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Sea Anthology ProjectCall for submissions: Miranda Literary Magazine is beginning a new phase in its print endeavor and would like to invite writers to submit to our anthology projects. Each project is based around a topic or a concept that will be the focus of the anthology. Submission should relate to the topic and in the end we are hoping for a collection of great writing on a given topic. We are also planning guest editors to work on the anthology. They will help with the selection of the work and write an introduction. Anthologies will be in print form, published through Skinny Toe Press – the creators of Miranda Literary Magazine. Our first anthology will be “The Sea.” We are looking for poetry, creative non-fiction, fiction, essays, interviews, book reviews, and other writing where the ocean plays a significant role. Send in your work of 8,000 or less to us with the words “Sea Anthology” in the subject line to submission@mirandamagazine.comThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it – Deadline for submissions will be June 30, 2009. The print version is slated for late August or early September. Look for a new anthology project in the summer. |
Please take a few minutes and view some of our content. While most of our content is free and available on our website (www.mirandamagazine.com), we encourage writers interested in submitting to read the magazine. Please consider purchasing a copy of the magazine to share with your friends and support our efforts. We are hoping that by having the magazine available in print format that it will migrate into more offices, English departments, and into the hands of the contributing writers and artists. We thank you for your support and creativity. Click Here to go to Miranda Literary Magazine WebsiteWebsite Review From New Pages (www.newpages.com) Miranda Literary Magazine Winter 2008 Online Quarterly Review by Henry F. Tonn This is a somewhat quirky fledgling literary magazine that is just cranking up and has fond hopes for its future. Not only are the winter offerings presented online, but a print edition is also available for purchase. The website is a little difficult to negotiate, but the offerings range from fiction and poetry to interviews and book reviews. My favorite was the very touching short story, “Death of a Witch Doctor” by Manuel San Juan, an attorney in Puerto Rico, who traces the life and death of an extraordinary fisherman in the Caribbean. The story is presented with the same dignity that Hemingway created for his hero in the acclaimed The Old Man and the Sea. Also engaging is Sylvia Fowler’s “A Freak Confession,” the story of an attractive and rather seductive dwarf who is a showgirl on Coney Island and lives with other dwarfs in a place called Lilliputia. There is something very haunting in this tale about the comings and goings of “freaks” as told by one of their own. This edition also includes a superb book review of Norman Mailer’s An American Dream by the Australian, Sandra Hajda. She gives us a nice synopsis of the author’s rather tumultuous life, followed by an outline of the story, and then a critique of the work, with what seems a fairly balanced analysis of the book’s positive and negative qualities. She is as hard hitting and uncompromising as the author, saying, “As a documenter of cruelty and depravity, Mailer is above reproach.” She concludes that it is “a nauseating 238-page slice of ‘truth without love,’” but also considers it “an illuminating work, redeemed by its sheer evocative force.” Pretty strong commentary here, perhaps an example of literary criticism rising to the level of its object of criticism. Also included: an editor’s blog, an essay, some poetry, and a few other tidbits. It will be interesting to see what direction this online publication takes in the future. They’ve made a pretty good start. [www.mirandamagazine.com] |
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