{"id":4625,"date":"2011-11-14T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lanternreview.com\/blog\/?p=4625"},"modified":"2011-11-12T11:04:27","modified_gmt":"2011-11-12T16:04:27","slug":"friends-neighbors-recent-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/14\/friends-neighbors-recent-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends & Neighbors: Recent Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the AAWW announced the winners of its 2011 Asian American Literary Awards last month, we were thrilled to hear that Issue 3 contributor Oliver de la Paz’s Requiem for the Orchard<\/em><\/a> had been named 1st finalist in the poetry category<\/a> (after Kimiko Hahn, who won for Toxic Flora<\/em>, and before Molly Gaudry, who was named 2nd finalist\u00a0 for We Take Me Apart<\/em>).\u00a0 But Oliver is not the only one of our friends and contributors who has had exciting news this season.\u00a0 Here some recent publications and releases that have shown up on our radar these past few months:<\/p>\n

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Marc Vincenz’s The Propaganda Factory <\/em>(Argotist EBooks 2011)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Marc Vincenz's THE PROPAGANDA FACTORY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Contributor Marc Vincenz’s new e-book The Propaganda Factory<\/a> <\/em>was released by Argotist EBooks this past August.\u00a0 In this short collection (which includes “Taishan Mountain<\/a>,” a poem that first appeared in LR <\/em>issue 2), Marc weaves together layers of history and geography through an ever-shifting range of lenses that take us from the level of the microscopic to the realm of the galactic at a moment’s notice.\u00a0 It is available for download here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/em>Kim Koga’s ligature strain<\/em> (TinFish Press 2011)
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Kim Koga's LIGATURE STRAIN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Issue 3 contributor Kim Koga now has a chapbook<\/a> (ligature strain)<\/em> out with TinFish.\u00a0 In this linked sequence, which was published as #6 in TinFish’s current retro chap series, Kim floods the page and the mind’s eye with feverish, liquidly intense imagery that involves birth, echolocation, pink and white flesh, and lots of fetal beavers (yes, the actual animal).\u00a0 Be on the lookout for more about ligature strain <\/em>later this month.<\/p>\n

Official Launch of How Do I Begin?: A Hmong American Literary Anthology<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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HOW DO I BEGIN?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/em><\/strong>The Hmong American Writers’ Circle, whom we featured in Issue 3, officially launched its anthology, How Do I Begin?<\/a> <\/em>(Heyday Books 2011), in late October. The book is now available for purchase<\/a> via Heyday’s web site.\u00a0 We’re absolutely thrilled that this landmark anthology is finally in print, and are incredibly excited to see the HWAC’s hard work on it come to fruition.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

Kartika Review <\/em>Issue 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

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KARTIKA REVIEW - Issue 10<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kartika Review<\/em>‘s beautiful tenth issue<\/a> has just hit the web (and Lulu, too\u2014as it is now also available in either black-and-white<\/a> or full-color<\/a> hard copy!), and we were especially elated to see the poetry section, which is edited by Kenji C. Liu (of LR <\/em>issue 2) and includes work by two <\/em>of our other past <\/em>contributors: Kathleen Hellen (Issue 2) and Melissa R. Sipin (Issue 3)!\u00a0 The issue also includes one of Timothy Yu’s fantastically irreverent “Chinese Silence” poems (a series that began as a response to Orientalist tropes in Billy Collins’ work), and poems and an interview with Ed Bok Lee.<\/p>\n

TAYO Literary Magazine <\/strong><\/em>Issue 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

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TAYO - Issue 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TAYO<\/a>, <\/em>the extraordinarily-designed Filipino literary magazine for whom Melissa Sipin (of LR <\/em>Issue 3) serves as Creative Director, has just put out its gorgeous third issue. The issue, which includes poetry by LR <\/em>Issue 2 contributor Aimee Suzara and an interview with LR<\/em>\u00a0 Issue 1 contributor Barbara Jane Reyes, is available both in print and in a special, new online edition<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cura: A Literary Magazine of Art and Action
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CURA: A Literary Magazine of Art & Action<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kundiman founder Sarah Gambito recently announced the release of the first issue of CURA<\/em><\/a>, a literary project that is produced out of the Creative Writing program at Fordham University.\u00a0 Edited by Sarah and designed by LR <\/em>Issue 3 contributor Monica Ong, each issue is curated according to a prompt that draws its inspiration from a central theme (this year, the theme is “home”).\u00a0 Issue 1 <\/a>features work by Bushra Rehman (LR <\/em>Issue 1) and our very own staff writer (and Issue 1 contributor) Henry W. Leung alongside poems by the likes of\u00a0 Robert Bly and Evie Shockley.\u00a0 CURA <\/em>is accepting submissions through Thursday for its second issue, whose prompt is “the body as home”\u2014so please consider sending something their way!<\/p>\n

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Many congratulations to Oliver, Marc, Kim, HWAC, Kenji, Kathleen, Melissa, Aimee, Barbara, Bushra, Henry, Monica, and to the editors of Kartika,<\/em> Tayo<\/em>, and CURA<\/em>.\u00a0 To read their contributions to LR<\/em>, please visit any of our past issues (you can navigate to any of their work through the issues’ respective Tables of Contents:\u00a0 [Issue 1<\/a>], [Issue 2<\/a>], and [Issue 3<\/a>]). Happy Monday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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