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Collective Perspective Vol. 1 Issue 2 New York London Hong Kong Philippines COLLECTIVE PERSPECTIVE The Lift The Meaning of Nothing Sweat page 99 page 117 page 50 New Reader Magazine Vol. 1 Issue 2 June 2018 Cover Image By Jazzia Creative Staff Marie Dominique dela Paz Editor-in-Chief Janette Tolentino Managing Editor Kem Enon Layout Artist Kota Yamada Publicist Roseilyn Herrera Researcher Contributors Huzaifa Pandit,Gerry Fabian, Judith Skillman, Stephanie Roberts, Michael Janairo, John Franklin Dandridge, Beatriz Fernandez, Doru Radu, Denise O’Hagan, Rachel Rose Teferet, Emily V, Sergio Ortiz, Montana Svoboda, Ankita Anand, Gabriel Kunst, Yuan Changming, Philip Brown, Lana Bella, Cameron Morse, Shelly Rodrigue, Fred Miller, Pat Tompkins, Marc de Faoite, Andy Tu, James Snowden, Michael Glazner, Ben Mason, Tim Nickels, Cameron Morse, Jenna Collett, Lynda Nash, Catherine Mullins, Andrew Davis, and Glen Holland Marketing and Advertising Laurence Anthony [email protected] Subscriptions [email protected] www.newreadermagazine.com Phone: 1 800 734 7871 Fax: (914) 265 1215 Write to: 100 Church St. Suite 800 New York, NY 10007 All Rights Reserved New Reader Media Editor’s Note It’s been an exciting year for us at New Reader Magazine. Since the release of our first issue in March, we’ve had the incredible privilege of meeting all sorts of amazing people doing incredible things from all over the world. You might recognize Jan Sunday from NewReaderMagazine.com’s Artist Profiles; we’ve caught up with her to see what she’s doing now and how she’s helping to change the artistic landscape of the Philippines—right in her hometown of Cebu. From Kōchi Prefecture, Japan, we met a group of very different people brought together under the same roof by a shared love of loud music and the punk philosophy of “Live and let live.” From Staunton, Virginia, Angus Carter spoke to us about his art and how it helps him make sense of the world around him. And of course we have poems, stories, and essays from an array of different voices from Kashmir and Malaysia, Canada and Poland—even all the way to Alaska. This issue we’ve got a story by Marc de Faoite, author of Tropical Madness and co-editor of TRASH: A Southeast Asian Urban Anthology Book; poems by two-time Pushcart nominee, Sergio Ortiz; pieces by Pøst- co- founder and co-editor, Gabriel Kunst; as well as poetry and fiction from emerging writers like Andrew Davis, Jenna Collett, Judith Skillman, Pat Tompkins, and many, many more. This issue we’ve even got a humorist essay by Reg Franklin, who looks at the parallels between Chaucer and the cult classic, The Room. We hope you enjoy this issue as much as we enjoyed putting it together. Like Rob Siltanen said, “Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently.” Here’s to you, New Reader. Contents Feature 12 Artist Profile: Angus Carter A painter, filmmaker, and photographer from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. 16 Music: Enjoy Much Noise! Chaos is Home at Chaotic Noise, Kochi Prefecture, Japan 20 Exhibit: Umbra Is A creative collective aims to strip off underlying patriarchal notions and the traps of the male gaze through fine art photography. Marketing and Publicity 28 Beyond Entertainment “Film adaptation can be likened to kite making: the novelist shapes the kite, the director holds the thread, and the screenwriter makes sure it flies.” Literary Work 36 34 Disposition at an Inquiry On Visiting My Old Commission Huzaifa Pandit writes poetry, literary, and Classroom cultural criticism on www.colourofmemor.blogspot.in Huzaifa Pandit 4 | NEW READER MAGAZINE 46 October 38 Judith Skillman’s poems have appeared in FIELD, Cimarron Review, Shenandoah, Tar “Oh hi, Chaucer.” River Poetry, and in anthologies, including Nasty Women Poets, Lost Horse Press. She is A Comparison of Parallels Between the recipient of a 2017 Washington Trust GAP The Room and The Canterbury Tales grant. Reg Franklin has a BA in English from Vancouver Island University, Canada. Additional writings may be found 48 Doubt on his website www.jizzwailing.blogspot.com. Judith Skillman 44 The Crash 49 East of the Pass Gerry Fabian is a retired English instructor. Judith Skillman He has been publishing poetry since 1972 in various poetry magazines. 50 Sweat 45 Disconnected Alarm Jenna Collett is a South African lecturer living and working in Hong Kong. Gerry Fabian She knows less about finance than fiction, and more about sonnets than skyscrapers. NEW READER MAGAZINE | 5 54 Never Was the Girl Next Door Stephanie Roberts has work recently featured or forthcoming in numerous periodicals, in North America and Europe. A 2018 Pushcart Prize nominee, she was born in Central America, and now explores reverence from a wee French town just outside of Montréal. 56 Some Place Else Fred Miller is a California writer who specializes in penning short stories with eclectic themes, his first selected by Constance Hunting, the New England poet laureate in 2003. 64 Dear Applicant Michael Janairo has been published in re:asian Magazine, Mithila Review, Lontar, Long Hidden, Eye to the Telescope, and Star*Line, which nominated his work for a Pushcart Prize. A former journalist, he works at a college art museum in upstate New York, where he lives with his wife and dog. 64 Position Closed Michael Janairo 65 Rejection Michael Janairo 65 Experience Michael Janairo 67 Your Time On Earth Is Finished Jim Snowden has placed fiction in Pulphouse, Mind In Motion, The Seattle Review, The King’s English, and MAKE. Dismantle the Sun and Summer of Long Knives, his first two novels, were published by Booktrope in 2012 and 2014, respectively. 6 | NEW READER MAGAZINE 70 Excerpts from a Job 80 The Little Sunfish Interview Beatriz Fernandez is a poet and university reference librarian in Miami, Florida. She’s Andrew Davis lives in Lowell, Massachusetts, the author of The Ocean Between Us, with his two cats, Fluffy and Teddy. He (Backbone Press, 2017) and Shining from a enjoys writing stories that push boundaries Different Firmament (Finishing Line Press, and make people think. 2015). She’s a former grand prize winner of the Writer’s Digest Poetry Award and has 73 Reflective Thought Wave read her poetry on WLRN, South Florida’s John Franklin Dandridge received his MFA NPR news station. in poetry from Columbia College Chicago. His chapbook, Further Down Rd., was 83 Mistress Prynne Dreams published in 2010 by Fast Geek Press. He has poems published in past issues of Callaloo of Her Youth Journal and Former People, among others. Beatriz Fernandez 74 Red Kryptonite 85 Nate’s Volcano John Franklin Dandridge Michael Glazner teaches English in the Houston area, and when not writing about 77 Chores for the Body strange suburban situations or spooky carnivals, hangs out with his dogs or takes John Franklin Dandridge photos. 79 Natushka and the Wolves 88 End of Summer Catherine Mullins currently lives in Oregon, Doru Radu is a Romanian-born living in USA, and enjoys reading and writing both Poland who writes poetry in English. He fiction and nonfiction. She has previously holds degrees in Management and English published non-fiction on www.Dguides.com language. He also translates poetry between and elsewhere. and amongst Romanian, English and Polish. NEW READER MAGAZINE | 7 99 The Lift Marc de Faoite lives on an island off the west coast of Malaysia. His short stories, articles, 89 Untitled and book reviews have been published both in print and online. Tropical Madness, a Doru Radu collection of his short stories, was long listed for the 2014 Frank O’Connor International 90 Sailors’ Cross Short Story Prize. Doru Radu 105 Psyche Gets a Haircut 92 The Value of Nothing Rachel Rose Teferet’s work has been Pat Tompkins is an editor in the San published by Page & Spine, Slink Chunk Francisco Bay Area. Her shortest fiction has Press, Manawaker Podcast, From Sac, Necon appeared in Nanoism, Mslexia, and KYSO E-Books, Sierra College Literary Magazine as Flash. the winner of the 2016 Flash Fiction Contest, and more. 94 And the Nuns Wore 106 Not Knowing Lipstick Steven Duncan is a Utah Valley poet whose Denise O’Hagan is an editor and writing has been published by Silver Birch independent publisher. She holds an MA Press, Rock Canyon Poets, Prolific Press, in Bibliography and Textual Criticism, and Brevis, and more. worked in publishing in London (Collins, Heinemann) and Sydney (Harcourt Brace, State Library of NSW). She is a member of 107 Repining IPEd, and proud to have been shortlisted for Steven Duncan the inaugural Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Prize, 2017. 108 Bipolar Is Emily Vieweg is a poet originally from 96 Honolulu Breakfasts St. Louis, Missouri. Her work has been Denise O’Hagan published in Soundings Review, Art Young’s Good Morning, Proximity Magazine, 97 I Am Lucky Spillwords.com and more. Her chapbooks are for sale through Plan B Press and Denise O’Hagan www.amazon.com 8 | NEW READER MAGAZINE 111 Say Hello, Social Anxiety! 131 Peace Treaty Emily Vieweg Ankita Anand’s writing has travelled through India, Pakistan, Singapore, Ireland, South 112 Delete Africa, Canada, the US and the UK. She also facilitates writing workshops. An archive Writing to Lynda Nash is like eating— of her publications can be found on www. something she needs to do to feel energised. anandankita.blogspot.in She wrote her first story, “The Green Bone,” at the age of six, and in a recent attic clear- out found a book of cringe-worthy poems 132 How to Build a Mother from her teenage years.
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