The Weekly Atticus

This Week at Atticus Review

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

Following up on our CNF team's terrific article on the Internet and nonfiction, I thought I'd link to some other interesting pieces on Internet literature. Last year, for Lithub, Shya Scanlon wrote about the phenomenon of Internet literature and some common misconceptions about it. The New Yorker also has a fascinating review concerning how the Internet has changed our use of language. Finally, in The Face, there's an intriguing profile of Honor Levy and some links to her short stories that center a particular vein of the Internet.

We have now less than a month left until we close our submissions for our special issue on the Internet. Atticus Review is interested in the ways the advent of the Internet Age has influenced literature, altered our sense of being and sense of belonging, made us rethink connection and connectivity, and changed our daily lives. We're open to work that interrogates and celebrates contemporary online culture, and work that considers the intersections of digital technologies in our on- and off-screen lives. Though this may sound formal, we're very open to creative work that broaches Internet culture and Internet-influenced life, in more tangential and interesting ways. Consider submitting today!

This week on the Attic, Jill Bronfman reviews Kim Stanley Robinson's latest novel, The Ministry for the Future. Also, Jessica Klimesh writes eloquently about transferring her poetry skillset to her writing of fiction.

Until next week, thanks so much for reading. Christopher LinforthEditor-in-Chief 

THIS WEEK AT ATTICUS

BOOK REVIEW

The Earth as Escape Room: Choose Your Own Climate Change Adventure in THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE.a book review byJill Bronfman"He has also moved the novel into a new interactive space, one where the reader not only sees what is happening, or what will happen, but one where the reader can imagine their role in a more optimistic future."

NEW FROM THE ATTIC

WHERE FICTION AND POETRY MERGEbyJessica Klimesh"I spent many years writing poetry, even as my goal was to be a fiction writer. Writing poetry freed me from expectation."

FROM THE ARCHIVES: September 2018

"I’m sorry I brought you into this. Dreams with spikes, wolves,trains, beds of broken teeth, crushed & unripened cherries"THE BELLETRISTby Linette Marie Allen

ISSUE TWO THEME

For our August issue, we're interested in the ways the advent of the Internet Age has influenced literature, altered our sense of being and sense of belonging, made us rethink connection and connectivity, and changed our daily lives. We're open to work that interrogates and celebrates contemporary online culture, and work that considers the intersections of digital technologies in our on- and off-screen lives. Though this may sound formal, we're very open to creative work that broaches Internet culture and Internet-influenced life, in more tangential and interesting ways.

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