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Slake- Los Angeles: Still Life
Slake
The Los Angeles Quarterly
Volume One, issue One
Still City and Its Stories
This summer, a fresh voice takes root in Los Angeles with the debut of SLAKE, a new quarterly journal co-founded by former LA Weekly editors Joe Donnelly and Laurie Ochoa. SLAKE is devoted to the endangered art of deeply reported narrative journalism and the kind of polished essay, memoir, fiction, poetry and portrait writing that is disappearing in a world of instant takes and unfiltered opinion. SLAKE marks a return to storytelling.
Designed with an artist's eye and published in a full-color, perfect-bound format, SLAKE sets a new template for the next generation of print publications -- collectible, not disposable; destined for the bedside table instead of the recycling bin; and so seductive in its looks and content that readers will find it irresistible.
Most important are the voices of SLAKE, some of the nation's finest writers, photographers and artists who live in Southern California and bring to SLAKE their own individual visions of Los Angeles and the world beyond. Contributors to SLAKE's debut issue include Luke Davies, Mark Z. Danielewski, Jonathan Gold, Geoff Nicholson, Jerry Stahl, Sandow Birk, Michelle Huneven, John Albert, John Powers, Judith Lewis, Iris Berry, Steven Kotler, Daniel Hernandez, C.R. Stecyk, Pleasant Gehman, Arty Nelson and many more.
The Los Angeles Quarterly
Volume One, issue One
Still City and Its Stories
This summer, a fresh voice takes root in Los Angeles with the debut of SLAKE, a new quarterly journal co-founded by former LA Weekly editors Joe Donnelly and Laurie Ochoa. SLAKE is devoted to the endangered art of deeply reported narrative journalism and the kind of polished essay, memoir, fiction, poetry and portrait writing that is disappearing in a world of instant takes and unfiltered opinion. SLAKE marks a return to storytelling.
Designed with an artist's eye and published in a full-color, perfect-bound format, SLAKE sets a new template for the next generation of print publications -- collectible, not disposable; destined for the bedside table instead of the recycling bin; and so seductive in its looks and content that readers will find it irresistible.
Most important are the voices of SLAKE, some of the nation's finest writers, photographers and artists who live in Southern California and bring to SLAKE their own individual visions of Los Angeles and the world beyond. Contributors to SLAKE's debut issue include Luke Davies, Mark Z. Danielewski, Jonathan Gold, Geoff Nicholson, Jerry Stahl, Sandow Birk, Michelle Huneven, John Albert, John Powers, Judith Lewis, Iris Berry, Steven Kotler, Daniel Hernandez, C.R. Stecyk, Pleasant Gehman, Arty Nelson and many more.
232 pages, Paperback
First published June 30, 2010
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August 24, 2010
so good;
There was a lot more than just straightforward fiction collected for this new Los Angeles based Quarterly.
I initially bought because MZD was having a piece published in it, and I kept it as a guidebook to how the city is changing, glacially, towards a place where lovers of art, as well as artists, can come out into the day and not be worried about getting sucked in to the city's abysmal ether.
There was a lot more than just straightforward fiction collected for this new Los Angeles based Quarterly.
I initially bought because MZD was having a piece published in it, and I kept it as a guidebook to how the city is changing, glacially, towards a place where lovers of art, as well as artists, can come out into the day and not be worried about getting sucked in to the city's abysmal ether.
January 25, 2011
I just read the Michelle Huneven story called "Separation." I think it's perfect. Tidy and moving.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews