Hey Aqua - writing about work
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@Aqua-Letifer, not sure if you are actively writing or looking to submit your writings for publications, just figure this might interest you:
https://conjunctions.submittable.com/submit
The theme is "Works & Days." Submission window to open tomorrow.
It looks like the publication is calling for submissions about "work."
And you might have some interesting work-related stories. -
Let me help you navigate this.
Bard College’s literary journal Conjunctions publishes innovative fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction by emerging voices and contemporary masters. For some four decades, Conjunctions has challenged accepted forms and styles, with equal emphasis on groundbreaking experimentation and rigorous quality.
And yet when I look at their published poetry, it's all the same. All of it. Free verse declarative sentences in the style of Rupi Kaur that are heavy on similie and metaphor and short on the entire remaining rolodex of poetic devices.
This has been the standard for literary journals since the 90s. There was a minor New Formalism blip around the time Cobain was making the news but after that the entire entire community has walled itself off inside its Postmodern ivory tower. They honest-to-God think they're still the scrappy upstarts, trying to usurp a status quo that no longer exists. They're shadow-boxing with themselves.
I mean come on it's the journal of Bard College. Wanna know what their humanities program has been up to lately?
LIT/PS 131
Women and Leadership
It is 2023. Why aren't there more women in leadership positions?This isn't a humanities question, it's one for psych, sociology and economics. There are real reasons for this. But what's their take?
Identity is an urgent conversation in 21st-century politics and everyday life, and this includes awareness of how intersectionality shapes gendered experiences.
Yeah. Fucking great.
LIT 144
Failing with Style: Introduction to Renaissance Poetry
When we think about Renaissance poetry, we tend to think of the sonnet: rule-bound, artificial, and old-fashioned.Fucking hell.
LIT 2052
Is Feminist Solidarity Possible?
LIT 215
Proust: In Search of Lost Time
LIT 2509
Telling Stories About Rightstl;dr:
Their "poetry" is as feeble and as mealy-mouthed as a senile old woman's. And the reason for that is because their humanities curriculum spoonfeeds garbage. -
Poetry in this form is completely dead. And the humanities have killed it.
You want to find poetry today, you'll find it in hip hop, poetry slams (to some extent), and independent artists trying to make names for themselves on TikTok. You aren't going to find any in some damn "literary journal."
