Fence is an American print and online literary publication containing both original work and critical and journalistic coverage of what may be largely termed "experimental" or "avant garde" material. Conceived by Rebecca Wolff in 1997[1] and first printed in Spring 1998[2][3] (receiving coverage from Poets & Writers),[4] its editors have included Jonathan Lethem and Ben Marcus (fiction), Matthew Rohrer and Caroline Crumpacker (poetry), and Frances Richard (non-fiction). As of January 1, 2022, poets Emily Wallis Hughes and Jason Zuzga became editorial co-directors.[5]
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| Editor | Rebecca Wolff |
|---|---|
| Categories | Literary magazine |
| Frequency | Biannual |
| Founded | 1998 |
| First issue | Spring 1998 |
| Company | Fence Magazine, Incorporated |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Albany, New York |
| Website | fenceportal |
Fence is published biannually.[2] The translator and National Book Award-nominated poet Cole Swensen edits La Presse, an imprint of Fence magazine publishing contemporary French poetry in translation.
Fence's book publishing arm, Fence Books, has printed volumes by a number of younger non-traditional poets. Fence has also joined with McSweeney's, Wave Books and Open City to distribute content at bigsmallpress; it also runs the Constant Critic, an online reviews site. The podcast Fence Sounds is composed of audio adaptations by contributors of their words as published either online or in the print magazine.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Wolff Fence". Archived from the original on 2007-09-02. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
- ^ a b "New American Literary Magazines" (PDF). NYPL. 2002. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 16, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ^ "Top 50 Literary Magazine". EWR. Archived from the original on December 12, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
- ^ "PW Organization". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
- ^ Zuzga, Jason (January 1, 2022). "Jason Zuzga". jasonzuzga.com/. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
Further reading
edit- Kurowski, Travis (1 November 2013). "Fence". Poets & Writers Magazine. 41 (6): 19–20.
- Yankelevich, Matvei (2020). "Rhetorics of Authenticity and Professionalization: Problems in Early Twenty-First-Century Small Press Publishing". In Colby, Georgina; Marczewska, Kaja; Wilson, Leigh (eds.). The contemporary small press : making publishing visible. Basingstoke. ISBN 978-3-030-48784-3.
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