Versal literary journal

Versal is an English-language literary journal that publishes poetry, prose and art.[1] It was founded in 2002 by American poet Megan M. Garr (editor)[2] and is published by wordsinhere, a literary organization in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[3] In 2009, Poets & Writers magazine listed Versal as One of '22 lit mags that do more for your work.'[4]

Versal publishes both new and established writers from around the world, including Argentina, Uruguay, Morocco, Romania, the United Kingdom, Germany, China, South Africa, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Croatia, Hungary, the United States, Canada, France and Australia. Its editor Megan M. Garr has, in the Versal 7 and 8 editorials, on the Versal blog and in an interview,[5] discussed the connections between Versal and translocality.[6][7] Garr was also a panelist at the 2011 Prague Microfestival of Literature[8] at which translocality was a central theme. The text of Garr's presentation during the panel can be found on Versal's blog.

Versal is archived at the National Library of the Netherlands, ISSN is 1573-2207.

Staff
  • Editor: Megan M. Garr
  • Managing Editor: Sarah Ream
  • Poetry Editor: Megan M. Garr
  • Fiction Editor: Robert Glick
  • Art Editor: Shayna Schapp

Assistant Editors:

Contributors

The journal's contributors include:

"Versal" 10

Shifa Ali
Matthew Baker
Christophe Brunski
Caetano Carvalho
Serena Chopra
Cody-Rose Clevidence
Hannah Cooke
Erin Costello
Renee Couture
Kathryn Cowles
Ruth Danon
Tamar de Kemp
Neil de la Flor
Eleanor DesPrez
Laura Eve Engel
Gerald Fleming
Roxane Gay
Luke Andrew Geddes
James Grinwis
Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick
Susan van Hengstum
Geoff J. Kim
Ish Klein
Daniel Takeshi Krause
Laurence Levy
Philip Lüschen
J. Annie MacLeod
Julia Madsen
Eric Magrane
Dora Malech
Ben Merriman
Rusty Morrison
Bill Neumire
Lisa Annelouise Rentz
Andrew Michael Roberts
Kayla Romberger
Brandon Shimoda
Candy Shue
Lee Sittler
Kristine Snodgrass
Joe Sobel
Freddy Tuppen
Siobhan Wall
Judith Westerveld
Bess Winter
Amy Wright
Jessica Young
Victor Zwiers

Versal 9

Louis Armand
Stace Budzko
Yago Cura
Heather Hartley
Rochelle Hurt
Stacy Kidd
Jane Lewty
Nate Liederbach
Tony Mancus
Antoinette Nausikaä
Alice Notley
Maya Sarishvili
Amy Touchette
Ken White

Versal 8

Carlos Barbarito (trans by Laura Chalar)
Chung Ho-seung (trans by Mia You)
Neil de la Flor
Michael Genovese
Kim Holleman
Paul Lisson
Norman Lock
Kuzhali Manickavel
Laura Mullen
Kerri Rosenstein
Selah Saterstrom
Maureen Seaton
Brandon Shimoda
Kristine Snodgrass

Versal 7

Agustina Bazterrica
Emily Carr
Joel Fishbane
Albane Gellé (trans by Jennifer K. Dick)
Elizabeth Gross
Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé
Mary Miller
Trey Moody
Sawako Nakayasu
Rufo Quintavalle
Peter Shippy
Nicole Walker
Jessica Young

Versal 6

Wiljan van den Akker
Marosa di Giorgio
Ben Doller
Emmanuel Moses (trans by Marilyn Hacker)
Takashi Hiraide (trans by Sawako Nakayasu)
Sándor Kányádi
David Miller
Xiao Kaiyu (trans by Alistair Noon)
Dawn Lonsinger
Jenny Arnold
Selfa Chew
Alex Piperno
Jennifer Arcuni
Sandra Jensen

Versal 5

Vesna Biga
Jeffrey Beam
Tsead Bruinja
Myronn Hardy
Theodore Worozbyt
Kelly Zen-Yie Tsia
Joseph Radke
Julie Marie Wade
Andrew Michael Roberts
Josh Hockensmith
Alissa Nutting
Billy O’Callaghan
Mary Buchinger

Versal 4

Helen Degen Cohen
Robert Glick
Tatjana Lukic
Alex Piperno
Claire Potter
Mark Terrill
Aleida Rodriguez

Versal 3

Marilyn Hacker
Naomi Shihab Nye
Russell Edson
Julie Doxsee
Barbara Jane Reyes
Joanna Klink
Sandy Florian

Versal 2

L. Ward Abel
Kate Foley
Noah Eli Gordon
Claudia Grinnell
Rob McLennan
Michael Rothenberg
Larry Sawyer
Joshua Marie Wilkinson
Sonia Zagwyn

Reviews

Prizes and features
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gollark: Humans with ~current technology, even.
gollark: It's not reasonable to just assume that the hyperadvanced aliens checking out some other planet will just be basically humans with fancy ships.
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gollark: Why would they not:- look at stuff from orbit beforehand, or send unmanned probes- have at least basic weaponry available for defense against possibly hostile native life- have waaaay better medical technology and/or environmental protection stuff, thus making the deinosuchi not very threatening

References
  1. Matthews, Katherine Oktober (May 2011), "Versal 9", Time Out Amsterdam (32).
  2. Napp, Gregory. "New Issue Review: Versal no. 5". Luna Park Review.
  3. Daryanani, Shyama (10–16 May 2007), "V for 5 and Versal", Amsterdam Weekly, 4 (19).
  4. "22 lit mags that do more for your work", Poets & Writers (published 2009), 37 (3), May–June 2009, ISSN 0891-6136
  5. Zhicheng-Mingde, Desmond Kon (16 March 2009), "Translocal Lit: Interview with Megan M. Garr, Editor of Versal", Luna Park Review, archived from the original on June 19, 2010
  6. Wojtowicz, Ewa (2002), "Global vs. Local? The Art of Translocality", Art Inquiry. Recherches Sur les Arts, IV (XIII).
  7. Garr, Megan M. (2006), "Amsterdam state of mind", in Krabbendam, Diana (ed.), Amsterdam Index: a shortcut to creative Amsterdam, BSI Publishers, ISBN 978-90-6369-150-9
  8. Delbos, Stephan. "Prague Microfestival of Literature". The Prague Post.
  9. Poets & Writers, 2005, ISSN 0891-6136 Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. TimeOut (published 2009) (13), p. 19, October 2009, ISSN 0929-6700 Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. "The Indie Innovators", Poets & Writers, 38 (6), 2010, ISSN 0891-6136

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