Summer 2012 Issue of Goblin Fruit is Live!

So, um, summer Goblin Fruit. When it went live I was on a short hiatus of sorts due to various and sundry health issues. But I read it! Cover to cover! and was seized by Unbearable Editorial and Artistic Jealousy!

First of all, there is a gorgeous art which reminded me of mine, but is vastly BETTER. Also has ships innit. Also you can buy some of this art as hair ornaments, which is, you would hopefully agree, a glorious achievement if only because there is hardly ever any hair jewelry ever, let alone as gorgeous as....

*ahem*

Moving right along.

Then there are the poems, many of which I would love to have grasped in my grubby not-so-little editoral hands.. For example, the ever elusive fat acceptance poem is represented here in glory (by Cassie Premo Steele). And yet another example, if one is needed, is Burnt Lyric by Sofia Samatar. That poem about slew me (Sing La!). There are more poems in there, many that are LONG. Glorious poems.

So go read it, because in my burning firebirdlike jealousy I am just not going to be coherent here. SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

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Originally posted by tithenai at Summer 2012 Issue of Goblin Fruit is Live!The Summer 2012 issue of Goblin Fruit is live! With poems by Edgar Mason, Catt Kingsgrave, Sonya Taaffe, Ingrid Steblea, Cassie Premo Steele, Melissa Frederick, Adrienne J. Odasso, Foz Meadows, Francesca Forrest, CSE Cooney, Ruby Sara, Amanda Reck, Dominik Parisien, Sofia Samatar, and Mari Ness, as well as art by the magnificent Betsie Withey.

Behold!



It is no hyperbole to say that I am in love with this issue. asakiyume has aptly demonstrated why that is a perfectly reasonable reaction to have.

A few words about Betsie Withey: I have mentioned her here before, and those of you who attended Wiscon 34 in 2010 may have purchased some of her flower barrettes and headbands. You may also have seen the incredible fibre art dress* that won her a Best in Show award. She's basically completely amazing, and I can't recommend her work enough. I want a garden of things made by her hands.

Also, if you, like me, love knowing about the genesis of poems, you might be interested in checking out CSE Cooney talking about the conception of her first villanelle, or Sonya Taaffe mentioning the inspiration behind her Lyric Fragment.

Enjoy!


*That's Goblin Fruit Assistant Editor Caitlyn A. Paxson modelling that dress. As she does.