Disappointed Housewife has become one of the lit mags that I've gotten stubborn about. They've rejected everything I've submitted to them, so I figure if I keep trying, something will stick. I like their vibe and what they publish, so I'll just keep submitting to them.
I tend to be old school. I read fiction and poetry, like Virginia Woolf, the fabulous Turkish short short story writer Zakaria Tamer,and, lately, the fiction and poetry of Wang Ping- The Magic Whip, Foreign Devil, and The Last Communist Virgin. For those of you who like science and math with you literature I highly recommend the vastly underrated fiction writer Alex Kuo and his novel The Man Who Dammed The Yangtze River about the ecological time bombs in China and the US around overpowered dams. along the northwestern-and-into western Canada mighty Columbia river with its Grand Coulee Dam, and a similar dam in Danger along the Yangte with the same eerily dangerous challenge of over sedimental and sillification. For poetry I highly recommend Frances Chung's Crazy Melons and Chinese Apples for an unusual inside view of Chinatown, and The spectacular surrealists Vi Ki Nao's out of this world outlandish fiction and poetry in such works as Umbilical Hospital, Fish Carcasses, The Private History of Torture, Swimming With Dead Stars (her best work in m opiniion) and her stunning Oh God Your Babies Are So Delicious.
If you want to learn more about Palestine, you cant do better than read one of the top two poets of the twentieth century Mahmoud Darwish who at 6 years old in 1948 was forced to flee from his home and village into the freezing mountains, beginning an endless exile for over 80 years which he has eloquetly written about in over fiften books including The Butterfly's Burden, Unfortunately It Was Paradise, The Music of Human Flesh, If II Were Another, The River Dies of Thirst , Journal of An Ordinary Grief, and I Dont Want This Poem.. You could also check out the poems of Samih Al Qasim, Sadder Than Water, and All Faces But Mine And be sure to check out Palestine's Children by the pioneering short story writer Ghassan Kanafani, assasssinated in 1967 the Israli secet service. For an internatonal reading lists of"good trouble" fiction writers from Neruda, Bolanco,and Gabriela Mistral to Clarice Lispector and Douglas Kearney and the two American poetry groups that hav transformed American poetry, Cave Canem and Kundiman/Kaya Publishers ( publishes of the brilliant The Book Of The Other by the scintillating writer Truong Tran, write to me,
erbrill69@gmail.com. And you may want to take a long gander at my recently published book of over one hundrd poems JOURNEYS OF VOICES ANDCHOICES.
I, too, spend an outsized portion of family gatherings thinking about all the work I have yet to publish. I heard a writer, whose name escapes me at the moment, in Michelle Hoover's 7AM Novelist tell a story about how he RSVPed "no" to a family wedding once because he knew he'd rather be writing that day. I found the anecdote rather inspiring. Those of us also responsible for keeping toddlers occupied on long flights see you.
It is an accepted use of the vernacular, favored by writers like myself who adore such vernacular masters as Damon Runyon, Grace Paley, Toni Cade Bambara,James Alan MPherson,Judy Grahn,James Kellman (wtih his special brand of the "Glaswegian", and three of our greatest American poets- Gwendolyn Brooks, Sterling a. Brown, and Thomas MGrath, and Pedro Pietri, Martin Espada, and many many others, Patchen Sandburgh, Ann Sexton, LangstonHuges, ShermanAlexie- the list is endless because the speech and ears of are country come from all over the world.
Their openings are few and far between, but they just came out with a new issue last month! They strike me as having similar submission rhythms to HAD - in that they open as it occurs to them to do so, and you must catch them at the exact right moment before they close again.
So Thanksgiving is built on a “problematic myth,” eh, Becky? You must have a major problem with Christmas! Easter? Forget it! The 4th of July? Ha. Of course not. Memorial Day? Nah, too closely associated with war. Columbus Day. Horrors, I would guess not. Do you observe any national holidays, or are you offended by all of them?
Bruce - Becky didn't write this post; it's by a guest author. I do wonder about your angry response though. The author clearly says she celebrates Thanksgiving and there's nothing to suggest she doesn't observe other holidays. That's not what the post is about, anyway. One can enjoy the positive value of Thanksgiving while also acknowledging its problematic history in relation to Native Americans.
I assiduously observe April Fool's day ecause in this country, as shown in the very recent election, there are so many of them would vote for a convicted felon with over five bankruptcies,twenty charges of rape, and the only president ever who watched an insurrection( he helped incite toriot) on tv for over t hree hours without calling out the National Guard or the Army while potential murders dragged around a homemadegallows to hang his own vice president, Mike Pence who refused to shit on the constiutuion ( the difference being that Pence was allegey toilet trained).
Great recommendations for mags with quirky names. You could add Rat's Ass Review, Does It Have Pockets and Bar Bar to the list.
Rat's Ass Review, whoa! I really appreciate the link they have in their submission guidelines on how to Submit Like a Man: https://byrslf.co/submit-like-a-man-how-women-writers-can-become-more-successful-9031ffc6043a
Disappointed Housewife has become one of the lit mags that I've gotten stubborn about. They've rejected everything I've submitted to them, so I figure if I keep trying, something will stick. I like their vibe and what they publish, so I'll just keep submitting to them.
Yes, stay stubborn!
Yay, I love this column! BIG longtime fan of Bullshit and B'K. A couple of my fave Bullshit features: "burning haibun" by Olivia Braley (https://www.bullshitlit.com/blog/obraley) and "I dream myself a baseball bat, a bullet, a baton." by Stephanie Holden (https://www.bullshitlit.com/blog/sholden).
In terms of what I've been recently reading--freaking LOVE Han VanderHart's "Tornado warning of my heart on a clear day" in Psaltery & Lyre (https://psalteryandlyre.org/2024/10/28/tornado-warning-of-my-heart-on-a-clear-day/). Dishsoap Quarterly also came back lately and has been publishing some cool stuff. My favorite so far is probably "Hedwig" by Maya Walker: https://dishsoap-quarterly.com/10-8-2024/hedwig/.
Ugh, I wish we could hyperlink in Substack comments!
Eleanor, just fyi, your hyperlinks here are all showing up and working fine!
I'm fond of two piece from September 2024 on Brilliant Flash Fiction:
"Nothing Else to Love" by Pamela Painter
"Two Hands Clasping a Crowned Heart" by Jessica DeLeskie
https://brilliantflashfiction.com/2024/09/30/september-2024/#more-6814
Thank you for the shout out and reading!!
I tend to be old school. I read fiction and poetry, like Virginia Woolf, the fabulous Turkish short short story writer Zakaria Tamer,and, lately, the fiction and poetry of Wang Ping- The Magic Whip, Foreign Devil, and The Last Communist Virgin. For those of you who like science and math with you literature I highly recommend the vastly underrated fiction writer Alex Kuo and his novel The Man Who Dammed The Yangtze River about the ecological time bombs in China and the US around overpowered dams. along the northwestern-and-into western Canada mighty Columbia river with its Grand Coulee Dam, and a similar dam in Danger along the Yangte with the same eerily dangerous challenge of over sedimental and sillification. For poetry I highly recommend Frances Chung's Crazy Melons and Chinese Apples for an unusual inside view of Chinatown, and The spectacular surrealists Vi Ki Nao's out of this world outlandish fiction and poetry in such works as Umbilical Hospital, Fish Carcasses, The Private History of Torture, Swimming With Dead Stars (her best work in m opiniion) and her stunning Oh God Your Babies Are So Delicious.
If you want to learn more about Palestine, you cant do better than read one of the top two poets of the twentieth century Mahmoud Darwish who at 6 years old in 1948 was forced to flee from his home and village into the freezing mountains, beginning an endless exile for over 80 years which he has eloquetly written about in over fiften books including The Butterfly's Burden, Unfortunately It Was Paradise, The Music of Human Flesh, If II Were Another, The River Dies of Thirst , Journal of An Ordinary Grief, and I Dont Want This Poem.. You could also check out the poems of Samih Al Qasim, Sadder Than Water, and All Faces But Mine And be sure to check out Palestine's Children by the pioneering short story writer Ghassan Kanafani, assasssinated in 1967 the Israli secet service. For an internatonal reading lists of"good trouble" fiction writers from Neruda, Bolanco,and Gabriela Mistral to Clarice Lispector and Douglas Kearney and the two American poetry groups that hav transformed American poetry, Cave Canem and Kundiman/Kaya Publishers ( publishes of the brilliant The Book Of The Other by the scintillating writer Truong Tran, write to me,
erbrill69@gmail.com. And you may want to take a long gander at my recently published book of over one hundrd poems JOURNEYS OF VOICES ANDCHOICES.
Jessica, thank you for another delightful column! Such great picks.
This short story by Kayla Lightner has been stuck in my nervous system since I first read it several weeks ago: https://splitlipthemag.com/fiction/1024/kayla-lightner
Also, kind of obsessed with this story in The Commuter, too, by Hannah Gregory: https://electricliterature.com/fucking-ghosts-by-hannah-gregory/
I, too, spend an outsized portion of family gatherings thinking about all the work I have yet to publish. I heard a writer, whose name escapes me at the moment, in Michelle Hoover's 7AM Novelist tell a story about how he RSVPed "no" to a family wedding once because he knew he'd rather be writing that day. I found the anecdote rather inspiring. Those of us also responsible for keeping toddlers occupied on long flights see you.
Dear colleagues: My question today is - - since when is "alright" a word???
RE: “Alright, Listen” -- poetry by Hillary Smith-Maddern [from The Disappointed Housewife]
It is an accepted use of the vernacular, favored by writers like myself who adore such vernacular masters as Damon Runyon, Grace Paley, Toni Cade Bambara,James Alan MPherson,Judy Grahn,James Kellman (wtih his special brand of the "Glaswegian", and three of our greatest American poets- Gwendolyn Brooks, Sterling a. Brown, and Thomas MGrath, and Pedro Pietri, Martin Espada, and many many others, Patchen Sandburgh, Ann Sexton, LangstonHuges, ShermanAlexie- the list is endless because the speech and ears of are country come from all over the world.
Also, if you dont like it, LindaAnn, dont use it.
I thought TBQ was considered defunct. They never seem to open for submissions...
Their openings are few and far between, but they just came out with a new issue last month! They strike me as having similar submission rhythms to HAD - in that they open as it occurs to them to do so, and you must catch them at the exact right moment before they close again.
Okay! I will be on the lookout!
So Thanksgiving is built on a “problematic myth,” eh, Becky? You must have a major problem with Christmas! Easter? Forget it! The 4th of July? Ha. Of course not. Memorial Day? Nah, too closely associated with war. Columbus Day. Horrors, I would guess not. Do you observe any national holidays, or are you offended by all of them?
Oh, Bruce, you know me, I am offended by everything!!...But in seriousness, I am not the author of this piece. It was written by Jessica Miele.
Sorry! I should have addressed myself to the author! My mistake.
Bruce - Becky didn't write this post; it's by a guest author. I do wonder about your angry response though. The author clearly says she celebrates Thanksgiving and there's nothing to suggest she doesn't observe other holidays. That's not what the post is about, anyway. One can enjoy the positive value of Thanksgiving while also acknowledging its problematic history in relation to Native Americans.
I assiduously observe April Fool's day ecause in this country, as shown in the very recent election, there are so many of them would vote for a convicted felon with over five bankruptcies,twenty charges of rape, and the only president ever who watched an insurrection( he helped incite toriot) on tv for over t hree hours without calling out the National Guard or the Army while potential murders dragged around a homemadegallows to hang his own vice president, Mike Pence who refused to shit on the constiutuion ( the difference being that Pence was allegey toilet trained).