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Pif Magazine
ISSN: 1094-2726
Published by:
Pif, LLC
PMB 248
4820 Yelm Hwy SE
Suite B
Lacey, WA 98503-4903
© 1999 - Tom Boyle & Richard Weems
| No. 32 ~ January 2000 |
<- ZINE-O-RAMA ->
Zine Reviews
by Ingrid Woodrow and Tom Hartman
Do you demand the most from your literary zines? So do we. Read what we think of aLT TeXT, Evergreen Review, Kairos, New River, PubSphere, and Word.
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<- CRAFT ->
On Gold and Silver Ages and
the Elements of Hypertext
by Jennifer Ley
"Today, in the year 2000, we swim in a hyper-alloyed digital world of image links, text links, dynamic links, streaming audio and video, auctions, and shopping links on a daily basis. So what are we to make of this literary form, the hypertext?"
Swiveling My Hips
through the Interbunk
by Diane Greco
"Like early cinematography, hypertext is a complex art form with an emerging set of rules and conventions. These conventions are so new they defy most attempts to exhaustively describe them..."
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<- ONE ON ONE ->
Interview with Michael Joyce
by Camille Renshaw
Michael Joyce recently published Twilight: A Symphony, a hypertext that is a lyrical, haunting, present-minded, and compassionate cascade of words, constantly moving and falling back in fresh, artful currents. This description, however, suits most of his writing. Simply put, Joyce is one the most imaginative artists of his time. Pif
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<- FILM & SCREENWRITING ->
Remote Control
by Nick Burton
Post-holiday blues got you in their grip? We have the cure - reviews of four anti-bourgeois classics that are sure to remind you of just how good you really have it.
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<- SONGWRITING ->
Stick It In Your Ear
by Curt Cloninger
This month Curt hangs out on Noise Music Beach, the thin strip of grit
between resonant guitar feedback and cement mixer percussion.
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<- HUMOR ->
Bold Wurg
by Scott Wold and Michael Burgin
Read the latest installment of Bold Wurg, the exciting comic strip with a literary bent.
<- POETRY ->
"Autumn in Milan"
by Fontaine Roberson
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<- MICRO-FICTION ->
"Spiritual
Comfort"
by Deena Larsen
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<- BOOK LOVERS ->
True North
Novel by
Reviewed by Rachel
Barenblat
"The
form, the way the words link together, the associations between them -
those things are more important than what the words actually say. The
connections are more important than what they connect..."
Patchwork Girl
Novel by Shelley Jackson
Reviewed by Lisa Ciccarello
"Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl creates a complex
web of relations between sexuality, female empowerment, sewing, writing,
bodies, and postmodern literary theory that ultimately add up to little
more than an extended character sketch. This overly elaborate collage
offers little substance as it unravels..."
The Rocket eBook
Produced by NuvoMedia, Inc.
Reviewed by Camille
Renshaw
"It’s
designed to be read like a print book. It’s the size of an average paperback
but contains as much as 4000 pages of material. It costs $199, and with
an Internet connection you can download a library to it in minutes..."
The Collected Stories
Stories by
Reviewed by Lienna
Silver
"'Pushkin is an acquired taste, and as we acquire it we
begin to realize more and more the subtleties that lie beneath the simplicity
of his manner.' Such subtleties, and collections such as this, have earned
Pushkin his place in the European literary tradition..."
The Writer’s Market
2000
Edited by
Reviewed by Maureen
Murray
"Submitting writing, sending a query letter, finding an
agent – all these activities feel like overwhelming chores for most writers.
This guide takes the edge off and gets you concentrating on the steps
rather than whether your work will be accepted or not..."
What To Read
Recommendations by Camille Renshaw
From here forward "What to Read" will appear in two sections. The first will list any recently published, Web-based texts that deserve your attention. The second section will list my picks from upcoming e-books, hypertexts, and print books. I hope this allows you greater exposure to new writings in multiple mediums.
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