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The Radvocate #14
The Radvocate #14
Welcome to the fourteenth issue of The Radvocate. What started in 2011 as a poorly-xeroxed cry for artistic solidarity in the form of a zine, morphed into an open-sourced platform of expression. A like-minded community of artists was formed: poets, authors, artists, photographers, columnists, videographers, journalists, and many more joined together from all over the country to make the eclectic issues a reality. In those flimsy paper copies, the soul of The Radvocate was forged, an irreverent but proud spirit which carries on to this day.
In 2015, So Say We All, a San Diego-based literary arts non-profit, joined with The Radvocate to release a new kind of literary magazine. The goal was to shine it's own way in the face of conformity, to create a radical space for fiction, non-fiction and poetry to flourish. In a departure from the norm, the work that is and will be featured in The Radvocate champions a new kind of community, free of the traditional boundaries and procedures of other lit mags.
What you hold in your hands is the result of that thinking, the combined efforts of talented up-and-coming writers and a small team of dedicated individuals who believe in our cause. We have a simple objective: to plant our flag in the soil of literary arts and fly it high, letting those who would criticize think what they may. Where others would wait around to wait for someone to give them their chance, we are carving our own niche in the face of indifference, screaming our existence to the world. The first shot has been fired. How will you respond?
Get rad.
In 2015, So Say We All, a San Diego-based literary arts non-profit, joined with The Radvocate to release a new kind of literary magazine. The goal was to shine it's own way in the face of conformity, to create a radical space for fiction, non-fiction and poetry to flourish. In a departure from the norm, the work that is and will be featured in The Radvocate champions a new kind of community, free of the traditional boundaries and procedures of other lit mags.
What you hold in your hands is the result of that thinking, the combined efforts of talented up-and-coming writers and a small team of dedicated individuals who believe in our cause. We have a simple objective: to plant our flag in the soil of literary arts and fly it high, letting those who would criticize think what they may. Where others would wait around to wait for someone to give them their chance, we are carving our own niche in the face of indifference, screaming our existence to the world. The first shot has been fired. How will you respond?
Get rad.
115 pages, Paperback
First published September 2, 2016
113 people want to read
About the author
Matt E. Lewis
7 books30 followersMatt Lewis is the editor of Ayahuasca Publishing, founding editor of The Radvocate magazine, and co-editor of the horror anthology series States of Terror.
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Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews
June 23, 2017
Get rad.
February 19, 2020
Such compelling storytelling. Almost all the short stories are great, there are some very very talented female writers that absorb you into the story and leave you wondering why are those stories not turned into books.
The poetry on the other hand is mostly flat except for a few notable ones.
The poetry on the other hand is mostly flat except for a few notable ones.
September 6, 2016
A really cool collection of short fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. Some of it is sweet, some of it is heartbreaking, and lots of it is quite weird. It's a great mix.
September 17, 2016
A great literary magazine that publishes stuff you'll not see elsewhere, especially this issue.
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July 25, 2017Rating: 3 1/2. Some good writing here. Some other writing as well.
Favorites:
"I Guess I Owe You a Mythology" - Harley Lethalm (short story)
"Headless Angels" - Laura Preble (short story about a musician couple in New Orleans)
"Notes from the Donut Hole" - Eric Raymond (dystopian short story)
Your emptiness is so vast
I've been lost in it for years
sending up signal flares
that tumble smoking to the sand
and roll away in the corner of your eye.
- Jamie Sullivan, "Dear John"
All around you everyone is dying,
and lonely is a twilight
you haven't yet begun to hold.
- Meggie Royer, "From the Vampire"
Note: This review does not reflect my opinion of So Say We All.
Favorites:
"I Guess I Owe You a Mythology" - Harley Lethalm (short story)
"Headless Angels" - Laura Preble (short story about a musician couple in New Orleans)
"Notes from the Donut Hole" - Eric Raymond (dystopian short story)
Your emptiness is so vast
I've been lost in it for years
sending up signal flares
that tumble smoking to the sand
and roll away in the corner of your eye.
- Jamie Sullivan, "Dear John"
All around you everyone is dying,
and lonely is a twilight
you haven't yet begun to hold.
- Meggie Royer, "From the Vampire"
Note: This review does not reflect my opinion of So Say We All.
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews