A professor (Carmine Simmons), who taught me some of the best things I know about literature and poetry is (was?) an editor for the mag.
Ever since I picked up one of the journals for myself, I have wanted to see my poetry in it.
I received a rejection letter in the mail a couple of days ago letting me know that they can't accept my poems for publication at this time.
Normally, this wouldn't be such a sad thing for me. I have learned to embrace rejection. Sylvia Plath used to collect rejection slips and I'm thinking of following suit.
So what's the big deal? I tried to check out their website as I usually do, expecting to see the usual names and sample poems that have been published in the journal.
Instead, I saw in its place one of those sites that come up when you misspell a web address. You know, the ones that come up as a shitty white page that claim you can "find what you are looking for here" with "related searches" with links to magazine subscriptions, auto quotes and car insurance.
Confused, I checked to see that I had spelled http://www.goodfootmagazine.com/ correctly.
I had.
I then Googled them to no avail. All I found were online literary sites who linked to the good foot's old website.
I think I know what has happened. They ran out of funding. This is only speculation, but literary magazines come and go because its hard to fund them. They didn't charge for submissions and the journals were quite affordable.
Actually, when I saw this mag being sold in a bookstore I picked volumes 4 and 5 on separate occasions, hoping to do my part in funding for $8.00 a pop.
Perhaps in hind site I should have subscribed for the annual fee of $14.
The magazine was full of great poetry and photography and if it's truly gone then I hate to see it go. If it is gone, consider this a eulogy from someone who was truly touched by the work and the editors who made this magazine such a masterpiece.
If it's not gone and I'm just missing something, please let me know!
5 comments:
Hey babe,
I got curious and tried to see if I could find anything about it, but to no avail.
I did however find something written by your professor in: http://www.lapetitezine.org/ you might like this site. Check it out!
Why don't you e-mail your professor and ask about the magazine?
It's been such a long time since I had him in a class. I could email him to find out though! I have read his poem on "la petite zine" before but I always have to stop and re-read it again because it's such a complex piece of work. Interesting. Thanks chickie!
Publishing is down all across the board with magazines folding left and right. That sucks if it is gone. The web is taking over everything but I've always had a special appreciation for magazines.
Soopa starr: This is so true! I had been thinking of starting up a zine for a long time but I just don't have the man power or capital. In truth, it's one of the reasons that I started blogging. It was great to hear your point on it. Thanks!
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