This
first issue of Crescendo City: A Community of Writers focuses on
place. How do writing and place intersect? How does place affect the way
we see the world? What kinds of places can we create in writing? Writers
circle meetings began in El Barrio--a location that continues to inspire
writers. In ancient poetry and storytelling, speakers used the art of memory
to enact their story. Every poem needed to be housed in a neighborhood,
or a place; and objects within that place reminded the storyteller of important
words or parts of the story. Then retelling became simple for the storyteller:
take a mental walk around the block, or the house, or the neighborhood,
and let the story tell itself. This collection features work by: Hilary
Vaughn Dobel, Erin Ehsani, Scoo D Foo, Julia Guez, Emily Herzlin, Justin
Long-Moton, Jason McDaniel, Bob McNiel, Dina Montes, Dawn Marie Perry, Diana
Santana, Ella Veres, Matvei Yankelevich.
Issue 2 - 2024
The
second issue of Crescendo: A Community of Writers focused on silence and
sound. Sound waves are felt as well as heard. We were all affected by the
COVID-19 pandemic, but in different ways. Some of us experienced a deafening
silence and isolation, others experienced an abundance of noise and sound
with people living and working in close quarters. Within music a rest can
be just as important as any melodic line. A rest can be a dramatic pause,
or a pause for gravitas, or a moment for reflection. Sometimes in public
gatherings when we want to mark the significance of an event, we take a
collective moment of silence. When people are silent together, or make sound
and music together, it is a shared embodiment. This issue of Crescendo:
A Community of Writers is a collective moment of silence and a celebration
of sound. This collection features work by: Ammiel Alcalay, Paul Backalenick,
John Brantingham, Douglas Cole, Mary E. Cronin, RC deWinter, Michael Gigandet,
Pedro Garfias translated by Roberta Gould, Ryan Harper, A.J. Huffman, Carlo
Rey Lacsamana, Allan Lake, Brent MacKinnon, Mishele Maron, Craig Nix, Steven
L. Peck, Iryna Savchyn, Marguerite Schneider, Jennifer Stewart, Judith Taylor,
Wang Wei translated by Carolanna Lisonbee.
Issue 3 - 2027
In this forthcoming issue, we wil explore the theme of fire--what it creates,
destroys, what it means literally and figuratively. We are currently accepting
submissions! Please see our Submissions
page for more details.
This
first issue of Crescendo City: A Community of Writers focuses on
place. How do writing and place intersect? How does place affect the way
we see the world? What kinds of places can we create in writing? Writers
circle meetings began in El Barrio--a location that continues to inspire
writers. In ancient poetry and storytelling, speakers used the art of memory
to enact their story. Every poem needed to be housed in a neighborhood,
or a place; and objects within that place reminded the storyteller of important
words or parts of the story. Then retelling became simple for the storyteller:
take a mental walk around the block, or the house, or the neighborhood,
and let the story tell itself. This collection features work by: Hilary
Vaughn Dobel, Erin Ehsani, Scoo D Foo, Julia Guez, Emily Herzlin, Justin
Long-Moton, Jason McDaniel, Bob McNiel, Dina Montes, Dawn Marie Perry, Diana
Santana, Ella Veres, Matvei Yankelevich.
The
second issue of Crescendo: A Community of Writers focused on silence and
sound. Sound waves are felt as well as heard. We were all affected by the
COVID-19 pandemic, but in different ways. Some of us experienced a deafening
silence and isolation, others experienced an abundance of noise and sound
with people living and working in close quarters. Within music a rest can
be just as important as any melodic line. A rest can be a dramatic pause,
or a pause for gravitas, or a moment for reflection. Sometimes in public
gatherings when we want to mark the significance of an event, we take a
collective moment of silence. When people are silent together, or make sound
and music together, it is a shared embodiment. This issue of Crescendo:
A Community of Writers is a collective moment of silence and a celebration
of sound. This collection features work by: Ammiel Alcalay, Paul Backalenick,
John Brantingham, Douglas Cole, Mary E. Cronin, RC deWinter, Michael Gigandet,
Pedro Garfias translated by Roberta Gould, Ryan Harper, A.J. Huffman, Carlo
Rey Lacsamana, Allan Lake, Brent MacKinnon, Mishele Maron, Craig Nix, Steven
L. Peck, Iryna Savchyn, Marguerite Schneider, Jennifer Stewart, Judith Taylor,
Wang Wei translated by Carolanna Lisonbee.