Maintenant 20: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art
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"A smorgasbord for those who are sick and tired of it." --Seattle Book Review
"Three Rooms Press doesn't just preserve Dada--they evolve it . . . In an era dominated by algorithmic taste-making and cautious professionalism, Maintenant stands defiantly outside the gate, throwing ink at the walls and planting flags in dreams." --Richard Modiano, author, The Forbidden Lunchbox
Politics has taken its turn to arrive at the worst and the creatures involved have become LOLiticians, their every move from either side laughable--that is, if you still believe in truth. In Maintenant 20: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art, we examine the concept of "Improperganda," with 250 contributors from around the world exploring the idea that without truth, there's no need for disapproval.
The Maintenant Dada series, established in 2008, explores themes of politics, humanity, philosophy, and current concerns from an antiwar, anarchic (and often eye-opening) perspective. Past issues include work by artists Mark Kostabi, Raymond Pettibon, Joel Hubaut, Heide Hatry, Avelino de Araujo, Pawel Kuczynski, Inas Al-Soqi, Giovanni Fontana, Nicole Eisenmann, Syporca Whandal, and Kazunori Murakami; past writers have included Gerard Malanga, Charles Plymell, Andrei Codrescu, Harry E. Northup, Malik Crumpler, Maw Shein Win, and more, with a strong contingent of artist-writers from the world of punk rock, including Thurston Moore, Mike Watt, Bibbe Hansen and more.
Complete list of contributors to Maintenant 20:
Shiva Abossedgh, Derek Adams, Alexey Adonin, Mariam Ahmed, Jamika Ajalon, Linda J. Albertano, Austin Alexis, Joel Allegretti, Maureen Alsop, Santiago Amaya, Abraham Aondoana, Penny Arcade, Wayne Atherton, Liz Axelrod, Narges Babaei, Mahnaz Badihian, Devon Balwit, David Barnes, Amy Barone, Vittore Baroni, Gabriella Bedetti, Hannah Behrens, C. Mehrl Bennett, John M. Bennett, Volodymyr Bilyk, József Bíró, Mark Blickley, Jill Blocker, Jeff Boynton, Michael Georg Bregel, Anaïs Bucher, Imanol Buisan, Fork Burke, Mary Campbell, Billy Cancel, Angela Caporaso, Peter Carlaftes, Brent R. Carr, Mona Jean Cedar, Mutes César, Lynette Clennell, Andrei Codrescu, Chuck Connelly, Roger Conover, Jack Cooper, Malik Ameer Crumpler, Tchello d'Barros, Wer Da, Dadadorn, Steve Dalachinsky, Allison A. Davis, Holly Day, Mark DeCarteret, Dario Roberto Dioli, Rachel Dixon, Sam Dodson, Pete Dolack, Gabriel Don, Carol Dorf, Sophie Dunér, Kerem Durdag, Leah Kogen Elimeliah, Salvatore Esposito, Jacalyn Eyvonne, Jeff Farr, Federico Federici, Mike Ferguson, Rich Ferguson, Maria Filek, Jonathan Finlayson, Kathleen Florence, Elizabeth Fogle, Giovanni Fontana, Robert C. Ford, Maggie Frank-Hsu, Thomas Fucaloro, Rosalie Gancie, Sandra Gea, Kat Georges, Christian Georgescu, Chad Gepitti, Phillip Giambri, Mark Glista, Ed Go, Michelle Granville, S.A. Griffin, Fausto Grossi, Joanne Grumet, Egon Guenther, Genco Gulan, Leman Bedia Güven, Bibbe Hansen, Fred Harper, Fiona Hartmann, Heide Hatry, Stefan Heuer, Wayne Atherton, Mark Hoefer, Bob Holman, Matthew Hupert, Frie J. Jacobs, Marta Janik, Ruud Janssen, Lisa Marie Järlborn, Hong Jin A, Jerry T. Johnson, Boni Joi, Milana Juventa, Lois Kagan Mingus, Janet Kaplan, Suzi Kaplan Olmsted, Eliot Katz, Marina Kazakova, Kostas Kiritsis, Linda Kleinbub, Antonia Alexandra Klimenko, Doug Knott, Ron Kolm, Mark Kostabi, Paul Indrek Kostabi, Eleni Kourti, Annie Rachele Lanzillotto, Hegedűs 2 László, David Lawton, Jane LeCroy, Cecil W. Lee, Margaret Leonard, Patricia Leonard, Linda Lerner, Misa Levey, Patrick Lichty, David Liljemark, Alexander Limarev, Judith Lindbloom, Goran Lisnjic, Serse Luigetti, Marieta Maglas, Sara Maino, Sophie Malleret, Robyn Mallery, Fred Marchant, Nasta Martyn, Martina Matijevic, Malak Mattar, Jesse McCloskey, Nancy Mercado, Lawrence Miles, Iulia Militaru, Charles Mingus III, Andriana Minou, Mike M. Mollett, Thurston Moore, Luiz Morgadinho, Carli Muñoz, Tendai Mwanaka, Uche Nduka, Gerald Nicosia, Nicky Nodjoumi, Harry E. No
Peter Carlaftes
PETER CARLAFTES is a New York City-based author, editor, publisher, and performer. He has written and staged twelve plays, and is the author of five books: A Year on Facebook (humor); Drunkyard Dog and I Fold With the Hand I Was Dealt (poetry); and Triumph for Rent (3 plays) and Teatrophy (3 More Plays). He is co-founder and acquisitions editor of Three Rooms Press (New York), for whom he has edited multiple anthologies including the Have a NYC: New York Short Stories series, the annual Maintenant Dada Art and Writing Journal and Mike Watt: On and Off Bass, a collection of photos and distilled tour diaries from the great punk rock bass player. As publisher, he has worked closely with the editors of several recent mystery/noir anthologies including Dark City Lights (edited by Lawrence Block), Crime Plus Music (edited by Jim Fusilli), Florida Happens (the 2018 Bouchercon anthology edited by Greg Herren), and The Obama Inheritance: 15 Stories of Conspiracy Noir (edited by Gary Phillips), among many other titles. The latter won the 2018 Anthony Award for Best Anthology.
Kat Georges
KAT GEORGES is a New York City-based poet, playwright, performer, publisher, and graphic designer. She has written and staged twelve plays, and is the author of two books: Our Lady of the Hunger and Three Somebodies: Plays about Notorious Dissidents. Her poetry and prose work has appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, Have A NYC: New York Stories, Signs of Life: San Francisco Short Stories, and numerous regional and international journals and magazines. She published and edited the Orange County, California punk rock magazine The Eye and the San Francisco poetry journal The Fold, and has edited numerous anthologies including The Verdict Is In, a poetic response to the 1992 Los Angeles riots (Manic D Press, San Francisco, 1993), Along the Fault (Resident Alien Press, Los Angeles, 1990) and A Gathering of the Tribes, Issue 13 (A Gathering of the Tribes, New York, 2012). In New York since 2003, she has directed numerous Off-Broadway plays, produced more than 300 events, and performed widely. She is co-founder, editor, and artistic director of Three Rooms Press (New York). She lives in Greenwich Village, New York.
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