ISSUE 2

ISSUE #2

Editors note:
#1 was really a mess (albeit a fascinating and incredibly promising, but it was all over the place). But it wasn't a bad thing. I thought it would be good to let Brave New Word to grow naturally for some time without pretending that i'm a good editor (because i'm not).

Some say that putting the sophomore issue is a harder task than doing the first one. It wasn't like that for me this time. The turnaround for #2 was just somewhere around a month and it was quickly packed with lots of great stuff. Look at the line-up: you can see the works of great Erica Baum and awesome Agam Andreas; marvelous poems by Michael Dec, L. G. Corey, Patrick Hartigan and Lauri Hei; super collages from Hiromi Suzuki and J4; enchanting visual poetry from Matron Koppany, Jozsef Biro, Vsevolod Vlaskine and Sacha Archer.

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Table of Contents

1. Erica Baum - Contents
2. L.G. Corey - Four poems
3. Vsevolod Vlaskine - Seaweed came and stayed
4. Lauri Hei - Five poems
5. J4 - Twelve collages
6. Michael Dec - Five poems
7. Jozsef Biro - Six visual poems
8. Patrick Playter Hartigan - Seven poems
9. Marton Koppany - Johnson & Johnson (and one more)
10. Agam Andreas - Poems and Images
11. Sacha Archer - excerpts from KIM
12. Hiromi Suzuki - Price Tags

Patrick Playter Hartigan - Seven Poems

Patrick Playter Hartigan coined the term "concrete formalism" to describe written poetry that employs repetitive structural dynamics as being central to method and meaning. His writing tends toward a box form that can be seen in many of his books, published through his own press, Double Movement Publications. His blog and Facebook Group, both called Concrete Formalist Poetry, have been operating since 2008. Patrick lives in Portland, Oregon with his son, Jackson, and his wife, Endi Bogue Hartigan, who he met at the Iowa Writer's Workshop. 

Announcing Brave New Word #2

Ladies and gentlemen!

It was far weirder than i thought but Issue #2 is ready and it will go live on February 6.

Issue line-up:

• Erica Baum 
• L.G. Corey
• Lauri Hei
• J4
• Hiromi Suzuki 
• Michael Dec
• Jozsef Biro
• Patrick Playter Hartigan
• Marton Koppany 
• Vsevolod Vlaskine 
• Agam Andreas
• Sacha Archer