Margin launches Magical Realism News clearinghouse!
Mood:
a-ok
Topic: January 2005
Welcome to
Margin's brand-new
News
Headquarters! Here, you'll find all the magical
realism news we can find, as soon as we find it!
For now, how about a few short announcements to get the ball rolling...
CELEBRATE!
2005 is Margin's FIFTH ANNIVERSARY! Yep,
that's right?we've been online for five years! That's
practically a quarter-century in real time!
You can expect to find us participating in many upcoming
literary events including conference panels, local readings
and the like.
NOTE: Estimated launch date for the Winter 2005 Special Fifth Anniversary Edition: January 26, 2005. Stay tuned for details!
JOIN US
Margin's first anniversary reading event is slated for
FRIDAY, JANUARY 28 2005 at Lottie Mott's in Seattle
(Columbia City neighborhood). As part of the ongoing
Take a Poem from Your Heart/WPA
series, we'll be hosting a special Margin anniversary
reading.
Featured readers: Wayne Ude and Sondra Kelly-Green for short
fiction; Marjorie Manwaring, Marjorie
Rommel and Kelli Russell
Agodon for poetry, with introductions from the
editor and publisher, Tamara Kaye
Sellman, and an appearance by Bruce Taylor, founder of the
Magic Realist Writers International Network.
Includes an OPEN MIC/poetry only. The event starts at 7
pm but get there early to sign up for the open mic and to get
a good seat! Lottie Motts, 4900 Rainier Ave S. (Columbia
City at corner of Rainier and Ferdinand), Seattle. For more
information, contact organizer Christopher J. Jarmick at glasscocoon (at)
hotmail.com
GOING TO AWP IN BC?
Margin will be part of the AWP-Vancouver BC Publishers' Fair this coming
spring! If you plan on attending, please stop by our table
and meet the staff! More details to follow?
ONLINE READER'S JOURNAL
Margin announces the debut of its new re-reading
journal, Two-Way Mirror. January's discussion will
focus on Gabriel Garcia Marquez's classic short story, "A
Very Old Man With Enormous Wings." Come read along as
editor and publisher Tamara Kaye Sellman returns to the
text and offers her personal and critical thoughts about the
story. Readers are encouraged to comment as well.
COMING SOON
Other new features to be added to the Margin
website in 2005:
RSS Feed
Site Search
Everchanging Quotes
Stay tuned for those additions!
SOME HOUSEKEEPING
This new clearinghouse of magical realism news is still under construction. Some of the links on either side of the text may not be fully functional yet. Thanks for your patience as we slowly, but surely, establish the architecture for this latest feature for Margin.
Sincerely,
Tamara Kaye Sellman, Editor and Publisher, Margin: Exploring Modern Magical Realism