Vertebrae: Issue One

by Richard Chiem (editor), Ben Lerner, Thom Crowley

contributors:

POEMS & FICTION | Ben Lerner, Miranda Mellis, Christina Wood, Kelsa Trom, Stephen Ratcliffe, Laura Rheaume, Masha Tupitsyn, Ben Doller, Tao Lin, Thom Crowley, Jenny Alton, Frank Montesonti, Brianna Dougher, Steven Lance, Eileen Myles, Linh Dinh, James Meetze, Thomas Trudgeon, CL Bledsoe, Sarah Rothberg, Sawako Nakayasu, Jena Osman with Amze Emmons, Kevin Sampsell, Frances E. Dinger, Leon Baham, Felipe Martinez, Ian Schimmelfennig, Blake Butler

ART | Megan Vossler, Joshua Cotter, Fritz Aldrin Casas, Danny Hellman, Becca Farnsworth, Jeffrey Brown, Andersson Boe, Gabrielle Bell, Theo Ellsworth

AND AN INTERVIEW | Rae Armantrout


EDITED BY: Jesús Castillo + Richard Chiem + Cosmo Spinosa

138 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2011

About the author

BIO: Richard Chiem is the author of You Private Person (Sorry House Classics, 2017) and the novel King of Joy (Soft Skull Press, 2019). His work has been published in City Arts Magazine, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Fanzine, 3:AM Magazine, and Moss Magazine, among many other places. His book You Private Person was named one of Publishers Weekly's 10 Essential Books of the American West. He lives in Seattle w/ his partner.

Reviews

[Kevin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Richard, Jesus, and Cosmo really rallied a sweet line-up for their first issue. My faves include Eileen Myles, Ben Lerner, and CL Bledsoe. Also art/comics by Theo Ellsworth, Jeffrey Brown, and others. (plus, two little fictions by me)