Ralph-Michael Chiaia reviews Dancing on Thin Ice by George Anderson.

Ra Gabriel for President

Ra Gabriel for President! Well he didn't quite make it, but he did interview Andy Riverbed. See next post for links and more info. On the right you'll see one of the drawings from Damaged -- Riverbed's new book, now available for pre-order from the Coatlism Bookstore (http://coatlism.litchaos.com/)

Michael Frissore wrote a great review about Bill Maher.

Also, another great piece by Aimee DeLong from Yellow Mama.

Norman Ball suggested a poster with every contributor's name on it for next issue. Anybody want to make a cool poster for it? If so, send us an email at submit.k.os (at) gmail.com and make your best pitch.

Also, don't forget about the Audio and Print Issue Submissions to the same address as above. We've received some very interesting stuff so far. Keep it coming.

Andy Riverbed reads some Ra!

Check out Andy Riverbed reading translations of Ra Gabriel's poetry (Spanish and English). Also, don't forget to click the newest issue of litchaos.com where you'll find an interview with Ra and Andy. You can pre-order Damaged, Riverbed's book, at the Coatlism Bookstore.

What's on the stove?

Lit Chaos is putting the finishing touches and bubble wrap on issue #41. It's going to be a very special issue with artwork, videos, fiction, poetry, an audio interview, and an online chapbook.


A blog that litchaos.com suggests:
MOTIF XS (http://motifxs.blogspot.com/)

Check out these publishing opportunities

• Coatlism Poetry Book Prize
  
• Lit Chaos Experimental Fiction Prize (If on a fall crack-of-dawn a web-surfer...prize) 
  
• Audio Issue Submissions
  

Check the site for updated guidelines, opportunities, and new experimental work. We're assembling Issue #41 now with new videos, poetry, fiction, and more. 

Andy Riverbed chats with Ralph-Michael Chiaia in an Audio Interview

October 4th, 2008 -- Andy Riverbed and Ralph-Michael Chiaia got together for a phone interview. Chatting from Gainesville, Florida Andy Riverbed reveals some intimate details of his past including how he put together his new book Damaged, how he met Damaged artist William Joyner Jr., and how he found himself in boot camp in Puerto Rico. This interview will be in the next issue of litchaos.com.

The Moon is Out

Issue #40 has great artwork by Bruce New and Peter Schwartz, a video by Ralph-Michael Chiaia, and poetry and fiction by Michael Estabrook, Linda Lerner, Korl Miere, Greggory Moore, Nikesh Murali

Michael Estabrook Korl Miere Peter Schwartz Kurt Remington Solo Hawkins

Linda Lerner Ralph-Michael Chiaia Greggory Moore Nikesh Murali Bruce New

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Keeping in touch with you

We are working on issue #40 right now. We have some new ideas, an audio issue, podcasts for writing tips and promotion, and more great work -- including our first online chapbook. 

I really apologize for being so erratic with responses. The summer is crazy. We should be back on a regular schedule again and thank all of you for bearing with us. 

Still the site is better than ever, and it's just in its infancy. Join the wiki and get involved with making it the pre-eminent experimental writing and art website on the web. 

We will be hosting a new experimental fiction contest. Press Release

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To check some new, experimental writing visit litchaos.com

Taylor Gorman and Aimee Delong

Check out the Winners of the 2008 Cronopios' and Famas' Fiction and Poetry Awards at litchaos.com. Also, there are honorable mentions and links to see the winner's works in the First Print Issue of Literary Chaos Magazine, where beauty is truth and truth is a damn chaos.

issue 39

Issue 39 is out!
Check out new work by the authors and artists on your right. There are links to litchaos.com first print issue, the book trailer of that print issue, the litchaos.com wiki, and much more. Come be a part of it. We are still publishing the best experimental work on the web and we're always looking for more.

Amazon carries the First Print Issue of Lit Chaos

You can also buy the first print issue of litchaos.com at Amazon.

Buy your copy of the first print issue ot litchaos.com

Lit Chaos First Print Issue
Poems, Art, and Fiction
101 Pages
$9.95 (shipping included!)
Coatlism Press
ISBN: 978-0-9802073-3-0

Book Description: a print collection of experimental work from the writers of litchaos.com

Table of Contents:

Alex Nodopaka, Jamie Eyberg, Carmen Firan, J.D. Nelson, Maurice Oliver, Cindy Rosmus, David McLean, Marty Esworthy, Craig Sernotti, George Anderson, Papa Osmubal, Doug Draime, JJ Deceglie, Daniel S. Irwin, Justin Hyde, Steve Ely, Julie Shapiro, Michael Fisher & Emme Hor and the Winners of the Cronopios’ and Famas’ Contests: Aimee Delong & Taylor Gorman

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Wanna get your read on? The First Issue of litchaos.com in print!

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Also, visit the Coatlism Press Bookstore, where you have more payment options, including credit card, paypal account, check, and cash.

Lit Chaos Print Issue #1 is loaded with ass-kicking experimental writing, the winners of the Cronopios' and Famas' Poetry and Fiction awards, artwork, and much more. It's 101 pages, perfect bound, and has cool front and back covers done by Jeff Crouch.


If you have a minute, check out the trailer for the first print issue:

Issue #38 -- Chaos stock is rising

There are nine new writers out at litchaos, a poetry train (a collaborative kind of super-poem book), and opportunities to publish a full-length chapbook and be a part of the experimental poetry and fiction community. So check it out:

litchaos.com

where beauty is truth
and truth is chaos

And the First Print Issue of Lit Chaos is out for only $9.95. Pre-order your copy today!!

A Translated Poem (courtesy of Alex Nodopaka)

I Don't Know If You're Alive Or Dead by Anna Akhmatova

I don't know if you're alive or dead.
Can you on earth be sought,
Or only when the sunsets fade
Be mourned serenely in my thought?

All is for you: the daily prayer,
The sleepless heat at night,
And of my verses, the white
Flock, and of my eyes, the blue fire.

No-one was more cherished, no-one tortured
Me more, not
Even the one who betrayed me to torture,
Not even the one who caressed me and forgot.

Advertise with Lit Chaos in the First Print Issue

Before getting ready to go to printing with the first print issue of litchaos.com we are looking to see if anyone would like to take out an ad in the magazine. We are flexible to various ideas and pricings. You can advertise yourself, your writing, a book or books, another magazine, stop sweat in six week serums, absolutely anything that you'd like. If interested, please contact litk.os@gmail.com

5 new pieces: art, fiction, poetry, and music video

To check some new, experimental writing visit litchaos.com

Lot's of New Chaos

Willie Lepers

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To check some new experimental writing, art, and videos visit litchaos.com