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

Alexandra Naughton - Wakka Wakka Wakka

Alexandra Naughton is a writer based in Richmond, California. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of Be About It Press, established in 2010.

She is the author of six poetry collections including You Could Never Objectify Me More Than I've Already Objectified Myself (Punk Hostage Press, 2015), I Wish You Never Emailed Me (Ghost City Press, 2016), and Rapid Transit (Nomadic Press, 2018). Her first novel, American Mary, was published by Civil Coping Mechanisms in 2016.

Ariel Riveros Pavez - T'N'I

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

Alan Sondheim - schisms/intruder/ruptures

Alan Sondheim is an American poet, critic, musician, artist, and theorist of cyberspace.

Michael J Maguire - Consider (Waiting for) the commuter bus…

DR MICHAEL J. MAGUIRE
Teacher, Writer, and Consultant in Ireland

"I am a Director of Development, Senior Lecturer, Writer, and Business Consultant currently living in Ireland and working where I'm needed.

I am a proud, Irishman, European and Global citizen.

My interests range from art, to innovation, digital creativity, creative technologies applied to business, business practices and broader society.

I am specifically interested in writing, business, code, games, art, general technological evolution, and academia"

Paul Corman-Roberts - Break Up Series

Paul Corman-Roberts is the author of the full length poetry collection "Water for a Brokedown Moon" forthcoming from Nomadic Press in 2020. Other collection titles include "We Shoot Typewriters" (Nomadic Press 2015) "Notes From an Orgy" (Paper Press 2014) and "19th Street Station" (Full of Crow Chap Series 2011.) He teaches to young students in Oakland CA who call him a "crackhead Santa Claus" and he still loves them.

Talan Memmott - google result sonnets

Talan Memmott is a digital writer/artist/theorist. Memmott has taught and been a researcher in digital art, digital design, electronic writing, new media studies, and digital culture at University of California Santa Cruz; University of Bergen; Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona, Sweden; California State University Monterey Bay; the Georgia Institute of Technology; University of Colorado Boulder; and the Rhode Island School of Design. He is currently Assistant Professor of Creative Digital Media at Winona State University.