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
Join Fence contributors and editors 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 Osvaldo Lamborghini's poetry, co-translated and read by Garrett Phelps. Edgar Garcia, Visiting Editor of issues 40 and 41, will read his poems and share 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 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.
Philadelphia Ξ Date and Location TBA
Details coming soon about the Fence 41 Launch Reading Event in Philadelphia PA in late May. Watch this page and the Fence e-newsletter -- sign up below.
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:
Original, timely content published exclusively at fenceportal.org. For the latest, see below. Click here for access to all Steaming.
Three Hybrid Prose: Séance, Herbivore Omnivore Vector, River Horse
Abigail Frankfurt | April 22, 2024
You want to set a date to visit Fossil Hall, but neither you nor I can keep a plan. I wait until you bathe, and your skin is raw and red to scratch "see t-rex" into the side of your lower back. Nothing is as fragile as this. The road we walk is made of used dental floss. Look, my gums are bleeding! And I swear you rinse your dick in the sink, but some things I don't want to be confirmed. After one-two-three-four beers you cradle my head in one hand and call my occipital condyle your favorite of all condyles . . .
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