The Analog Sea Review: Number Four

Analog Sea Review #4

by Jonathan Simons (Editor), Janos Tedeschi (Editor), Elena Fritz (Editor)

Genres: Poetry, Nonfiction, Essays, Philosophy, Literature, Art

218 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2022

Reviews

[Jon Berry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exceptional collection, a weaving of voices through time. Very much needed. Worth it, everyone.

[Poulomi Chakraborty · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is among the best things that happened to me this year.

[Darius Hinks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliantly curated selection of essays, poems, interviews etc. I highly recommend tracking down a copy. The whole offline thing makes them a bit tricky to find but your local bookshop should be able to help.

[Ida · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tankeväckande essä- och poesisamling, flera stycken har blivit nya favoriter! Oxå intressant bokkoncept:)

[Darran Mclaughlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first of these volumes I have read, and I am inspired to want to read all of the others. I hosted an event at bookhaus with Jonathan Simmons, the publisher, and we had a fascinating discussion about what Analog Sea is trying to achieve. These books are beautifully designed and produced and full of excellent excerpts from a great range of writing from poetry and philosophy to reportage and travel writing and everything in between. I highly recommend them.

[Allison Chang · Rating 5 out of 5]

I used to seek fiction for escapism but this collection does this with absolute perfection. I needed to know this publication and editorial perspective existed in a world that feels hostile, digital and manufactured.

The analog sea review is a hard to find gem as the distribution is by request only to local booksellers and they only answer by mail. This doesn’t mean they are deeply removed from the current world and what we as a collective, physiological society need: the editor is piercing, lamenting and compelling in his opening notes in a way that sticks with you when you read the curated pieces following. I can’t quite pin what each have in common and how they contribute to the overarching transcendental movement other than the a sense of timelessness, wisdom and provocative curiosity exuded by the contemporaries and classics.

I can’t wait to collect the rest so they can stand next to each other- each more critical and eye-opening than the one before.

[Mads Floyd · Rating 5 out of 5]

A stunning and paradigm-shifting collection of essays, as they ever are. This volume ranges from essays on Beatniks to essays upon the merits of walking in cities. I am a big fan of the “Kantian Walk” myself, yet have never in literature (besides one or two places) encountered such a thorough treatment of it.

[bermudianabroad]

Something to dip in and out of, linger over. Food for thought re: the way the technical interconnectedness of things separates and divides rather than connects. Appropriate that I bought it before going on a hike.

[Pao Manzo · Rating 5 out of 5]

if i could give this 10 stars i would, one of the best things i’ve read in a while

[Jeremy · Rating 5 out of 5]

phenomenal