[Matt Q]

I thought this might be of interest to some. The brand-new-and as-yet-contentless Us For President. Taking poetry, prose and artwork. They also have a humour tag, so I guess they're open to light verse too.

Of course, with a venue like this, I imagine you'll be preaching to the converted, but I guess the converted do need catering for.

In the wake of the election of a person who does not represent us, who we do not want as our President, we posit this: we will create writing and art to fill the void. We will publish writing and art by people who are angry and grieving and confused and numb, which is a lot of us. We’d like to prioritize people who have been historically oppressed and will likely face consequences of the election, by which we mean: people of color, people with disabilities, queer people, trans people, women, immigrants… the list goes on, unfortunately. But your work is not unfortunate and we’d like to create a space for it. Send us your writing & art, and let us know what category it falls under (poetry, fiction, nonfiction, visual art, spoken word, a category we haven’t thought of yet). In the most basic representative sense, we don’t have a President, so let’s create one.

[Jim Moonan]

Hi Matt,
This site doesn't appear to be functioning...

The Sphere here has produced a good amount of election-related poetry and other writing... It would be nice to see it all collected up and put in one place. I think. There are a few threads going that lend themselves to it... Now back to my coffee.

[Matt Q]

Works fine for me Jim. Maybe it was a glitch. Maybe try again now?

Best,

Matt

[Jim Moonan]

Thanks Matt - got to it : )