Sleepingfish ZZZ

by Robert Lopez (Editor), in8 iD

Magazine. Poetry. Art. SLEEPING FISH is a literary magazine of text and art, including works by Rick Moody, Miranda Mellis, David Hollander, Elizabeth Ellen, Kate Hill Cantrill, Brian Foley, Nathan Pendlebury, Christopher Chambers John Dermot Woods, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, Patrick Leonard, James Reich, Paul Kavanagh, Ladee Hubbard,, David Wirthlin, Carmen Gimenez Smith, Eugene Lim, Kim Chinquee, Dana Miceli, Marin Buschel, Nick Bredie, Ed Taylor, PF Potvin, Nan Burton, Kathy Fish, Norman Lock, Kathryn Regina, Cliff Benston, James Grinwis, Astrid Cravens, Dawn Raffel, Tara Rebele, Joshua Ware & Rachel May, Ali Aktan Askin and Jac Jemc

102 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

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Reviews

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

surprising amount of material for such a slim volume, with only a handful of the pieces included last more than two pages. the only author i was familiar with was rick moody and the short piece of his in here isn't anything at all like what i've read from him before. lots of pieces were interesting, but so short and unfortunately similar that i've set the book down and already couldn't describe any of them. maybe that's a plus, actually, as i'm left with an impression that new writing (circa 2008) is very interested in the grammars of informal speech, perspectives touched with confusion and uncertainty, and short form.

[Kyle Muntz · Rating 3 out of 5]

A pretty fantastic collection of abstract narratives--which, like a lot of things from Calamari Press, I think is also notable for its phenomenal visual design. There was an excellent blend between surrealism and realism, with an unusually strong focus on narrative, and a few pieces that were especially fiction. The last thing I read on the train home from AWP. Also, don't take the 3 stars seriously: as someone who prefers single author collections and at least novella length narratives, it would be almost impossible for me to rate one issue of any journal higher than this. For what it is, it's basically the best.