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Announcement about Pending Submissions

3/16/2016

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Dear writers, artists, readers, everyone of the Typoetic.us/Cloudy Cephalopod community,
It’s been a while since you have heard from us and we do apologize greatly for it. A couple of things have happened since our last calls for submissions. Other than the normal, hectic pace of life getting in the way, I have had a personal family issue that has swallowed up life as I have known it.

Around Thanksgiving, when I finally was to get a moment to breathe from life as a graduate student, I found out that my father was in the hospital. He had been having a lot of trouble walking and was falling down a lot. I got a call from family to tell me he was in the hospital and that the doctors suspect that he might have cancer. Being a crazed, tired grad student who also works and is trying to be an artist and a business owner at the same time, I quickly tried to figure out what to do and was on a flight to Florida from Chicago before I knew it.

Right before I got on the plane on the evening I was set to go, I was told that it was cancer and that he started radiation treatments that day. I can’t begin to tell you the feeling of finding out something like that in the middle of the airport. There’s a small part of you that goes off. You feel nothing and everything at the same time. I didn’t cry. I couldn’t feel sadness. It was a weight that became a part of my body, as if a new organ sprouted in the middle of my core. I had something new in me, my own kind of growth that probably operates similarly to what was happening in my father’s body.

Being a writer, after calling my mother and probably hearing her shed more tears than I could possible feel, let alone shed at the moment, I opened up my notepad on my phone. I wrote this while staring at some girl’s stupid designer overnight bag: “He started chemo today at Chicago O'Hare airport. Next to gate K20 in front of a Kate Chopin bag. The Awakening of his daughter's ribcage starts on his spine, the lights flashing for 
take off ‘your emotion and sit back for the fight.’ ” Makes no sense and I still don’t know why I chose Kate Chopin and The Awakening as signifiers for anything in a line, but my brain was buzzing and only words could quiet it down for a moment, even if they didn’t make sense. But I do know that it was the beginning of waiting, choices, and struggle.

My father has Stage 3 Multiple Myeloma in his spine. He went through 14 rounds of radiation and is currently in remission as of the end of December. But his legs are not in great condition. He is still in the hospital as of March and is in physical therapy, trying to regain strength in his legs so he can walk again. He is improving, but it is a slow and painful process. 

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The First Issue of Typoetic.us is out!

5/8/2014

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Hello out there!

The first issue is out and ready! Go check it out on the latest issue tab or click the button below:
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Please spread the word and share it with everyone you know!
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New Issue Comes Out Next Week!

5/2/2014

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Hello Out There in the Literary World and beyond!

After a couple of months of reading submissions, e-mailing the poets back with our responses and designing the journal, Typoetic.us is almost ready to debut its first issue! 

We are so grateful to everyone who has submitted and were impressed by the quality of work that was sent our way. We have a lot of first timers in this issue so the birth of us is also the birth of exposing great poets. 

We cannot wait to show you the issue!

Check out the line-up of the amazing poets and artists that are going to be featured in our first issue:
John Thornburg
Mary Stein
'Sahil'
John Faciano
Mario Palomino
Traci Benson
Angela Qian
Taylor Williams
Kaili Doud
Jacob Frebe
Mishayla Bellows
Matt Guzman
Jordan E. Franklin
Molly Silverstein
Hannah McIntosh
Daniel Cohen
Samantha Eubanks
Sade Harrison
Srajana Kaikini
Luci Black & Roger Brightley (Collaboration)
Siddharth Mudaliar 
Sharea Harris
Darriana Donegan
Jon Dwyer
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Welcome to Typoetic.us! Call for Submissions

12/22/2013

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Welcome to typoetic.us!

Take a look around and see what we are about!

We are currently considering submissions for our first issue, which will premiere Winter/Spring 2014.

We are looking for poetry and articles about poetry.

Check out our submissions page. If you have any questions, you can e-mail us at info@typoetic.us.

We look forward to reading your work!
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Associate Editors Needed

5/21/2013

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Typoetic.us is looking for two associate editors to help edit the e-zine. This is a non-paying (volunteer) position that will give its editors experience and a byline.

Qualifications:
  • BA or BFA in Creative Writing or pursuing one, specializing in poetry is preferred, but not required.
  • A poet who is dedicated not only to their writing, but to the craft of poetry.
  • Excellent editing and proofreading skills.
  • Skills in literary magazine design is a plus.
  • Willing to spend several hours reading submissions.

If you are interested, please contact the Editor-in-Chief, Christina Rodriguez at info@typoetic.us with a message of intent. 
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