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Matter – 2005

Issue 6

2005

Anna Sidak

From the web site: “Matter is a unique biannual publication of literature, poetry, photography, visual art and just about anything that is made of matter.”

From the web site: “Matter is a unique biannual publication of literature, poetry, photography, visual art and just about anything that is made of matter.” It is also a beautifully constructed and environmentally oriented publication whose editor, Todd Simmons, recommends we read it outside in sunshine—he means well, but it’s 110 degrees here today. Good advice, however, for the Colorado/Wyoming area it serves. This issue’s call for “[. . .] work dealing with empty space, missing parts, ecological infatuations, future primitive, and the fabric of landscape,” was met head-on. From Evan Oakley’s “An Atlas of the World”: “Now, the creation myth of astrophysicists supplants those of shamans, [. . .]” to Joseph Hawley’s “a fortunate accident . . . 11 days (with medical attention)”—the journal’s day 9 trampled underfoot—Matter displays a taste for the astute, the offbeat, the different—Michael Crake’s “Concourse B”: “ticketed passengers only // pair of glasses reads the newspaper / white shirt and black pants / she does not smile // may I have your attention please“—and these are only items that caught my eye, there are many more: short stories by Sue Ring DeRossett, Jeffe Kennedy, Blair Oliver, Peter Soliunas, and essays by Ted Daughters (ketchup), Todd Simmons (hot-air ballooning), Jane Carpenter (sky-diving), Dan DeWeese’s “Obliterated Landscape,” and RoseMarie London’s “Red, Blue, and the WWE.” Plus “An Elemental Life,” an interview with David Gessner; Nathan Thrailkill’s strangely Egyptian artwork: “Temple of Pious Hygiene,” as well as 17 pages of attractive monochrome ads featuring local merchants. [Matter, Wolverine Farm Publishing, PO Box 814, Fort Collins, CO 80522. E-mail: [email protected]. Single issue $10. www.matterjournal.com]

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