Essays and Interviews
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We are looking for pertinent, engaging, and well-researched essays on poetry and related topics. Some specific ideas we are interested in beyond the run of the mill essay are ‘a brief introduction to…’ focusing on as-yet-unbiographied writers or literary movements, an extended reading of a single poem, or a retrospective of a lost/forgotten work.We are looking for essays of 2000-4000 words, though length is secondary to quality. To submit, please send a cover letter and 300 word abstract. For interviews, please send a cover letter, a brief bio on the intended subject, and a query including the topics you wish to probe.
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Book Reviews
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We are looking for reviewers who take a critical viewpoint, whose reviews go beyond mere positive/negative response or brief summary. Tell us why we should spend time with a given work and what we should get out of it.Books over one year old should be either overlooked or undernoticed the first time around. We get especially excited about independent and university press books and chapbooks. We also consider books from 10+ years ago as a retrospective, though we would prefer that they be treated as a poetics essay.
We are looking for reviews of 1000-2000 words, though length is secondary to quality. To review a book, submit a cover letter and query (~100 words).
Publishers and authors who want their books available for review, please contact us at: editors@theoffendingadam.com
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Feature Projects
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We are always open to other projects that, while not fitting in the above categories, deserve to be presented to the public. This could include translations, an interview, visual art, photography, video pieces, audio recordings of poetry readings or obscure folk music festivals, or anything else you can dream up.To submit a special project, please send an introduction with an abstract or query explaining the project.
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