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RATTAPALLAX ISSUE 21

For the past 10 years, Rattapallax magazine has been on the forefront of introducing readers with compelling literature, poetry, films and ideas from around the world. Timeout magazine has called the literary journal “the visceral, multimedia hit of poetry.” Rattapallax (issue 21), edited by Flávia Rocha, is now launching its first FREE APP issue for iPad — the natural path to a magazine that has been always committed to literature in various forms, medias and languages.

EXCERPTS

POETIC INFRASTRUCTURES: JILL MAGI
MUSIC FEATURE EDITED BY HAALE
AMONG WOMEN: MARIE PONSOT
I READ TEARS, I WRITE FIRE: MALLIKA SENGUPTA

FEATURES

JILL MAGI
POETIC INFRASTRUCTURES by Craig Epplin
NOTES ON LABOR: A FICTION AND INSTALLATION by Jill Magi
POEMS by Jill Magi

MONICA YOUN
39 WAYS OF LOVING IGNATZ by Flávia Rocha
POEMS by Monica Youn

SCOTT HIGHTOWER
SPAIN, TEXAS, AND ALL THE PLACES IN BETWEEN by Idra Novey
POEMS by Scott Hightower

MALLIKA SENGUPTA
I READ TEARS, I WRITE FIRE by Catherine Fletcher
POEMS by Mallika Sengupta

WRITING IN ZIMBABWE
OPRESSED, NOT SUPPRESSED by Lloyd Robson
JULIUS, JULIUS, JULIUS, WHAT’S THE WORLD WITHOUT YOU? by Lloyd Robson
POEMS by Julius Chingono

GUEST MAGAZINE: AGRICULTURE READER
AGRICULTURE READER by Jeremy Schmall & Justin Taylor
POEMS by Melinda Wilson and Leopoldine Core

MUSIC FEATURES

ON LOOSELEAF WITH SHARPIE
by Pure Horsehair
RED AUGUST
by Diane Cluck
LADDER SONG
by Bright Eyes

STARS UNDER MY SKIN
by Haale Gafori
LIGHTFIGHTER
by Christina Courtin
DARKNESS
by John Shannon

MAGIC CHORDS
by Sharon Van Etten
JAMES
by Sonya Kitchell

FICTION & NON-FICTION FEATURES

FICTION
THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION by Paul Zaic
ETERNALLY YOURS by Rafael Sperling. Translation by Kim M. Hastings

NON-FICTION
RUIN AND HAPPENING by Craig Epplin.

VIDEO FEATURES

KON KON by Cecilia Vicuna.
RAJADO: WORD AND KNOT IN CECILIA VICUÑA’S KON KON by Jonathan Skinner
POSTHUMAN POETRY by Natalia Fedorova

AMONG WOMEN: MARIE PONSOT by Idra Novey
RE-ANIMATING RUSSIAN CONCEPTUALISM by Natalia Fedorova

INSIDE ISSUE 21

FEATURING Julius Chingono, Leopoldine Core, Craig Epplin, Scott Hightower, Jill Magi, Marie Ponsot, Mallika Sengupta, Rafael Sperling, Melinda Wilson, Monica Youn & Paul Zaic.

MUSIC FEATURE Diane Cluck, Christina Courtin, Pure Horsehair, Bright Eyes, Haale, Sonya Kitchell, John Shannon, & Sharon Van Etten.

VIDEO FEATURE Laboratory of Poetic Actionism, Machine Libertine, Martha McCollough, Jonathan Skinner, Sergeij Timofeev, Anna Tolkacheva & Cecilia Vicuña.

ART FEATURE Stephanie Benhaim, Eve Ferretti, George Herriman, Misheck Masamvu, Fernanda Rocha, Alison Scarpulla, Lilli Waters & Alex Wein.

Rattapallax magazine is supported by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). The magazine is a proud member of the Council for Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP). The APP is designed by StoryCode, Inc.