James Diaz is the Founding Editor of this up and coming journal, Anti-Heroin Chic. I'm thrilled to have two poems I Remember, Autumn 1967 which is a reflection upon childhood sexual abuse and God, Bless My Soul, where relapse is personified as a woman, a light wispy woman, as sharp as glass spears. The entire issue is heavy in subject matter, and boy does the work make you "feel."
So if, Heroin Chic is (according to Urban Dictionary)
The look that was popular in the 90s and is coming back now. Being waif skinny, pale, tired and sickly looking, using cigarette smoke as perfume, lanky, and wearing clothes that hang off your emaciated body will give you the 'heroin chic' look. You are supposed to look like you have been up for the past week partying and you are worn out (but in a cool way). There was a lot of public outcry about this look saying it encouraged children to try drugs and saying drugs were cool.
Then Anti- Heroin Chic is (according to their site)
Not really about cool, it's about the margin-of-error of cool. As Janis Ian says "If we were inside there, where the light is warm and everybody is laughing and dancing, we wouldn't be able to see it. We have to be outside in order to see it. That's what being an artist is." And that is what Anti-Heroin Chic is about. What we observe through the window. Perfection is boring. Don't try to be perfect. Be the person that you are when no one else is looking.
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Here is the full list found in September's Anti-Heroin Chic
Editor's Remarks
James Diaz
Poetry
Kimberly Burwick
Nikoletta Nousiopoulos
Jessica Morey-Collins
Sprout Conner
Ahja Fox
Violet Mitchell
Timothy Gager
Carrie Danaher Hoyt
John Sullivan
Madeleine Corley
Elisabeth Horan
Tim Duffy
Joan Gullett
Jon Bennett
PJ Smith
Nick Soluri
Chrissie Morris Brady
Matt Borczan
Leah Mueller
Russ Van Rooy
Stephanie V Sears
Rodd Whelpley
Stephanie Luka
Erik Fuhrer
Liz N. Clift
Ryan Quinn Flanagan
Annmarie Lockhart
Justin Karcher
Sara Barnard
Jeannie E. Roberts
Yuvia Hernández Cháirez Trans. By Toshiya Kamei
Salvatore Goldblatt
Elizabeth Dutton
Jill Mceldowney
J.B. Stone
Oak Ayling
Marisa Silva-Dunbar
Barry Fentiman Hall
Rosemary McLeish
Anna Cates
Amee Nassrene Broumand
Avery Williamson
Featured Poet/Artist
So if, Heroin Chic is (according to Urban Dictionary)
The look that was popular in the 90s and is coming back now. Being waif skinny, pale, tired and sickly looking, using cigarette smoke as perfume, lanky, and wearing clothes that hang off your emaciated body will give you the 'heroin chic' look. You are supposed to look like you have been up for the past week partying and you are worn out (but in a cool way). There was a lot of public outcry about this look saying it encouraged children to try drugs and saying drugs were cool.
Then Anti- Heroin Chic is (according to their site)
Not really about cool, it's about the margin-of-error of cool. As Janis Ian says "If we were inside there, where the light is warm and everybody is laughing and dancing, we wouldn't be able to see it. We have to be outside in order to see it. That's what being an artist is." And that is what Anti-Heroin Chic is about. What we observe through the window. Perfection is boring. Don't try to be perfect. Be the person that you are when no one else is looking.
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Here is the full list found in September's Anti-Heroin Chic
Editor's Remarks
James Diaz
Poetry
Kimberly Burwick
Nikoletta Nousiopoulos
Jessica Morey-Collins
Sprout Conner
Ahja Fox
Violet Mitchell
Timothy Gager
Carrie Danaher Hoyt
John Sullivan
Madeleine Corley
Elisabeth Horan
Tim Duffy
Joan Gullett
Jon Bennett
PJ Smith
Nick Soluri
Chrissie Morris Brady
Matt Borczan
Leah Mueller
Russ Van Rooy
Stephanie V Sears
Rodd Whelpley
Stephanie Luka
Erik Fuhrer
Liz N. Clift
Ryan Quinn Flanagan
Annmarie Lockhart
Justin Karcher
Sara Barnard
Jeannie E. Roberts
Yuvia Hernández Cháirez Trans. By Toshiya Kamei
Salvatore Goldblatt
Elizabeth Dutton
Jill Mceldowney
J.B. Stone
Oak Ayling
Marisa Silva-Dunbar
Barry Fentiman Hall
Rosemary McLeish
Anna Cates
Amee Nassrene Broumand
Avery Williamson
Featured Poet/Artist
Neshan Tung
Fiction
Liza Potvin
Stuart Buck
Meeah Williams
Val Rigodon
William R. Soldan
CNF
Ellen Maloney
Christine Taylor
Art
Dev Murphy
Amy Alexander
Photography
Vanessa Maki
Lydia Renee Armstrong: Interviewed by Jason Bates
Film Review
Devon Balwit Reviews Eighth Grade
Music Review
Duende! With David J – Oracle of the Horizontal - Reviewed by Michael Mitchell
Poet Spotlight
An interview with Demi Richardson
Fiction
Liza Potvin
Stuart Buck
Meeah Williams
Val Rigodon
William R. Soldan
CNF
Ellen Maloney
Christine Taylor
Art
Dev Murphy
Amy Alexander
Photography
Vanessa Maki
Lydia Renee Armstrong: Interviewed by Jason Bates
Film Review
Devon Balwit Reviews Eighth Grade
Music Review
Duende! With David J – Oracle of the Horizontal - Reviewed by Michael Mitchell
Poet Spotlight
An interview with Demi Richardson
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