tripwire a journal of poetics Writing as Activism: The Aesthetics of Political Engagement edited by Yedda Morrison & David Buuck issue 2 fall1998 contents tripwire: a journal of poetics Editors' Notes issue 2 - fall1998 Steven Fanner edited by Yedda Morrison&: David Buuck Statement I Disassemble I Terms of Suppresion ISSN : I 099-2170 Benjamin Friedlander Notes on Political Poetry I poem tripwi~ is published bi-annually. Danielle Collobert All rights revert to authors upon publication. from Notebooks 1956-78, trans. Nonna Cole 13 $8 one issue Rodrigo Toscano $15 two issues from Partisans 30 Brenda Iijima tripwi~ invites submissions of essays, translations, interviews, Four Drawings 43 art&: book reviews,&: visual art. All visual art submissions should be reproducible in black&: white; visual artists are Brian Kim Stefans encouraged to include a statement about their work. At this Baal, or the Technicolor Polo Shirt 47 time, we are not accepting unsolicited poetry for publication. Noah de Lissovoy The theme for issue 3 is Gender (see editors' notes for details). Notes for the Imagination 11 49 Submissions for issue 3 should be received by March 1, 1999. Kristin Prevallet Subscriptions, submissions, &: inquiries to: Sampling out of this World I poem 55 tripwire jack Hirschman c/o Yedda Morrison&: David Buuck Culture and Struggle 58 P.O. Box 420936 San Francisco, CA 94142-{)936 Lawless Crow
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