THE COLONY by Jillian Weise Soft Skull Press 352 pp. $14.95 review by Travis Schneider I’ve recently had a difficult time getting a job with my philosophy degree, and could probably stand a wider awareness of what exactly it is I’ve learned. But watch me subvert its credibility even further by describing what constituted a […]
Jillian Weise
JILLIAN WEISE is the author of a collection of poems, The Amputee’s Guide to Sex (Soft Skull Press 2007), and a chapbook, Translating the Body (All Nations Press 2006). She studied at Florida State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is currently on a creative writing Fulbright in Tierra del Fuego. Her first novel is forthcoming in January 2010.
MARCEL ADDRESSES KATE (AS HE WOULD IF HE COULD) by Jillian Weise
When the call came for me to join Bitto behind the damn Falls, did I not challenge the appointment, did I not appeal to the High Courts & wait in the dark offices of tree holes & check the box to describe myself as too bird-brained? Did I not beg to stay in the Arbolis […]
Contributor Bios for Issue 1 Spring 2009
Issue 1 Spring 2009 V. JOSHUA ADAMS is a doctoral candidate in Comparative Literature at the University of Chicago and editor of Chicago Review. JOE AMATO‘s recent books include Pain Plus Thyme (Factory School 2008) and Industrial Poetics: Demo Tracks for a Mobile Culture (Iowa 2006). His memoir, Once an Engineer: A Song of the Salt City, is forthcoming later […]
MAYDAY Magazine: Issue 1 Spring 2009
FEATURED ARTIST David-Baptiste Chirot NECESSITY IS THE MOTHERFUCKER OF INVENTION thoughts on the delete button THE NEW EXTREME EXPERIMENTAL AMERICAN POETRY a gallery featuring the visual works of poet, artist, and human rights activist David-Baptiste Chirot Jared Schickling, David-Baptiste Chirot FINDING THE ROOOT an interview conducted by Jared Schickling with David-Baptiste Chirot that will […]
