The online mag Bodega launched this week with some exciting content and cool-looking chickens with timers (check out their website and see what I mean…trust me, you will want a chicken timer soon enough).
In Issue 1, Lydia Davis basically rediscovers my commute from Jersey to New York from…
Issue 1 Has Launched
We’ve been working hard for months to prepare for the launch of Bodega, and here it is. Our first issue is officially out!
We’re so excited to present to you these excellent pieces of writing by Lydia Davis, Kimberly Grey, Max Ross, and Adam Soldofsky. We also had the chance to interview Emma Straub about her fantastic new novel, Laura Lamont’s Life In Pictures, which is out today from Riverhead Books!
We’re here to give you a handful of essential pieces you can digest in one sitting, and we plan to continue doing so on the first Monday of every month. So check out our site, and enjoy our first issue as you eat your breakfast! www.bodegamag.com
If you’re in the New York City area, don’t forget to join us at our Brooklyn launch party this Friday. Emma Straub and Adam Soldofsky will be reading their fiction and poetry!
We are always looking for new work that might fill our future issues, so if you’re a writer please do submit! We accept fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. You can find our submission guidelines here.
Bodega Launch Party!
If you’re in or around New York City, mark your calendars! BODEGA is throwing a party to celebrate the launch of our first issue!
EMMA STRAUB will be reading from her new book, Laura Lamont’s Life In Pictures.
ADAM SOLDOFSKY will be reading poetry.
Come to Pacific Standard in Brooklyn to hear them and mingle with Bodega editors and friends!
Happy hour special on drinks: $1 off everything until 8 pm!
RSVP to our event on Facebook and share this short link with your friends: http://bit.ly/bodegalaunch
Check out our website: www.bodegamag.com
Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/bodegamag
And don’t forget to look for Issue #1, which will go live on our site starting Tuesday, September 4th. It’s going to feature some incredible fiction and poetry, plus an interview with Emma Straub!
Curious about our taste?
Check out this poem in The Awl by our very own poetry editor, Ben Purkert!
http://www.theawl.com/2012/06/a-poem-by-ben-purkert
Also, an interview featuring a recording of the poem:
http://poetsandthenews.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/i-want-to-read-your-future-book-ben-purkert/
The submissions are rolling in. Add yours to the pile! We’re accepting fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. We can’t wait to read your work.
Our submission guidelines can be found here. We already know we’ll be featuring some great writers when we officially launch later this year.
Follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, and don’t forget to check this space for updates.
We’ve been working our butts off to bring you this beautiful new version of our site. Go check it out!
And don’t forget to send us your fiction / nonfiction / poetry! We’re excited to read your work. Submission guidelines can be found here.
We are currently working to put together the first five issues before our launch, which will hopefully be in September. We’ve already solicited content from some incredible writers. Don’t miss your chance to be featured alongside them. Submit your poetry, fiction, or nonfiction now!
Just set up our Twitter account. The Facebook page is ready to go but probably won’t be live until closer to the launch of the first issue.
Nothing much is up. But hey, at least we have the basic storefront live! Stay tuned for updates.
