Suck my keyboard: call for submissions
60X1.com by Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung (2003) My (ironic) aversion to dialectical readings of contemporary literature situates my critical disposition as resistant to Jamesonian interpretations of a historically-determined consciousness. For better or for worse, such a position is not as niche now as it once was on the leftfield wing of literary criticism, particularly since the arrogation of techno-digital models of analysis for the project of the literary theorist, apropos the fascinating work emanating from the Stanford Lit Lab
call for submissions
Egon Shiele’s Krumau – Crescent of Houses (The Small City V), c. 1915 “Whatever it is, we’re against it”; so proclaims 3:AM’s masthead, and this call to arms is one I am happy to take up in the capacity of contributing editor. Far from being contrarian for contrarian’s sake, these words represent, for me, a commitment to fierce, far reaching criticism of classic and avant-garde literatures—something 3:AM continues to deliver with erudition, verve, and no small amount of style. With those words—and that tradition—in mind, I’m happy to announce a call for submissions. In particular, I’d love to see
what 3:AM’s editors have been up to
Co-editor-in-chief and founder Andrew Gallix recently published two pieces on Roland Barthes in the Guardian and the Los Angeles Review of Books, to commemorate the centenary of his birth. The latter focuses on the recent exhibition at the Bibliothèque nationale de France. An in-depth interview Gallix conducted with the Argentine novelist Luis Chitarroni will appear in the forthcoming fourth issue of gorse. Co-editor-in-chief David Winters spent the summer conducting research at the archive of Gordon Lish, who has appointed him as his authorized biographer. Winters’s forthcoming essays and reviews will cover books by Jeremy Davies, Noy Holland, Rita Felski, and
Establishing connections – A call for submissions
Let’s practise a bit of cultural decentering. I’m very keen on reading outstanding critical submissions that deal with Global South cultures. 3:AM Magazine is an excellent space and I want to use it to create connections that might help erode notions of centres and peripheries. Fuck centres and peripheries, what we need is a bit of cross-contamination, in every direction. I want pieces like this one, this one, and this one. I’m not interested in travelogues a la Charles Darwin in Patagonia, acritical pieces about your holidays in [insert favourite exotic place here] and how cool the locals were, or
The Missing Links
Encountering otherness with Merleau-Ponty. * Against happiness. * Devaluing the dirty war by Adam Thirlwell. * “When we go out of our mind, where do we go?”: on dementia and the arts. * Launch of Darran Anderson‘s Imaginary Cities. * How Flaubert changed literature. * Worrying — a cultural history. * Dustin O’Halloran on his influences. * Not writing. * “Clandestine Happiness” by Clarice Lispector. * “Report on the Thing” by Clarice Lispector. * Nell Zink interviewed. * Michael Caines and others on Christine Brooke-Rose (audio). * Siouxsie and the Banshees on Something Else, 1979 (with Robert Smith). * Remembering
Reviews – A call for pitches / submissions
3:AM Magazine seeks pitches and submissions of high quality literary criticism in all its forms.
Fiction – A call for submissions
“3:AM is opening fiction submissions for a short period. I’m looking for innovative, or formally challenging new writing. The opening date is today: 13th July 2015, and the closing date/time is midnight on 31st July (GMT).”
Joanna Walsh, Fiction Editor
Philosophical Toys Launch!
Susana Medina‘s brilliant Philosophical Toys will be launched on Friday 17th July at the Cock Tavern’s Function Room (23 Phoenix Rd, Kings Cross, London NW1 1HB). Introduced by Lorna Scott Fox and Joanna Walsh; followed by a screening of Susana Medina and Derek Ogbourne‘s Leather-Bound Stories. Be there or be sober!
Poetry Submissions Are Closed!
Poetry submissions to SJ Fowler are closed until 1 January 2016! However, all isn’t lost: you can catch Mr Fowler live at Tate Modern on 18 July. Here’s the blurb: The London based poets, writers and artists Patrick Coyle and SJ Fowler perform new works that push the boundaries of what we understand by performance and poetry. Following an hour of performance this is an opportunity to join them in an in-depth discussion to further explore these disciplines and other notions of the avant-garde. Patrick Coyle‘s recent spoken performances take the form of guided tours and poetry readings that incorporate
Textermination
Come celebrate the launch of the Christine Brooke-Rose Society with 3:AM‘s Joanna Walsh. Book a free ticket here.
The Sex-Appeal of the Inorganic
Susana Medina‘s outstanding Philosophical Toys (Dalkey Archive Press) is published today. An extract is forthcoming in 3:AM. [Pic by Derek Ogbourne.]
The Missing Links
On Erik Satie: “There are many kinds of eccentric and Satie was most of them”. * Malcolm McLaren‘s Paris: Capital of the XXIst Century. * An interview with Joshua Cohen: “One thing I did — which, if we tried it, would make this interview a lot easier for me, and a lot more difficult for you — was to write the answers first, and then write the questions second”. * Jaws — 40 years on. * Brian Dillon on curiosity (audio). * John Cheever reads “The Swimmer“. * New Rema-Rema releases here. See our interview with Gary Asquith. * Claire-Louise
