tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41111047792622785002024-02-22T03:05:00.659-05:00(dg) magazinedead (g)end(er)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15625335328857613471noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111104779262278500.post-46403879639084984862012-10-01T17:35:00.002-04:002014-01-21T20:02:04.662-05:00AHHHH!! ISSUE FOUR LINE-UP!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">twenty-one amazing artists and writers from across the globe!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dead (g)end(er)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15625335328857613471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111104779262278500.post-79254306429087433682012-10-01T13:11:00.000-04:002012-10-01T13:11:11.332-04:00THE ISSUE FOUR LINE-UP...<div style="text-align: center;">
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dead (g)end(er)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15625335328857613471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111104779262278500.post-40431136230553800772012-08-01T15:36:00.001-04:002012-08-01T15:38:34.765-04:00dg's summer sale :)<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">some big things have been happening over here at dg!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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the fall, 2012 issue!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">WHAAA? WHAT’S <i>DEAD GENDER</i>?!</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">dg is less of a magazine, and more of a … collection of COOL;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">an anthology of AWESOME.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
we’ve published a diverse range of artistic styles and media<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">by an even more eclectic bunch of artists and writers.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">we like the radical, and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">the hilarious</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">WE ALSO REALLY LIKE ACTIVISM.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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submissions and questions can be sent to:</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><b style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="mailto:deadgender.mag@gmail.com"><span style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;">deadgender.mag@gmail.com</span></a></b><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(you <b>must</b> include your mailing address and </span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a short biography</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> with your submission!)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">since dg is run by one slightly crazed individual,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">it might take up to two months for you to receive any guaranteed feedback on your submission!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(we’ll definitely contact you within a few days to let you know that we've received your email, though!)</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #414141;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #414141;">you can check out more about our guidelines on the 'submissions' page </span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://deadgender.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html">above</a> </span></span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">:)</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">also! you can keep up with us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/deadgender">facebook</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/dead_gender">twitter</a>!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><br />
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</span></div>dead (g)end(er)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15625335328857613471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111104779262278500.post-74265265659983959012012-06-18T15:09:00.001-04:002012-06-18T15:10:17.095-04:00WE'RE BACK<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 48pt;">DG</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 48pt;">RETURNS!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 48pt;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">stay tuned shortly for the announcement of our issue four call for submissions :)</div>dead (g)end(er)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15625335328857613471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111104779262278500.post-5578912554158546952012-05-14T15:33:00.000-04:002012-05-14T15:33:13.753-04:00wherefore art thou, dg?<div style="text-align: center;">as you've probably noticed, dg has been slackin' on the twitter, facebook, and blog updates, hahaha!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">we've been taking a serious 'vaca' (as the kids say) to catch up on some writing and art projects :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I miss you all a ridiculous amount, though! I can't wait to get back at it!</div><div style="text-align: center;">actually, our next reading period is coming up quick! technically, it starts June 1st, but-- in all honesty-- we may not call for submissions until mid-June!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">issue three is flying off the shelves, so I would jump on it as soon as you can :)</div><div style="text-align: center;">you can order a copy off the <a href="http://deadgender.blogspot.ca/p/issues.html">shop dg page</a>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">also, not to get too ahead of myself, but issue four is already looking mind blowing!</div><div style="text-align: center;">can't wait to drop some of the surprises we have in store :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">love you and miss you all!</div><div style="text-align: center;">update you soon!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">x dg x</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>dead (g)end(er)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15625335328857613471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111104779262278500.post-82416131832638785442012-04-27T16:10:00.000-04:002012-04-27T16:10:42.201-04:00a review of Kemeny Babineau's 'AFTER PROGRESS'<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">a review of Kemeny </span></i><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Babineau's<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> ‘AFTER PROGRESS’ (<span style="color: windowtext;"><a href="http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.ca/">above/ground press</a></span>, 2012) by writer and dg associate Cassie Leigh:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">AFTER PROGRESS</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> implies that there is a halt in development, and this is the exact impression that Kemeny Babineau, editor of literary rag magazine <i>The New Chief Tongue</i>, gives in his aptly titled chapbook. In fourteen short poems, Babineau playfully uses language to provide a commentary on society and the difference between the past and the present. Although all of the poems are completely gripping and unique in their own ways, each one points towards a specific question: where are we actually heading in our world?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Specifically, we have the poem, Neighbour Cutting Gross Grass. Babineau contrasts imagery and description of a “Doomed god” and the “Manichean line” with men trimming their lawns and killing the weeds that grow there. The initial line states, “What some men are reduced to”, which immediately begs the comparison between the days of war and military, and the current days of battling with the hedges and the lawnmower. The fire is still in the hearts of men, but Babineau seems to imply that the need for this fire is gone, causing it to misdirect. The main impressions of this poem are that of vanity and obsession over things that barely matter. It forces us to realize what we have become in the current age.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Every piece within this chapbook seems to dictate the same message as Neighbour Cutting Gross Grass. Babineau implies that there is a sense of false progress, in which image and speed are a greater concern than actual movement towards a greater good. We are moving at a pace on par with the old days, but we have lost the purpose behind the constant rush. Although the heavier message is ever-present in the text, it is through Babineau’s graceful flow of words like music on paper that an element of hope is delicately introduced. Through a seemingly planned collection, Babineau recognizes the issues of society, but offers them more as a call for a change than a simple discussion on the negative.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This is a strong chapbook that carries Babineau’s voice through the carefully chosen words. We are able to recognize the underlying issues that slyly present themselves through clever language games, as well as relating the reader to the very honest discoveries that they seek to uncover. The world is forever changing, and I think that it is through Babineau’s words that we are forced to examine this state of constant movement that we seem to be stuck in, and whether or not we can ever find a way to move forward instead of just running on the spot.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Cassie Leigh</b> has a mysteriously absent last name. She spends her days dealing with money, and her nights dealing with art. A current resident of St. Catharines, Cassie is co-editor of Irregular Artifact Press and has had work published in the anthologies 'looking for trees' and 'lapse'. Cassie has also won the Eleanor Abram Prize for fiction two years in a row - 2009 and 2010. In film, Cassie took part in the script creation of Apollo Boy, the recipient of the People's Choice award in the 2011 Brock University's <i>Render This!</i> film festival. Currently, Cassie has book reviews forthcoming from <i>Broken Pencil</i> and <i>Bookshelf 2.0</i>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Kemeny Babineau</b> lives near Brantford Ontario. He runs Laurel Reed Books and edits literary rag magazine </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The New Chief Tongue</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">. Babineau’s latest work, </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">After the 6ix O’Clock News</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">, is published by BookThug.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">another killer review thanks to Cassie Leigh!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">you can find out more about Kemeny's chapbook from the <a href="http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.ca/2012/02/new-from-aboveground-press-after.html">above/ground press</a> site!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">want your chapbook/book reviewed by dg?! we'd love to check it! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">throw us an email -> <a href="mailto:deadgender.mag@gmail.com">deadgender.mag@gmail.com</a> :)</span></div>dead (g)end(er)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15625335328857613471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111104779262278500.post-83221539914578921542012-04-26T12:37:00.000-04:002012-04-26T12:37:25.161-04:00<div style="text-align: center;">ahhh! so excited!</div><div style="text-align: center;">issue three can now be found at Niagara's latest movement in art innovation: </div><div style="text-align: center;">the <a href="http://indoorshoesrecordstore.bigcartel.com/">IndoorShoes Community Record Store</a>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">check them out :)</div><div style="text-align: center;">(they're on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/IndoorShoes-Community-Record-Store/143962512396253">facebook</a>, too!!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">*four lonnnng days until dg takes over the Vendor Bender!</div><div style="text-align: center;">we're pretty excited for our first art fair of 2012!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">if you're in St. Kitts on the 28th any time between 11am-5pm, come say hi!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">we'll be at the corner of James Street and St. Paul Street the whole day selling issues :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>dead (g)end(er)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15625335328857613471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111104779262278500.post-19622424727948403522012-04-18T17:40:00.000-04:002012-04-18T17:40:52.635-04:00Paige Ackerson-Kiely’s 'Book About a Candle Burning in a Shed' reviewed<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">a review of Paige Ackerson-Kiely’s 'Book About a Candle Burning in a Shed' (</span></i><i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.ca/">above/ground press</a></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, 2012) by writer and dg associate Amanda Roth:<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Book About a Candle Burning in a Shed</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">is just that, but also so much more.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Paige Ackerson-Kiely, currently of Vermont, has authored the poetry collections<span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><i>My Love is a Dead Arctic Explorer</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(Ahsahta Press, forthcoming), and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>In No One’s Land</i> (Ahsahta, 2007)—which won the Sawtooth Poetry Prize—and a limited edition art folio/collaboration,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>This Landscape</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(Argos Books, 2010).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Ackerson-Kiely’s first chapbook from <i>above/ground press</i> is a collection of prose poems which combine to produce a memoir dealing with the death of a girl in a small town, and an authority figure’s pursuit of justice amongst internal struggles of his own. It is with fervor and beauty that the author weaves together individual scenes to provide a unique display the whole storyline.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJBlAyGhXelKn8fC4Kq3bHqrqN4g-MlTeuYx0jVju_fKUDfDVrcr_j8yJsFjy_Zq8yrkYX_m9IpQ5rFiFw4bGR6ICLV3bd5sTBnXV6LVg9QgrOHLeIXPxpTUifwH_JpxeCxwRpmfex4c/s1600/dead+gender+magazine+Amanda+Roth+review+Paige+Ackerson-Kiely" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJBlAyGhXelKn8fC4Kq3bHqrqN4g-MlTeuYx0jVju_fKUDfDVrcr_j8yJsFjy_Zq8yrkYX_m9IpQ5rFiFw4bGR6ICLV3bd5sTBnXV6LVg9QgrOHLeIXPxpTUifwH_JpxeCxwRpmfex4c/s400/dead+gender+magazine+Amanda+Roth+review+Paige+Ackerson-Kiely" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Paige Ackerson-Kiely</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><b>Amanda Roth</b> is a freelance writer based in St. Catharines, Ontario with a strong passion for literature that explores historical, political and humanitarian themes. Her work has appeared in publications such as <i>The Brock Press</i>, <i>The Cord</i> and <i>The Martlet</i>, as well as online at <i>Grey Borders Reading Series</i> and <i>The Buddhist Channel</i>. She has also contributed to <i>Irregular Artifact Press</i>. You can find her online <a href="http://about.me/amandaannroth/">here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><b>Paige Ackerson-Kiely</b> authored the poetry collections <i>In No One’s Land</i> (Ahsahta, 2007), <i>My Love is a Dead Arctic Explorer</i> (Ahsahta, forthcoming) and a limited edition art folio/collaboration, <i>This Landscape</i> (Argos Books, 2010). Paige lives in rural Vermont, edits the poetry annual <i>A Handsome Journal</i>, and works at a homeless shelter.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="ecxmsonormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">thank you so much to Amanda Roth for this great review! :)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="ecxmsonormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">find out more about Paige and <i>Candle Burning in a Shed</i> from above/ground <a href="http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.ca/2011/09/new-from-aboveground-press-paige.html">here</a>!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="ecxmsonormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">come on by the corner of James Street and St. Paul Street in St. Catharines on Saturday, April 28th any time between 11am and 5pm to pick up dg, or just hangout and chat :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">PLEASE COME CHAT. I WILL BE THERE THE WHOLE TIME!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(if you're SUPER nice, you'll bring me vegan donuts from Rise Above!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">:)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">COME PARTY WITH US :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">more info on the fb <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/131620366967303/">event page</a>!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a sneak-peek at this bad boy:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdcAhGzcUyXyebqAAsCS4OqPDwsxaqHwlaJD8_jdaJze5Evt7TijjL9_9J1Llnm5QM4w2VlJZmDyN40PEP7cB0LE-MqwRGLw51OlJgcaKnTlewufj6MB6cAGa_RPVMFwl4Ec-OJSSf-aE/s1600/dead+gender+issue+three.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdcAhGzcUyXyebqAAsCS4OqPDwsxaqHwlaJD8_jdaJze5Evt7TijjL9_9J1Llnm5QM4w2VlJZmDyN40PEP7cB0LE-MqwRGLw51OlJgcaKnTlewufj6MB6cAGa_RPVMFwl4Ec-OJSSf-aE/s400/dead+gender+issue+three.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>dead (g)end(er)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15625335328857613471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111104779262278500.post-86172955864243710652012-04-02T14:31:00.002-04:002012-04-02T14:56:32.451-04:00our issue three sponsors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">we couldn't be more grateful for having received two wonderful sponsorships from two wonderful and independently owned Niagara organizations-- <a href="http://bangonhairsalon.wordpress.com/">Bang On Hair Salon</a> and <a href="http://www.indoorshoes.ca/">IndoorShoes Record Label</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">thank you so much to Bang On and IndoorShoes for their amazing support in helping to create issue three, and keeping dg NIAGARA OWNED!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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we couldn't have created such a great issue without their help!<br />
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*see you at the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/131620366967303/">launch party</a> in FIVE DAYS at the NAC on April 7th :)</div>dead (g)end(er)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15625335328857613471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111104779262278500.post-22981864522781196352012-03-29T15:58:00.010-04:002012-03-30T18:53:26.579-04:00two calls for submissions from Tightrope<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tightrope Books has two awesome calls for submissions ending this <b>Saturday, March 31st</b>!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">the first is for an anthology of love letters by Canadian poets—known and unknown—to be edited by Jeanette Lynes and David Eso!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"The editors are seeking communiqués by poets regarding relationships of <i>romantic love</i>. From courtship to heartache, from telegrams to emails, this collection will run the gamut." (<a href="http://blog.tightropebooks.com/2011/12/submission-call-poets-love-letters/">from the site</a>!)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">submit an electronic version of your letter(s), or scan the original(s) by <b>March 31st, 2012</b> to: <a href="mailto:poetsloveletters@tightropebooks.com">poetsloveletters@tightropebooks.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">*send your work with a cover page that includes your name, contact info, birthday, date the letter was created, and a brief bio (200 words or less).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">the other anthology—which I’m personally so stoked about— is called <i>I Found It at the Movies</i>, and is seeking new and previously published poems inspired by films! (to be edited by Ruth Roach Pierson and Sue MacLeod!)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"All styles and approaches welcome. We’re looking for poems that reference specific films or actors, genres of film, the act of movie-going or video-watching, or the intersections of movies and life." (<a href="http://blog.tightropebooks.com/2011/12/submission-call-poems-inspired-by-films/">from the site</a>!) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">submit no more than five poems as attachments to: <a href="mailto:filmpoems@gmail.com">filmpoems@gmail.com</a>, along with a brief biography by March 31st, 2012!</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Remix your favourite movie plot points into an epic lyric or experimental language poem about Netflix, Butter and Ben Affleck! Write a love poem to Denzel! Make the Genlyhall siblings fall in love! Take old Lindsay Lohan to see Mean Girls in 2004! Get creative!<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">the issue three launch will have art, lit, treats, friends, and tunes by a Niagara favourite:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>JULIANNA RIOLINO</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">we're kinda freaking out excited!<br />
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check out Julianna's <a href="http://www.facebook.com/juliannariolino">facebook page</a>, and <a href="http://juliannariolino.bandcamp.com/">bandcamp</a>!<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">and, here's an awesome music vid for her song 'So I can See':</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/35611202?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/35611202">JULIANNA RIOLINO - So I Can See</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/mitchfillion">Mitch Fillion (southernsouls.ca)</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">we CAN'T WAIT :)</div><div style="text-align: center;">see you all at the launch party on <b>Saturday, April 7th @7pm at the Niagara Artists' Centre</b> (354 St. Paul St., St. Kitts)!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">v dg v </div>dead (g)end(er)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15625335328857613471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111104779262278500.post-44380366627455352662012-03-22T18:33:00.001-04:002012-03-22T18:36:18.695-04:00a review of Rae Armantrout’s ‘Custom’<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">a review of </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Rae Armantrout</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">’s </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">'Custom' </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(<a href="http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.ca/">above/ground press</a>, 2012) by writer and dg associate Cassie Leigh:</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 18pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Language is a tricky thing. It can be used to tell us with a point-blank simplicity how things really are, or it can be used to envelope the truth in irony and elegant words that force a deeper look into what is between the lines. Rae Armantrout, part of the first generation of Language poets on the West Coast and 2010 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, finds a way to give us both in her chapbook <i>Custom</i>. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">At first read, Armantrout’s presentation is simple and graceful. The words fall into perfect place in the four poems (pulled from the scheduled 2013 release of a manuscript titled <i>Just Saying</i>), and we are lulled by the methodic and flowing nature of her poetic voice. There is something just below the surface, though, that begs for interpretation. Something past the beauty in her words calls out with a darker irony. I found myself reading and rereading these four poems, overwhelmed with what came out of each different examination.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Specifically, Armantrout’s title poem ‘Custom’ uses the everyday speech that she is best known for, but we are presented with a deeper question that is loosely hidden behind the simplicity. We are given an airport, a hotel, a plaid duvet and constant movement from terminal to terminal – and they are all regular, simple proclamations that sit on the surface of her words, in plain view. But with her last lines, Armantrout states that, </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 18pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">We are almost money. / We can wait at high speed.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The image of moving between terminals becomes the representation of people as nothing more than a transaction for big corporations, and any personality that could be represented from person to person fades away as quickly as the stripes of an old, plaid duvet.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The language of Rae Armantrout’s <i>Custom</i> remains vast and open. I find that there are so many layers to her writing that there will always be more that you can pull out from the grace of her words. From a simplicity to a complexity that begs for fight or flight, the journey that she takes you on in four short poems is overwhelming, subversive, and completely worth the trip.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">Cassie Leigh </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">has a mysteriously absent last name. She spends her days dealing with money, and her nights dealing with art. A current resident of St. Catharines, Cassie is co-editor of Irregular Artifact Press and has had work published in the anthologies 'looking for trees' and 'lapse'. Cassie has also won the Eleanor Abram Prize for fiction two years in a row - 2009 and 2010. In film, Cassie took part in the script creation of </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/19058625"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Apollo Boy</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">, the recipient of the People's Choice award in the 2011 Brock University's <i>Render This!</i> film festival. Currently, Cassie has book reviews forthcoming from </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://www.brokenpencil.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Broken Pencil</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"> and </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://www.bookshelf.ca/bookshelf_two.html"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Bookshelf 2.0</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">Wesleyan published <a href="http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/armantrout/"><b>Rae Armantrout’s</b> </a>most recent poetry collection, <a href="http://www.upne.com/0819571304.html"><i>Money Shot</i></a>, in January of 2011. Armantrout’s previous book, <a href="http://www.upne.com/0819568793.html"><i>Versed</i></a> (Wesleyan, 2009), received the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. <a href="http://www.upne.com/0819568201.html"><i>Next Life</i></a> (Wesleyan, 2007), was chosen as one of the 100 Notable Books of 2007 by <i>The New York Times</i>. Other recent books include <i>Collected Prose</i> (Singing Horse, 2007), <a href="http://www.upne.com/0819566977.html"><i>Up to Speed</i></a> (Wesleyan, 2004), <i>The Pretext</i> (Green Integer, 2001), and <a href="http://www.upne.com/0819564494.html"><i>Veil: New and Selected Poems</i></a> (Wesleyan University Press, 2001). Her poems have been included in anthologies such as <i>American Hybrid</i> (Norton, 2009), <i>Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology</i> (1993), <i>American Women Poets in the 21st Century: Where Language Meets the Lyric Tradition</i> (Wesleyan, 2002), <i>The Oxford Book of American Poetry </i>(Oxford, 2006) and <i>The Best American Poetry</i> of 1988, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007 and 2008. Armantrout received an award in poetry from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts in 2007 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2008. She is Professor of Poetry and Poetics at the University of California, San Diego. Writing in <i>Poetry</i> magazine, Ange Mlinko has said, “I would trade the bulk of contemporary anecdotal free verse for more incisive, chilling poetry like Armantrout’s. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #444444;">The poems gathered here [</span><span style="color: #444444;">in</span><i style="color: #444444;"> Custom</i><span style="color: #444444;">] are from a manuscript called </span><i style="color: #444444;">Just Saying</i> <span style="color: #444444;">due out in 2013.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #444444;">thanks so much to Cassie Leigh for this lovely review!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #444444;">find out more about <i>Custom</i> from above/ground press <a href="http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.ca/2012/01/new-from-aboveground-press-rae.html">here</a>!</span></span></div>dead (g)end(er)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15625335328857613471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111104779262278500.post-46699955341031878032012-03-18T16:01:00.005-04:002012-03-24T22:08:00.321-04:00issue three LAUNCH PARTY<div style="text-align: center;"><b>SATURDAY, APRIL 7TH @ 7pm</b> at the Niagara Artists' Centre (354 St. Paul Street, St. Kitts)!</div><div style="text-align: center;">dg celebrates the one year anniversary since our first issue--</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
more than fifty artists from six different countries published all out of one region: NIAGARA.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">come celebrate the power of the Niagara arts scene;</div><div style="text-align: center;">come celebrate our spectacular third issue :)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">readings and art displays by issue three contributors: Lisa Young, Jeremy Colangelo, Dillon Douglas, Victoria Jaski, Julie Gemuend, Katie Zack, and Daniel Manchego-Badiola!<br />
AND, a video presentation by Tracy Van Oosten!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
we are also excited to announce a special closing musical act in the next few days!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">FREE vegan treats from Rise Above!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">this event is sponsored by Steam Whistle!</div><div style="text-align: center;">and we are proud to provide alternative beverages for our straight edge friends and designated drivers!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">ahhh, CAN'T WAIT :) </div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">don't forget to RSVP and share on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/131620366967303/">facebook</a>!</div><div style="text-align: center;">you can also pre-order issue three <a href="http://deadgender.blogspot.com/p/issues.html">here</a> :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
*you don't have to live in a big city to do big things*<br />
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</div>dead (g)end(er)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15625335328857613471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111104779262278500.post-80924871550101627422012-03-05T18:55:00.006-05:002012-03-07T19:45:42.915-05:0021 jump street: the issue three line-up<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">TWENTY-ONE artists // FIVE countries // ONE magazine</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">AUSTRALIA, ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, NEW YORK CITY, VANCOUVER, TORONTO, HAMILTON and NIAGARA are just a few of the amazing places that the artists of issue three call home :)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">check out the amazing issue three line-up:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Sandra <b>ALLAND</b></span></div><div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Gary <b>BARWIN</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Eleanor <b>BENNETT</b></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Eugenia <b>CATROPPA</b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Jeremy <b>COLANGELO </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Matthew <b>DAVIES</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Dillon <b>DOUGLAS</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Jennifer <b>EMILY</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Julie <b>GEMUEND</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Dan <b>MANCHEGO-BADIOLA</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">D. Cole <b>OSSANDON</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Dorota <b>PANKOWSKA</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Jamison <b>SARTESCHI</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Richard <b>TRUHLAR</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Jacqueline <b>VALENCIA</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Tracy <b>VAN OOSTEN</b> & Victoria <b>JASKI</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Bec <b>WONDERS</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Liz <b>WORTH</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Lisa <b>YOUNG</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Katie <b>ZACK</b></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> thanks so much again to everyone who shared their work with us this round!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">you were all so lovely :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">more details about our contributors will be posted in the next couple weeks!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">this issue should be printed and available by the beginning of April-- </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">but, until then, you can <a href="http://deadgender.blogspot.com/p/issues.html">PRE-ORDER your copy of issue three here</a>!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">we're offering a limited time %20 discount on all pre-orders that are made in the next few weeks!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">or, you can even subscribe to the next TWO issues <a href="http://deadgender.blogspot.com/p/subscribe-to-dg.html">here</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">we print a very limited run of the mag, so pre-ordering ensures your copy of dg :)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">thank you so much again!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><b>*SAVE THE DATE! April 7th @ 7pm dg celebrates the launch of issue three at the Niagara Artists' Centre (354 St. Paul St., St. Catharines, Ont.)!*</b></span></div>dead (g)end(er)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15625335328857613471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111104779262278500.post-628551008097046342012-03-03T02:54:00.000-05:002012-03-03T02:54:48.494-05:00presenting the dg #3 cover!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICruUL6gECpJgb6pBZr1YlGbAiAZaa4jA0K_nSN8s6cZ_0gt3hM9vQ05X8MhWJp7PrgZo0XKBTgBj3bNalrqPftWB0ViJKAahB4ECgd1xIwkV8Sfu0kTZ6wIRN5194MSP0tDRTjRhRD8/s1600/david+o%27connor+dead+gender+magazine+issue+three+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICruUL6gECpJgb6pBZr1YlGbAiAZaa4jA0K_nSN8s6cZ_0gt3hM9vQ05X8MhWJp7PrgZo0XKBTgBj3bNalrqPftWB0ViJKAahB4ECgd1xIwkV8Sfu0kTZ6wIRN5194MSP0tDRTjRhRD8/s640/david+o%27connor+dead+gender+magazine+issue+three+cover.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">issue three cover by the always amazing <a href="http://www.deeohsee.com/">David O'Connor</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">*Dave will be hosting an art show in Hamilton on Friday, March 9th at Hammer City Records (228 James St. N., Hamilton, Ontario) where he'll be showing a lot of new work, and selling hundreds of original drawings! if you're in the area, please check it out and support Dave's awesome work :)</div>dead (g)end(er)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15625335328857613471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111104779262278500.post-17409746842634403832012-03-02T02:49:00.004-05:002012-03-03T02:52:09.713-05:00dg is now closed to submissions!<div style="text-align: center;">wow! thank you so much to everyone who shared their work with us!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">this round definitely involved some of the toughest decisions we've had to make yet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I could definitely see dg becoming a triannual magazine in the future-- there was way too much good work to choose from for this issue!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">we considered over two hundred and fifty pieces of art and lit for issue three!</div><div style="text-align: center;">we got submissions from everywhere around the world-- Australia, the U.S., Italy, all over the U.K., and all across Canada :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">almost all of our emails have been edited and sent, so we should be announcing our official line-up on Monday!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">we're so excited to unleash the issue three beast!<br />
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love you all,<br />
dg :)</div>dead (g)end(er)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15625335328857613471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111104779262278500.post-82705324044613363662012-02-22T18:38:00.001-05:002012-02-22T18:39:38.193-05:00issue three DEADLINEwe couldn't be happier or more excited about all the great submissions we've been going through, and all the amazing places that artists have been contacting us from!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">don't forget! the deadline for issue three is next <b>WEDNESDAY</b>, <b>FEBRUARY 29th</b>!</div><div style="text-align: center;">the sooner the better, so move your behinds :)</div><br />
we have a ridiculous amount of cool announcements to make over the next week or two, so stay tuned with us on our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/deadgender">facebook page</a>, or <a href="http://www.twitter.com/dead_gender">twitter</a>!<br />
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we're spending the next little while non-stop contacting people, and giving everything a second read! I'm not sure whether that means we'll be available online way more or way less, so I'll just apologize now for either scenario-- hahahaha!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">*if you're waiting on an email update or confirmation from dg, expect one over the next couple days :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">also! are you on Last.fm? we just got an account!</div><div style="text-align: center;">you can check out what we're listening to while we read over submissions :) </div><div style="text-align: center;">I wanna know what you're playing too, though-- so friend us <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/deadgendermag">here</a>!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">we'll update you all on issue three again soon!</div><div style="text-align: center;">love,</div><div style="text-align: center;">v dg v<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">this event goes down on <b>Tuesday</b>, <b>March 20</b><sup>th</sup> at Isaac’s Bar and Grill on the Brock U campus (500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines, Ont.) from <b>6pm</b> until <b>9pm</b>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">the competition is open for all Brock students to take part in, but—of course—everyone is invited to come watch and enjoy the night!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">tickets are only $2 in advance (through tabling in Mackenzie Chown, or by emailing <a href="mailto:sjc@busu.net">sjc@busu.net</a>), or $4 at the door! there will be snacks, treats, and refreshments available, as well!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">if you’re a Brock student and would like to take part in the competition, you’re encouraged to submit your entries to <a href="mailto:sjc@busu.net">sjc@busu.net</a> as soon as possible! (the <b>deadline for submissions is March 16<sup>th</sup></b>, <b>2012</b>.)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">one of the many thrilling things about this event is that the competition will be guest judged by acclaimed dub-poet <a href="http://poets.ca/members_data/Michael%20St.%20George">Michael St. George</a>! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">all proceeds from the evening will be going to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%20http://www.turnaroundproject.ca/index.php%09">Turn Around Projects for the Arts</a>! ("a not-for-profit organization with the mission to create and maintain integrated arts projects, which promote reciprocal exchange in order to impact and strengthen communities.")</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">dg cannot wait for this event, and we’ll hopefully have full coverage of it for all those who may not be able to attend! </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">i hope this will eventually be a region wide event, but focus on students is awesome, too :)</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">make sure you <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/278021602263839/">RSVP ON FB</a></span> :)</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">v SEE YOU THERE v</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">so, LET'S TEAM UP :)</div><br />
we can help spread word about your zine/zine distro in all kinds of awesome places! we've shipped across Canada, the U.S. (including Los Angeles and New York City), the UK, and Australia! <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">HOW IT WORKS: mail any amount of zines you'd like to dg's evil headquarters, (feel free to also send business cards/stickers/buttons,) and when someone orders a copy of dg, we send them your work along with the mag! :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">you can find our shipping address on the <a href="http://deadgender.blogspot.com/p/contact.html">contact page</a> of our site,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but please toss us an email with any questions or concerns you might have first! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="mailto:deadgender.mag@gmail.com">deadgender.mag@gmail.com</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">can't wait to feature you!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">:)</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>dead (g)end(er)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15625335328857613471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111104779262278500.post-84229694833294208582012-01-30T01:17:00.004-05:002012-01-30T18:35:12.179-05:00Rae Spoon invades St. Catharines - by Amanda Roth<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX7mPgJgVed0lbe_vLmwFV_3w9_RvdkXerTbwCQpErJtEhNwwaLtfRhBzeB5SzD3cgeUc2jsiC9Mc8fpKKcTteEAhwd9xiV5yXh-EDQWbPxpUliRCZSu8v_oMrxS8kgssPuhGh0Onxaw8/s1600/raespoon51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX7mPgJgVed0lbe_vLmwFV_3w9_RvdkXerTbwCQpErJtEhNwwaLtfRhBzeB5SzD3cgeUc2jsiC9Mc8fpKKcTteEAhwd9xiV5yXh-EDQWbPxpUliRCZSu8v_oMrxS8kgssPuhGh0Onxaw8/s400/raespoon51.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Rae Spoon performs at dg/QAN's night of music and poetry on Thurs., January 26th, 2012.</span></span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">One by one, guests filtered into the venue, removing hats, hoods and jackets, wiping damp strands of hair from their faces and buzzing in excitement for a night full of poetry, music and a long-anticipated performance by <a href="http://www.raespoon.com/">Rae Spoon</a>.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">On January 26th, presenters <i>dead gender magazine</i> and Queer Action Niagara did not disappoint as they welcomed four incredibly talented artists to perform an all-ages show at <a href="http://artisandoughnuts.blogspot.com/">Rise Above Restaurant & Bakery</a> in downtown St. Catharines.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">To kick the night off, poet and playwright Shannon Maguire performed a number of her works. Maguire, co-cultivator of AvantGarden, an experimental text and sound based performance series in Toronto, ON, was shortlisted for the 2011 Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry for her piece “Fur(l) Parachute”. Her work has appeared in CV2, Gulch: An Assemblage of Poetry and Prose and Nightwood Theatre’s 4x4 Off Road Festival, among other places.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Maguire roused and captivated audience members especially with her performance of the highly satirical poem, “The Fruit Machine”.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">After a brief break, local experimental hip-hop artist <a href="http://www.myspace.com/lestackmusic">Le Stack</a> took to the stage with an energetic performance, spitting out lyrics with extreme passion and political prowess. Le Stack’s highly charged lyrics and contagious beats roused guests in preparation for the night of dancing ahead of them.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">“Let’s get homophobia and sexism the fuck out of hip hop,” Le Stack exclaimed during one memorable song, rousing a greatly enthusiastic reaction from the audience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Next to perform was Matt Ossias, a local electronic musician and member of the band <a href="http://flavors.me/jouissance">Jouissance</a>. Matt provided the audience with an entrancing selection of electronic creations, often leaving his computer to join those dancing in the audience.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Lastly, with people packed into the small, homey venue, and some even lined up outside, the much-anticipated Rae Spoon took the stage for the final performance of the night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Rae is a transgendered indie/electronic musician from Calgary, AB who has released five full-length solo albums, one of which (<i>superioryouareinferior</i>) was long listed for the <i>Polaris Prize</i> in 2008. They were also nominated for two <i>CBC Radio Bucky Awards</i> in 2010. Currently living in Montreal, Rae has just released their sixth album, <i>I Can’t Keep All Of Our Secrets</i> (2012).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Over the past ten years, Rae has gathered quite an extensive grassroots following, touring throughout Canada as well as internationally. Outside of their work as a performing/recording artist, Rae has also done work on multi-media projects and the composition of instrumental music for films such as the NFB documentary <i>Dead Man </i>directed by Chelsea McMullan (Toronto International Film Festival, 2009).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Rae Spoon has been an increasingly influential figure in the trans community and has brought to light the debate over the use of gendered pronouns and the right for a person to choose their own pronoun. In the spirit of this cause, Rae teamed up with fellow musician and performer Elisha Lim for the duet “Stand By Your Trans”, a love song to the trans community. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">For their performance, Rae played songs from a variety of their albums, from their most recent to <i>loveisahunter</i> (2010); songs like “Come On Forest Fire Burn The Disco Down” and “You Can Dance” had the crowd singing along to every word.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Bringing audience members to their feet with their catchy lyrics and enthralling rhythms, Rae brought an infectious energy to the room that soon drew in all audience members. Once finished their performance, Rae was quickly called back to the microphone for an encore.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">dead (g)end(er) is now accepting submissions for their third issue, Spring 2012, due February 29, 2012. Queer Action Niagara is hosting a screening of “Genderf*kation: A Gender Emancipation” at 7pm on January 30, 2012 at Brock University, Plaza 308.</span></i><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">it is with great thanks to <a href="http://about.me/amandaannroth/">Amanda Roth</a> that dg is able to present photos from/coverage of last week's Rae Spoon night of music and poetry! please check out Amanda's contact info <a href="http://about.me/amandaannroth/">here</a> if you'd like coverage of your next event! she did an amazing job :)</span></b></div></div>dead (g)end(er)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15625335328857613471noreply@blogger.com0