief case of the ‘slush-crazies’, but we finally finished the reading cycle for Annalemma Issue Seven: Endurance. According to the Submishmash report (which is incredible, btw, big ups to Michael Fitzgerald and crew) we got almost 340 short stories and essays and accepted a little under 6% of them. God bless everyone for submitting. Even though the odds are not in your favor you did it anyway and for that I give you a very sincere hat tip.
Had a lot of folks helping with this: Thanks to Nathan Goldman who is very enthusiastic about reading and writing and that will take him far. Thanks to Dylan Suher who had responses to some of the pieces that made me laugh my ass off. Thanks to Andrea Kneeland who accepts no guff from fiction and I like that a lot. Thanks to Anika Sabin who only read a couple stories cause there was some confusion with the software and I was on too much of a tear to stop and help her. Sorry Anika. Very special thanks to Janelle Luce who helps me out on tons of other stuff besides reading subs because she has a heart that is devoid of any kind of evil and is purely kind and good and overwhelmingly positive.
Full roster coming Monday. This issue is gonna be a corker. A CORKER.
