Conjunctions

Conjunctions Biannual volumes of innovative fiction, poetry, and nonfiction & weekly online magazine.
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"Every issue of Conjunctions is a feat of curatorial invention, continuing the Modernist project of dense, economical writing, formal innovation, and an openness to history and the world" —Whiting Literary Magazine Prize

"Conjunctions is striking ... a rich collection which balances well-known writers with exciting new ones" —New York Times Book Review

"Conjunctions offers a showplace for some of the most exciting and demanding writers now at work" —Washington Post

An issue cairn in memory of beloved contributor Robert Coover, who appeared in our pages many times over the years. We a...
08/10/2024

An issue cairn in memory of beloved contributor Robert Coover, who appeared in our pages many times over the years. We are grateful for his words, his friendship, his brilliance, and his joy. He will be missed. ♥️

It's autumn in the Hudson Valley: the leaves are changing, there's a chill in the air, and Joyce Carol Oates—who is co-e...
01/10/2024

It's autumn in the Hudson Valley: the leaves are changing, there's a chill in the air, and Joyce Carol Oates—who is co-editing Conjunctions:83, Revenants, The Ghost Issue—will be giving a spine-tingling reading at Bard College on Monday Oct. 21 @ 4 p.m. in the Chapel of the Holy Innocents. Come join us! 🍂

https://www.conjunctions.com/about/news/event/?id=147909

Joint Announcement from Conjunctions and Bard College:After thirty-three years of being published by Bard College, the i...
28/08/2024

Joint Announcement from Conjunctions and Bard College:

After thirty-three years of being published by Bard College, the internationally celebrated literary journal Conjunctions will finish its tenure at the college with issue 84 in spring 2025. When it was announced several years ago that Bard would no longer be able to continue its role as publisher, the college responded to widespread calls to reconsider that decision by agreeing to a three-year extension. Founding editor, novelist, and professor of literature, Bradford Morrow remarked, “By far the most enduring of the journal’s five publishers since our inaugural issue in 1981, Bard stepped in to support Conjunctions at a critical moment in its history when, in 1991, we were about to go under. I’m grateful for the crucial role Bard has played in giving Conjunctions a home where it’s not just survived but grown exponentially, having helped to establish and support the careers of some of the most pioneering writers of our time.” The final two issues under Bard’s aegis will include, this fall, Conjunctions:83, Revenants: The Ghost Issue, co-edited by Morrow and Joyce Carol Oates, with contributions by Margaret Atwood, Jamaica Kincaid, Carmen Maria Machado, Paul Muldoon, Can Xue, and many others. The theme for the journal’s spring issue will be announced in the coming months.

As for Conjunctions’ future, Morrow, who will become professor emeritus next July when the journal departs from Bard, plans to bring out issue 85 in fall 2025 himself. “We are beginning to raise money toward that end and will have to see if another publisher is interested in joining the project going forward.” In support of that goal, Bard plans to donate computer equipment, temporary storage space, and provide other assistance as the journal transitions to the next chapter of its storied run as one of the most influential and respected literary journals in the country. The college plans to host a celebration of Conjunctions next spring on its campus in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.

***With Bard's support, we're beginning to fundraise for an independent future! You can donate through CLMP, our fiscal sponsor, and write "Conjunctions" in the notes. We appreciate it!

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NEW this week online, Marcus Spiegel's story about Tex, an injured member of the Leather Skulls, who are not "part of th...
14/08/2024

NEW this week online, Marcus Spiegel's story about Tex, an injured member of the Leather Skulls, who are not "part of that whole slime grunge scene with elements of robot punk and new wave schizoid industrialism" but "thrash bloodcore avant-gardists rooted in chainsaw death metal, borrowing heavily from vampire ska and traditional c**k rock."
https://www.conjunctions.com/online/article/marcus-spiegel-08-14-2024

The talent show continues! Click through to read about the unexpected and niche skills our Works & Days contributors hav...
29/07/2024

The talent show continues! Click through to read about the unexpected and niche skills our Works & Days contributors have learned from their jobs!

Engine tune-ups, egg creams, rope skills—our Works & Days contributors have many talents! Have you ever acquired an unex...
26/07/2024

Engine tune-ups, egg creams, rope skills—our Works & Days contributors have many talents! Have you ever acquired an unexpected or niche skill from a job?

Saddened to hear the news of Nathaniel Tarn's passing. He was a wonderful poet, translator, and friend of the magazine, ...
28/06/2024

Saddened to hear the news of Nathaniel Tarn's passing. He was a wonderful poet, translator, and friend of the magazine, going all the way back to our second issue. He will be greatly missed.

Only three days left to submit to our spring 2024 issue via Submittable! Link in bio to learn more about Conjunctions:82...
02/11/2023

Only three days left to submit to our spring 2024 issue via Submittable! Link in bio to learn more about Conjunctions:82, Works & Days, and to share your work about work with us!

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“Married Blues” by Kenneth Rexroth
“Married Blues” by Kenneth Rexroth

Musician and dear friend Alex Skolnick celebrates Kenneth Rexroth’s birthday with a reading of “Married Blues.” So much to love about this poem’s air of domestic doom: “Hot stenographers on the subway. / The grocery boy’s got a big one. / We can’t do anything about it.” (video by Bradford Morrow)

"A few years ago a friend of mine married a demon. There was a liberal in the White House then and everyone was feeling pretty sanguine." —Lucy Ives, "Cosmogony" New online: Ever dissuaded a friend from dating an infernal demiurge? This title story from Lucy Ives's new collection with Soft Skull Press is a must-read! http://www.conjunctions.com/print/article/lucy-ives-c74

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