If you are a soulful writer/artist type–if you read this blog you probably are–check out Agave Literary Magazine. It is a great new literary/art magazine. As I am writing this, their premiere issue is out. Ariana Lyriotakis is Editor-in-Chief of Agave Literary Magazine and we had a very nice email exchange. They’re new and they love getting feedback, so let them know what you think!
The images used in the magazine are amazing (the one below is one of them). They feature up-and-coming artists. And the poems and stories are top notch. It has a southwestern flavor, which I love. Plus, every poet talks about their creative process in a section below their work. This magazine is worth reading just for that alone. Agave Literary Magazine is a publication that truly honors the work of artists, writers and poets and displays the work in a thoughtful and beautiful way. I don’t think you’ll regret taking the time to check it out.
You can read the issues online on your tablet or computer. Agave Literary Magazine is free, by the way, and they are also looking for submissions. Go here to visit their pages.
P.S. As always, let me know what you think. xo
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> You can read their first issue online. It is free, by the way, and they are also
> looking for submissions.
Interesting! I was just moved to start another short story, so far it’s going well, and I was wondering where to submit it, since my usual spot doesn’t have any more contests or calls for submissions going on. (I think, like so many web sites in this social media age, they are suffering from an abundance of writers and a lack of readers, a problem I recently dealt with in a blog post.)
My story certainly *could* be set in the south. It’s about two black girls, both alike in dignity, only one comes from a poor family and the other a rich family. Odd that in my last story I assumed the voice of an eight-year-old girl and in the one before that a 32-year-old woman. Now I’m a little black girl. I guess I’m very secure in my masculinity.
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Oh, you said SouthWEST. My bad. I was reading on a tiny screen…
Hi John,
I read somewhere that being a fiction writer is like being an actor because you get to try on different identities. I like that idea. So yes, you’re secure in your masculinity and also a writer. Like my post from last week, writers can also try on being a badass at times. Yeah, I’m talkin’ to YOU!
Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
Actually I too have often felt the acting analogy holds. When I’m writing Welsey I have to imagine I’m sitting in a Starbucks 3,000 miles away in 2007-8, and what that would feel like as a 27-year-old actress. Not exactly the easiest exercise. They say you should write what you know, but we’ve discussed how I don’t like to do that. I’d rather try things I know nothing about. But sometimes I pay, in stress or the simple fact that it takes LONG to write this way.
Imagination is a powerful thing, John. I like to think writing is worth the cost of admission.