Fence magazine Issue 41 has shipped to active subscribers and is now available at newsstands, bookstores, and sundry other venues.
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Fence #41 Events
NEW YORK CITY Ξ Sunday, April 28, 2024 5:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Torn Page 435 West 22nd St. Manhattan NY
Fence contributors, editors, and audience gathered at Torn Page in Manhattan’s Chelsea to celebrate the 41st issue of FENCE in the former residence of actors Rip Torn and Geraldine Page. Featuring poetry by Lee Ann Brown, Anton Ivanov, Meghan Maguire Dahn, fiction by Mengyin Lin and International Literary Seminars in Kenya participants Kyra Simone and Radhiyah Ayobami, as well as Garrett Phelps., translator of Osvaldo Lamborghini. Edgar Garcia, Visiting Editor of issues 40 and 41, read his poems and shared some words about the issue along with Editorial Co-Directors of Fence, Emily Wallis Hughes and Jason Zuzga.
BLACKSBURG, VA Φ May 14, 2024 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Blacksburg Books Δ 401 S. Main St. Ste., 106
Celebrate and sample the latest issue of Fence, with readings from four featured poet-contributors: Nathan Dragon, Xander Gershberg, Sophia Terazawa, and Shy Watson. Visit the Blacksburg Books Instagram page and website.
Philadelphia, PA Ξ Date TBA
Partners and Son Δ 618 S 6th St, Philadelphia, PA
Details are coming soon about the Fence 41 Launch Reading Event at Bookstore and Art Gallery Partners and Son in Philadelphia, PA, in early June. Watch this page and the Fence e-newsletter -- sign up below. Visit the Partners and Son Instagram page and website.
New from Fence BOOKS
Phantom Captain
by Kim Rosenfield
Selected for the 2023 Ottoline Prize
- . . . what does it mean that I can't take a lifetime
- in this aggravating acceleration
- to say what I must
New from Fence BOOKS
Thieves: A Novel
by Valerie Werder
Print, E-Book, and Audiobook Formats
Listen to the author read from the opening pages:
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Mommies all the way down
The screaming parlors were places where wealthy people could pay to scream at poor people. They came in on their breaks, before, or after work, in their suits with their briefcases. Sometimes the men took off their ties so they could really get comfortable. The women took off their high heeled shoes.
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