Skanky Possum

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Skanky Possum was a twice-a-year poetry journal and small book-publishing imprint begun in Austin, Texas that operated between 1998 and 2012.

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History and profile

Skanky Possum was first published in Fall 1998. [1] Curated by Hoa Nguyen and her husband, Dale Smith, [2] the imprint published American poetry. Discussing small poetry journals, Linh Dinh observes, "Although most of these are ephemeral, appearing for only a few issues, with tiny circulations, their existence invigorates American literature." [3]

This 11 issue staple-bound magazine published four poems selected by Robert Creeley for the 2002 The Best American Poetry series. [4] "In poetry circles, their magazine is highly regarded," Crispin Jessa wrote in Bookslut. [5] Poems by Amiri Baraka, Clayton Eshleman, Robert Kelly, Linh Dinh, Eileen Myles, Kenward Elmslie, Alice Notley, Anselm Hollo and Diane di Prima were published. [6]

The annual circulation of the magazine was 300 to 500 copies. [5] Smith and Nguyen also published several poetry books under the Skanky Possum imprint including titles by Tom Clark, Kristin Prevallet and Sotere Torregian. [7]

Skanky Possum ceased publication in 2012. [8]

Notes

  1. ↑ "New American Literary Magazines" (PDF). NYPL. 2002. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  2. ↑ Paul Hoover; Nguyen Do (December 29, 2011). Black Dog, Black Night: Contemporary Vietnamese Poetry. Perseus Books Group. p. 73. ISBN   978-1-57131-867-1 . Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  3. ↑ Poetic Invention
  4. ↑ Web page for The Best American Poetry Series 2002, four of the 75 poems in that year's volume were from Skanky Possum, selected by Robert Creeley
  5. 1 2 Crispin, Jessa, "'It is kind of psychotic to write poetry': an interview with the founders of Skanky Possum", Bookslut, Retrieved January 26, 2007[ dead link ]
  6. ↑ See magazine Web site
  7. ↑ "Skanky Possum Publications". www.skankypossum.com. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  8. ↑ Arisa White; Rosebud Ben-Oni. "October / Being projection-able". Kore Press. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
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