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Nov.12.2010
It was the winter of my junior year in college. I was an editor for my college newspaper, late for a meeting. I was lucky during college. My mother, after several years of drug abuse and years of foster care, was clean. She had lived with a beautiful man, my step-father, for several years. I was...
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Aug.03.2010
Dearest Writers of Prose and Poetry:
Caper Literary Journal is hosting the MARAVILLOSA writing contest of MAGIC REALISM, SURREALISM, SYMBOLISM, FANTASTICAL AND MYTHOLOGICAL writing.
Winners receive 40 % of the entry fees, publication in the year-end anthology, mention on the website, a free copy...
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Jun.18.2010
Oh Albert Camus, can you teach me about death and God?
You left me alone reading 'The Stranger,' sitting there in my pathetic way, weary and heavy-headed. Death is nothing short of a crippling fear for me, but you say it so simply and gracefully: Aujourd'hui, maman est morte. It's funny, too, ...
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Apr.27.2010
Hello Everyone!
I just accepted a position at Suite 101 as the Memoir Writing Feature Writer. I write about memoir ethics, ideas and general memoir craft. I'd love if people would read my work or simply leave comments to me about how you write your memoirs. I'd like to interview some writers about...
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Mar.17.2010
Vwa: Poems for Haiti is now available for purchase. This was an effort I put together as a Caper Literary Journal production. It's a collection of established and emerging poets writing about Haiti. The proceeds for this book go to Haiti charity.
Please purchase a copy. It's less than 10 dollars....
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Feb.05.2010
One morning, we woke up to find that our breathing had become shallow. The light of the sun was diluted through the window, a reluctant orange lost in a grey haze. We discovered in this moment that the silence was so great our world must be dying. The first of the death rattles sounded: the cars...
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Feb.04.2010
I've recently studied Burlesque dance at the (amazing) New York School of Burlesque under Headmistress of the school/performer Jo Weldon (Jo Boobs) and Gal Friday, respectively. I've fallen in love with the aesthetic and have always appreciated the idea of the chase rather than the full disclosure...
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Jan.28.2010
VWA: Poems For Haiti is a project run by Caper Literary Journal, a small independent press. It is a project that focuses literary energy toward the tragedy in Haiti. A sad nightmare that is unfolding right now, and while many people do not have the means to donate their finances, we can donate our...
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Jan.08.2010
For work, I am an editorial assistant at Routledge books in New York. Where there is a certain lack of creativity here, as I work on academic texts, I moonlight as founding editor of Caper Literary Journal, an electronic salon of poetry and prose. I founded this for a few reasons: inspire people...
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Jan.04.2010
Hey All,
I am a writer from New York City — and I'd love to start a writing group where people can come together, share work and publishing techniques. I'm an editor of a literary journal (www.caperjournal.com) and have just completed a manuscript. I've been published on several journals and want...
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Dec.08.2009
As a new Literary Journal editor (Caper Literary Journal) I am constantly thinking of ways to grow, connect and achieve a broader base while maintaining lovely content specific to our theme (we use a "speakasy" metaphor to explain our goal — we like work that is rebellious, daring and...
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Nov.18.2009
As sure as death, writers have those bloodied moments – frenzied passings of time made up of the abandonment of passion and craft for fear and self-consciousness. But there is Good, and some of us have seen the Good. People are willing to connect, to truly read and listen and think about the words...
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Oct.29.2009
During a visit to Mesilla, New Mexico earlier this month, I stood in the old Plaza, a national landmark where Apache Raiders came and went, where the Gadsen Purchase took place and where calaveras dance into the night celebrating Dia De Los Muertos. We were but a blink away from Juarez, and the air...
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About Lisa Marie
Lisa Marie Basile is a published writer and poet who focuses on culture and magic realism.
Her book, "A Decent Voodoo," will be released by Cervena Barva Press. She is founder of Caper Literary Journal. Her work has been featured in several...
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