Editorial: LEVEL UP! Gratitude, Growth and Other Goings On in the Exit Strata-sphere
There is a poem I wrote in the early spring that describes the moment of meeting, and attraction, as… cellular intelligence, as when my electrons got all jumpy-like from first you walked in the room recognized yours like an overdue reunion refugees from the counties of each other and I bring that up now because, metaphorically, our Exit Strata electrons have been getting all jumpy-like a hell of a lot recently. Far beyond a one-to-one connection,... Read More
IT’S a FAMILY AFFAIR: Get to Know Exit Strata’s Poetry Festival Team
1 and sometimes, when no one is watching I pick up sticks and place them in my pocket so they can feel like they belong to something again. 2 But let’s stay grounded … At plains and prairies’ end, sharp mountains loom, obscured by residueof fire. Many dim gray columns of smoke rise, slanted like sunbeams, reversing, it seems, the old image of radiant grace, a sign to score the acrid skies. 3 as I cut, the pane of glass was... Read More
AWESOME CREATORS: The Poetry Society of New York Builds a Festival (and a Dream)
The poetry landscape in New York City can be confusing to navigate, especially given its ever growing diaspora of splinter cells. Despite the density and scale of creative energy feeding this array, the experience of this fragmentation is often that of participation in one or a number of small groups, working in isolation. Sustaining these communities takes constant effort and commitment on the part of not only those who choose to plant the seed... Read More
Taking Stock/In Stock :: Editorial Updates AND at a Bookstore Near You
clockwise from top left: Exit Strata PRINT! vol. 1 “brownie”, PRINT! vol. 1 limited edition, blood atlas (DeSilva-Johnson), obsolete objects in the literary imagination (Pinder), limited edition vol.1 broadside You know how, just when you think that everything is about to slow down, and you’re going to have time for all the things on your To-Do-list, which is looking more and more like an epic poem? And then, you know, it doesn’t... Read More
AWESOME CREATORS :: SPRING PREVIEW
illustration by tom joyce http://tomjoyceillustration.blogspot.com/ With Poetry Month recently ended, I find myself having separation anxiety from the influx of lovestuff our 30/30/30 series was made of. I’ve been excited to note that our poetry community’s efforts have been making the rounds — that connections are being established, gratitude circulated, and love received amongst circles of readers, friends, our terrific contributors,... Read More