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Fence Likes Obama Too
If you didn’t get enough of Barack Obama in the past few weeks, well, it’s your lucky day because the man himself is on the cover of the new Winter issue of poetry/fiction/essay lit mag FENCE.
I like Obama. I’m just not sure why he’s on the cover of FENCE. Maybe it’s a political issue, but it doesn’t look that way.
Since FENCE moved and teamed up with SUNY ALBANY I’ve seen the mag take a nose-dive.
Still, I’m interested in every issue. It’s just not the same. Maybe it’s the university connection that bothers me. Or that the content has seemed to suffer. I’m sure there is some solid work in this issue — I’ve especially interested in the work by Brandon Shimoda who I’ve been reading online and being blown away by.
But I do find it strange that a SUNY Professor (Edward Schwarzchild) is included in the issue. Maybe this isn’t such a big deal. Maybe other university journals include their own staff?
FENCE always seems to catch my interest no matter what they are doing. You can stay up-to-date by checking out the FENCE PORTAL BLOG.
Tags: brandon shimoda, Edward Schwarzchild, Fence
Well he is the author of two books. Which means that he’s written more books than the guy he’s replacing has read. Plus there was that whole him walking around with a collection of Derek Walcott poetry. So there’s a case to be made. I guess. Then again they like everyone else probably just want to get a piece of the Obama love before he takes Office and people start getting critical. It’ll happen. Isn’t he on the cover of the new Rolling Stone also? That would make it more times than Death Cab for Cutie.
Well he is the author of two books. Which means that he’s written more books than the guy he’s replacing has read. Plus there was that whole him walking around with a collection of Derek Walcott poetry. So there’s a case to be made. I guess. Then again they like everyone else probably just want to get a piece of the Obama love before he takes Office and people start getting critical. It’ll happen. Isn’t he on the cover of the new Rolling Stone also? That would make it more times than Death Cab for Cutie.
i used to walk around with poetry books to fool girls into thinking i was ‘sensitive’ and ‘different’. i really just wanted an excuse to exploit their bodies and have sex with them.
kind of like what politicians do to the populace.
i like how every one is jocking obama’s sack when the dude hasn’t done shit yet.
‘change’
sarcastic lol
good post shane
i used to walk around with poetry books to fool girls into thinking i was ‘sensitive’ and ‘different’. i really just wanted an excuse to exploit their bodies and have sex with them.
kind of like what politicians do to the populace.
i like how every one is jocking obama’s sack when the dude hasn’t done shit yet.
‘change’
sarcastic lol
good post shane
i read this article on obama and his poetry has been published in a few lit journals in the 80’s. considering some of the questionable poetry i’ve read online (my own including) obama’s deserved to be published. i read his stuff. if i can find the link i’ll post it. one of them was something about being crushed under the weight of a tyrannical father, or something like that.
i read this article on obama and his poetry has been published in a few lit journals in the 80’s. considering some of the questionable poetry i’ve read online (my own including) obama’s deserved to be published. i read his stuff. if i can find the link i’ll post it. one of them was something about being crushed under the weight of a tyrannical father, or something like that.
how has the content nose dived?
how has the content nose dived?
ryan — when I first started reading Fence, like six years ago or so, it seemed really innovative and cutting edge to me. Once the mag got picked up by the university at Albany (I think this happened six months ago or so), I felt this kind of shift, and the content of the last issue didn’t seem nearly as exciting or interesting as in past issues. after attending the Fence launch party for the last issue I really felt like a journal that was once independent and original had sold out to a university that now had a say in the content being published. so instead of having the old days of Matthew Rohrer being an editor, you now have college students as interns/editors.
ryan — when I first started reading Fence, like six years ago or so, it seemed really innovative and cutting edge to me. Once the mag got picked up by the university at Albany (I think this happened six months ago or so), I felt this kind of shift, and the content of the last issue didn’t seem nearly as exciting or interesting as in past issues. after attending the Fence launch party for the last issue I really felt like a journal that was once independent and original had sold out to a university that now had a say in the content being published. so instead of having the old days of Matthew Rohrer being an editor, you now have college students as interns/editors.
i stopped reading fence when they took 369 days to respond to my sumbission. that’s not an isolated incident either, yearlong response times seem to be the norm at fence. poop on rebecca wolff for pooping on writers.
i stopped reading fence when they took 369 days to respond to my sumbission. that’s not an isolated incident either, yearlong response times seem to be the norm at fence. poop on rebecca wolff for pooping on writers.
i feel like there is a trend in mags moving into universities for funds
thoguh i guess i dont have ‘proof’ or ‘evidence’ to suppor taht feeling.
post road recently did this too, but as far as i know the eds still have control over content?
i feel like there is a trend in mags moving into universities for funds
thoguh i guess i dont have ‘proof’ or ‘evidence’ to suppor taht feeling.
post road recently did this too, but as far as i know the eds still have control over content?
“Eat shit and die” Rebecca Wolff.
There’s a Mexican restaurant in Albany I get to go to once every two years or so. It’s long and narrow, and soooo great. It’s a in a nabe full of nice attached brick houses. A Tibetan goods store was next door. That place makes me love Albany.
But I dislike the Albany River Rats- they are our rivals. Now, in regard to Ms. Wolff moving upstate- did anyone read her “letter from the editor” about when she first moved up there, leaving the City, cause of her kids, money, etc…? Any opinions on that letter from the ed?
I will give her this: she did a Boobs thing before Html Giant. I think it was her best selling issue.
“Eat shit and die” Rebecca Wolff.
There’s a Mexican restaurant in Albany I get to go to once every two years or so. It’s long and narrow, and soooo great. It’s a in a nabe full of nice attached brick houses. A Tibetan goods store was next door. That place makes me love Albany.
But I dislike the Albany River Rats- they are our rivals. Now, in regard to Ms. Wolff moving upstate- did anyone read her “letter from the editor” about when she first moved up there, leaving the City, cause of her kids, money, etc…? Any opinions on that letter from the ed?
I will give her this: she did a Boobs thing before Html Giant. I think it was her best selling issue.
she was just copying us
she was just copying us
i am a fan of rebecca’s letters. the ‘eat shit and die’ i thought was deserved, and funny. that’s just me
i am a fan of rebecca’s letters. the ‘eat shit and die’ i thought was deserved, and funny. that’s just me