Best of the Net 2014 Nominations
We are pleased to announce Best of the Net nominations for 2014! Naked before the Dead by Ian Bodkin Works Cited from Our Family Vacation to Colonial Williamsburg by Tom Luckie III Fortuna, Land of Hope and Glory by Sam Martone Dirt Can’t Talk to Dirt by Robert Vivian Congratulations to all the nominees and […]
Kicking off the new issue
Today’s the day! We’re really excited to bring you the first pieces of our second issue. I mentioned last week that we were going to call this one issue 1.5. Well, we changed our minds (we’re good at that!). The issue grew larger and greater than we originally thought, and we couldn’t keep the .5. […]
Shaking off the rust
You know what’s hard? Launching a literary magazine. We’ve been going through some growth spurts these past several months, trying to figure out how to maintain a journal while also living our normal lives. For a few moments, it looked like Atlas and Alice was destined for a “one and done” lifespan, but I’m glad to say […]
Flavors from the Inaugural Issue
“I’ve never held the nude of a spoon”, this is how Ian Bodkin’s poem Naked Before the Dead starts. Ian’s poem is surprising, funny, contemplative. Characters like Destiny, Catullus, and dogs stealing our spotlight emerge in and out of the poem with incredible dexterity . It is a wonderful read. Here is a short excerpt […]
First Issue Publication Date
We are pleased to announce Atlas and Alice’s first issue publication date – SEPTEMBER 20, 2013. Submissions for the first issue are now closed, but you can submit for the second issue. For details, visit our submissions page here.
Intersections Investigated: Baseball-style
It’s spring, though it doesn’t feel like it in northwest Iowa. Around the country, spring sports–youth, high school, professional–are popping to life like we can only hope the trees will in time. Already we’re two weeks into the Major League Baseball season (and I’m two weeks into my annual blood feud with my wife). Just […]
The Question of Certainty
Everyone knows that if you query poets about how their poems begin, the answer is always the same: a phrase, a line, a scrap of language, a rhythm, an image, something seen, heard, witnessed, or imagined. And the lesson is always the same, and young poets recognize this to be one of the most important […]
Oh, Snap (It Gets Better)
I just published our blog about sharing the poetry-love one piece at a time: see here. But some more sleuthing on the Tin House blog reveals that they’ve taken Matthew’s idea a step further. They’re calling it “Buy One, Give One.” The details: Inspired by this challenge and in honor of National Poetry Month, Tin House Books and Coffee House Press have […]
National Share Poetry Month
In October of last year, poet Matthew Dickman advocated in this Tin House blog that we join [him] in a small, inexpensive, but possibly life-altering experiment. Over the next thirty days, let’s all buy a favorite book of poems and send it to someone who doesn’t usually read poems. This could be a family member, friend, […]
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