Durable Goods Issue 32

Durable Goods Issue 32

Featured Writers:

Gillian Prew

Michael H. Brownstein

Aleathia Drehmer

This issue sort of gets back to nature in some ways and allows the reader to see the touching things hiding between the cracks.

Durable Goods offers a yearly subscription of 22 issues for only $10 domestic and $12 for international/Canada.  It is published every 2 weeks except in November and December when it is published once in the month.  Each issue comes with a hand written quote card that only subscribers and distributors get.  If you are interested in becoming a Durable subscriber you can send well concealed cash, check or use paypal (windwitch27@yahoo.com).  Please make any checks out to Aleathia Drehmer and send to:

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Durable Goods Issue 31: Translation Germany

Durable Goods Issue 31

Translation Germany

Featured Writers:

LaDonna Witmer

Claudia Bierschenk

Issue 31 is the last in the present series of translation issues and I think we end it on a strong note.  LaDonna Witmer is a stunning writer and visual artist from California who sculpts words with a sharp knife in the most delicate of ways.  She is a maker of cinepoems (short films of her work) and has had me interested in her work since I saw the first one several years ago.

Claudia Bierschenk is the translator for this issue and her eagerness to get LaDonna's work just right impressed me.  Claudia's own work is something that smacks you in the face and leaves you wondering where you have just been.  She has appeared in Durable Goods previously and has received a nomination for that work for a Pushcart Prize.

In the future there will be more translation issues as offers to translate work into Italian and Polish have already come down the pike.  Thank you for enjoying these diversions.

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Durable Goods and the Denver Zine Library

Durable Goods is happy to announce (albeit a bit late) that they are now archived at The Denver Zine Library in Denver, Colorado.  This is great news and just the sort of organization that we love to support.  The DZL is volunteer run and not-for-profit.

They have over 10,000 zines from all over the world archived in their place and are open on the weekends and by appointment for folks to come in and read the zines.  Once you are a regular....you can check zines out from the lending library.  DZL also has community workshops, hosts local events and produces zine readings.

You can read more about all the great things going on at The Denver Zine Library by going to:   http://www.denverzinelibrary.org/

Thanks to JD Nelson (again) for the direction to contact them.

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Durable Goods Issue 30: Translation: Brazil

Durable Goods Issue 30

Translation: Brazil

Featured Writers:

Annie Menebroker

Beto Palaio

This is the second issue that features a translation of work into another language.  The language of Brazil is Portuguese and this issue has a special place in my heart as the very first poem I ever had published in another language was in Portuguese.  It was how I met Beto Palaio and how I struck up a curious friendship that in many ways, saved my life.

This issue features the marvelous work of Annie Menebroker who is not only an amazing female writer, but a humble one as well.  In the beginning I was unsure she would be willing to donate her work and I was beyond thrilled that she did.  Her poem is a touching remembrance that speaks volumes in English and glides along in Portuguese.

Beto Palaio is a wonderful man and a writer who is always trying to push the boundaries of his own work.  He works tirelessly at learning English and brings a special enthusiasm to the table.  He loves art and beauty and words and it is my pleasure to also feature two of his poems in this issue.

This is also a limited run of 100.

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Durable Goods Issue 29: Translations: France

Photo by Nadine Sellers

Durable Goods Issue 29

Translation: France

Featured Writers:

James H. Duncan

Nadine Sellers

This issue marks a new milestone for Durable Goods as it is a double issue.  The production for this was extensive, but well worth it.  I wanted to feature a longer piece of work by a writer and give that writer the joy of having their work translated into another language.  I am so very lucky to know bilingual writers who are willing to donate their talents to make this project happen.  As a thank you for their skills, I also featured their work in both English and their native language.

Issue 29 features a brillant and tortured poem from James H. Duncan that reads as well in French as it does in English.  Nadine Sellers is a writer and musician originally from France and has been featured in Durable Goods in the very beginning of this adventure and it is my honor to be able to share more of her work with you.  The photographs featured in this issue are also from Nadine Sellers.

I hope you enjoy this issue if you are able to find one.  There was a limited printing of 100.

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Durable Goods Issue 28

Durable Goods Issue 28

Featured Writers:

Nabina Das

JD Nelson

Aleathia Drehmer

On the winds of ancient gods this issue goes out to:  New Jersey (3), Colorado, California (10), Florida (2), North Carolina (6), Illinois (3), Massachusetts, Missouri (3), New York (6), Georgia, Arizona (2), Oregon, Washington (2), Ohio (3), Rhode Island, Pennsylvania (2), Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, England (3), Canada, and India.

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Durable Goods Issue 27

Durable Goods Issue 27

Featured Writers:

Jenni Fagan

Joseph Ridgwell

Aleathia Drehmer

This issue is floating through porticos to:  England (3), California (9), Florida (3), North Carolina (4), Illinois (3), Massachussets, New Jersey, Missouri (2), Washington (2), New York (4), Georgia, Arizona (2), Oregon (3), Michigan (2), Ohio (3), Minnesota, Connecticut, Pennsylvania (2), and New Zealand.

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