Comments | mer_moon: Stone Telling: Silence to Speech (Issue 1)

mer_moon

Stone Telling: Silence to Speech (Issue 1)

Jan 17, 2011 20:26

I don't think I've mentioned this yet, but Stone Telling: The Magazine of Boundary-crossing Poetry is really very good. Rose Lemberg is its editor, and she is really very good too, and not just as a poet herself. Stone Telling's first issue -- appropriately themed, Silence to Speech -- begins as I hope it means to continue: with a distinctive ( Read more... )

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squee overwhelm rose_lemberg January 18 2011, 04:18:38 UTC

OOOOH thank you so much!!!

Re: squee overwhelm mer_moon January 18 2011, 06:03:47 UTC

No, bebe. Thank you.

Purr, purr, purr helivoy January 18 2011, 19:00:07 UTC

I'm very happy you enjoyed the Byzantine Border Guards essay. As you must have figured out by now, I'm a demon for context! It's the strongest means for evoking interest (and empathy) in the subject under discussion.

Athena Andreadis, aka Helivoy

Re: Purr, purr, purr helivoy January 18 2011, 19:12:55 UTC

I should add a small but touching backstory: I wanted to include the Death of Diyenis song from the start for many reasons, some of them obvious. Rose wanted to make sure we had the correct permissions to include it. I got in touch with Ksilouris' widow and explained my request and why I thought it was important. She replied, "You have not only my permission but my blessing."

Re: Purr, purr, purr mer_moon January 19 2011, 19:21:36 UTC

Oh, lovely. I am glad you shared that.

Re: Purr, purr, purr mer_moon January 19 2011, 19:21:07 UTC

Yes, and thank you for that! It's a big part of why I found your essay so enjoyable. I'm really looking forward to reading the piece you have in the current issue of Stone Telling, but I'm a sucker for reading things in order, which means nonfiction will wait until the poems, etc. =)

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ext_205104 January 20 2011, 02:03:29 UTC

Thank you!!!!!!!! This totally made my day.

Thanks & Hi! emily_jiang January 20 2011, 08:56:37 UTC

I agree with your assessment of the nonfiction and the poetry in Issue #1. Also, I'm flattered that you liked my poem & reading! I'm not super active on LJ, but I'd like to friend you, if that's okay.

Re: Thanks & Hi! mer_moon January 20 2011, 18:58:49 UTC

Hurrah! Thank you. And feel free! I'm not super active myself, truth be told.

seajules January 24 2011, 20:12:35 UTC

J. C. Runolfson is one of my favourite poetry readers of all time, and she does not at all disappoint here.

I am having a very, very rough year, but I wanted you to know this made me smiley, and not a little teary. Thank you.