I am thrilled to announce that I will be publishing and editing a new quarterly journal. Guidelines and a mission statement may be viewed on the site:
www.umbrellajournal.com
The type of poems I'm seeking are specific in that they are idea-based and highly focused. On the other hand, both formal and free verse are not just welcome; eclecticism will be key.
Prose! I want it! So many of the discussions that arise here and at other forums, and on blogs, deserve to be hammered into cogent essays, and given greater exposure. As you'll see, I'm actively soliciting opinion pieces, personal essays on one's life and art, appreciations of individual poems and movies and of books that aren't fresh off the presses. The media are infatuated with the new and the current; I want to offer a corrective.
Bumpershoot, a zine-within-a zine, is open to lighter things. Art people: digital images featuring umbrellas are eagerly sought.
So please wish me luck and join me in celebrating my return to the world of editing, which I've long missed. The worst thing, for me, will be the "rejecting" aspect. But I intend Umbrella to be not just a "must read" but a "can't-wait-to-read" journal, lively and of the highest quality. That will mean casting a cool editorial eye on things.
One more note. I am looking for reviewers who will contribute to PODcasts, i.e., capsule reviews of poetry collections published by print-on-demand publishers. If you'd like to join this "stable" of reviewers, please email me. The journal's email addresses are on the Guidelines page.
Kevin Walzer's Word Press group and Steel Toe Books are the only publishers that I know for sure use POD technology. I know there are quite a few others. Please email me if you know their names, so I can solicit review copies.