ISSUE 14 Nimbus Memorial Special

Editor's Note:

You know - sometimes you need try something completely different in order to move on. And sometimes - this means you need to give up on control and let things come together differently.
That's what happened with this issue.
I decided to take a back seat and make an issue, but not an issue of Brave New Word. Instead, i've decided to provide a platform for another magazine that was unjustly shut down before it could really blossom.

The magazine i'm talking about is Nimbus. It was a Facebook-based publication all about exasperated tongue-in-cheek mocking of self-serious digital publications that have more bark than bite.

Here's what Nimbus editor Jeremy Hight says:

"Nimbus was created initially as a conceptual prank.  The initial idea and posts were absurd exaggerated characters parodying clichés of publishing.  

The work also was intended to explore the concept of a literary magazine existing in an alternative and seemingly unusual space like within a social media platform in a place for events or selling products.  

The quality of works almost immediately pushed it to a level of a truly high quality publication of text and image works from around the world. It only lasted 3 weeks as Facebook anonymously engineered breaking the notes function making it impossible to function."

So - after the unfortunate shutdown happened - i thought - why don't make a memorial issue - so that everyone could experience what the Nimbus was outside Facebook? That's how this issue came together.

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Issue Line-up:

1. Vuk Cosic - A KICK IN THE AI
2. Talan Memmott - google result sonnets
3. Annie Bergson - Five Word Clouds
4. Louise Bak - Tegument 
5. Margie Schnibbe - Two Pieces
6. Paul Corman-Roberts - Break Up Series
7. Shane Jesse Christmass - Two Visual Pieces
8. Michael J Maguire - Consider (Waiting for) the commuter bus… 
9. John Trubee - T'n'I
10. Alan Sondheim - schisms/intruder/ruptures
11. Ariel Riveros Pavez - T'N'I
12. Jeremy Hight - Gerald prefers it this way
13. Alexandra Naughton - Wakka Wakka Wakka
14. Borys Tsyperdyuk - Not Giving a Damn: The Frequencies

Ariel Riveros Pavez - T'N'I

Ariel Riveros is a multiartist and theorist in the medical humanities.