News from the Weekly Atticus

News | The Weekly Atticus

A recap of the week's writing at Atticus Review. Intro by Christopher Linforth.

It is a pleasure to announce some big changes at Atticus Review. Over the next few months, we are transitioning from a daily online journal to a triannual format with issues in April, August, and December. The spring issue will be unthemed with themed summer ("Internet") and winter ("Language") issues. In future newsletters, I will set out these themes in more detail. In the meantime, we are still publishing creative work on a near-daily basis. This week on Atticus Review, we have a stellar short story by Talia Weisz and a stunning poem by Sara Moore Wagner, in addition to an essay by Melissent Zumwalt and a video poem by Eduardo Yagüe  Over at The Attic, a new section on our website, Assistant Poetry Editor Amber Shockley has a terrific piece on post-holidays ennui and the effect on her poetry.  We are currently open for submission in all genres and we have reduced the submission fee from $5 to $3. Later this year, we will also institute five free submission days. So look out for those! The editors are especially interested in "New Voices" (writers with fewer than five publications), BIPOC writers, and writers from outside academia. Check out our guidelines for our editors' preferences. If you'd like to be a reader for Atticus Review in poetry or creative nonfiction, we are currently reading applications on Submittable. Please come and join a fantastic and supportive team! Finally, Atticus Review founder and Atticus Books owner, Dan Cafaro, is on the lookout for full-length manuscripts in all genres. Details can be found on our Submittable page. Until next week, thanks so much for reading. Christopher LinforthEditor-in-Chief

THIS WEEK AT ATTICUS

NEW FROM THE ATTIC

WHEN I FIND MY NEXT PURPOSE

by

Amber Shockley

"What’s it all for?!

That’s what one of my writing professors had shouted in the middle of class twenty years ago. Without warning, pomp or circumstance, he threw open the window, pushed half his body through, and yelled out that aching question to the passersby below."

FICTION

TWO SPECKLED FAWNS

by

Talia Weisz

"Trembling, the woman picked her up. The warm weight in her arms made her blood run hot. The man drew close, took the baby’s small hand, her tiny fingers closing around his thumb."

 

POETRY

CLOSER TO IT

by Sara Moore Wagner

"What land, I say.

Who came to sign this

offering—a board

and a breeze."

CREATIVE NONFICTION

CHARTING A NEW COURSE

by

Melissent Zumwalt

"The difficulty of their lives is visible in the rigidity of their bodies. In this quiet space, they do not need to feel com­pelled to compete with one another or show off for me by contorting brittle limbs into untenable positions."

MIXED MEDIA

CRIES AND WHISPERS

by

Eduardo Yagüe

The poem takes place in 1975, when the poet is spending time as a student in Spain. That year two fundamental events took place, the personal one: The poet's father dies, the historical one: The fascist dictator Franco dies. Can the two facts be connected? What does the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman have to do with all this? 

 

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