Submissions for issue ten are all in and we’ve begun the long, but very exciting process of selecting, editing and designing. We’ve received a wide range of amazing submissions from over 40 people for the next issue, and its going to be a challenging task to weave it all together.
In order to do this we need some glue to hold things together, and I’m hoping you (whoever you may be) can help. So, a small request to tell us something beautiful. It could be a few words, a line a paragraph, a simple testimonial of an experience, person, object, etc. that you found beautiful. We’re not looking for anything overwrought, philosophical or “poetic”, just an honest description.
You can leave your response(s) in the comments below or send it to me by email. Looking forward to hearing from you…
I was not speaking of marginality one wishes to lose, to give up, or surrender
as part of moving into the center
but rather as a site
one stays in, clings to even,
because it nourishes one’s capacity to resist.
It offers the possibilities of radical perspectives
from which to see and create,
to imagine alternatives,
new worlds.
Monday June 09th 2008, 3:20 pm
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www.readatwork.com | A pretty damn silly/funny campaign site for the New Zealand Book Council that (unintentionally) raises some interesting questions on literature and visual form. More parody than paradox, yet also uncomfortably close to the sacrilegious…
It feels like the end of an era. Last Saturday I spent the evening with Dave Widgington and co. at his beautiful bed and breakfast to celebrate Cumulus Press’ ten years of independent publishing. It was a great evening, with booze and conversation flowing freely, many friends and family members in attendance, two brilliant spoken word performances from Kalmunity Collective members, and a delicious cake adorned with the Cumulus logo in baby blue icing sugar.
The lively yet intimate event also signaled the end of Cumulus Press… Dave has decided to leave the publishing world behind and jump into a career of film making. And though I’m personally saddened by the loss of such a brilliant press, which dealt primarily in my own top two interests of politics and poetry (and recently, comix as well!), I wish him all the best and know that we’ll be seeing much more from him in the near future.
