I noticed a couple days ago that there’s a countdown on the bottom of the Marvin K. Mooney Society homepage. It was at five then, and now it’s at three. I am drawing the conclusion, I think rightly, that there are three days till we learn what exactly the MKM society is.
Am I the only one confused and a little discomfited by this thing? Who is Marvin K. Mooney? Let’s point fingers at people. I think it’s some creepy editor at Harper Perennial. Or maybe James Franco’s pseudoynm.
Fence is looking for a new poetry editor to join its current three editors (Katy Lederer, Charles Valle, Max Winter), who all report to editor Rebecca Wolff. Responsibilities include: Vetting approximately 500 submissions per year through an electronic submissions manager; participating in group editorial meetings (online and/or in person); sporadic soliciting; correspondence with accepted poets and with Fencemanagement. This position is unpaid. A two-year commitment is required. Interested parties should send a six-page writing sample, resume, and letter of interest to associate editor Colie Collen at: iwannabeyourpoetryeditor@gmail.com. Women and persons of color are strongly encouraged to apply.
Our own Justin Taylor appears on 52 Stories this week with “Tennessee,” one of my favorite stories from Everything Here Is The Best Thing Ever, which drops tomorrow. It’s something special. Get pumped. You’ll notice some truly spectacular blurbs from a forthcoming New York Times Book Review on the left side of the 52 Stories page. In celebration, here’s a timeless Pavement video that I think pays adequate homage to Justin and, as Harold Bloom might say, whipper-snappers everywhere–and that I think embodies just how happy and excited I am that we have JT as a new voice in American fiction:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnrM4UjaQmY
What always astounds me about the Internet is the speed with which it can respond to all things new. Meet Digital Americana, the “first” literary magazine made for the Apple iPad. That’s pretty crafty, getting to the head of that line before the iPad is even available. They’re accepting submissions if you want to get in on the newness and firstness and such. In the past year, I’ve seen literary magazines for cellphones, Twitter, the Kindle and on and on and on. To simply create a magazine for readers feels kind of old-fashioned. I like old-fashioned.
Jean-Paul Sartre deserves photoshop corrective eye surgery. Being and Nothingness can now finally feel normal, without the half-gaze of genius ripping your mind apart.
There are some very cool poems by Sophie Klahr up at the new issue of Strange Machine, particularly pond poem and the folding bird-like poem.
At Vice, a text/image collaboration between Brian Evenson and John Sellekaers, excerpted from a book length work.