The Weekly Atticus

This Week at Atticus Review

July 09, 2022

A recap of the week's writing at Atticus Review. Intro by Keene Short.

 LOOKING BACKThe launch of Atticus as a triannual journal with our flagship Issue One was a great success. Please feel free to peruse that issue for poetry, prose, and mixed media. This was a big change from our weekly approach. Next month, Issue One will join our archives, which we will continue to revisit between fresh work. THE COMING WEEKThe deadline to submit to our second issue is just around the corner! We will close submissions for our Internet-themed issue at midnight on Friday, July 15. After that, our editorial team will take a brief break reading submissions to make selections for Issue Two.However, we are always looking for book reviews! Book review submissions are year-round, free to submit, and usually go live shortly after acceptance. I'm especially interested in reading more poetry reviews and work highlighting indie presses. We value thoughtful engagement over summary, especially if a review can tie into the larger world. LOOKING AHEAD Our second issue go live August 15! We're excited to showcase poetry, prose, and mixed media that explores the Internet, good, bad, and ugly. After that, we will resume reading for our third issue. The next reading period will close November 15, and our third and final issue of 2022 will go live December 15. After that, we will read for our fourth issue in April, 2023.Between issues, we will always have fresh work at The Attic, our weekly mess of blog posts, book reviews, interviews, and miscellany.

Until next week, take care. Keene ShortManaging Editor 

THIS WEEK AT ATTICUS

BOOK REVIEW

ALL LOVE STORIES END ONE WAY OR ANOTHERa book review byNick Sweeney"Bud Smith’s latest novel starts with an escape. Then a double murder. Then a road trip across the remnants of the American Dream. There is no setting the stage."

FROM THE ARCHIVES: October, 2015

SERUMbyCaren Beilin, whose latest novel

is out now from Dorothy, a publishing project.

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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