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Edited by Vincent Katz, Raphael Rubinstein, and Christopher Stackhouse
Contributing Editor: Elaine Equi
vanitasmagazine@mac.com
VANITAS: a journal of poetry, writings by artists, criticism, and essays. VANITAS comes out periodically, a forum for international voices with an emphasis on coming to grips with current world situations. Each issue contains writings by artists whose primary modes are non-literary and features the work of a visual artist. This artist contributes text and images in a color insert, in addition to an image designed for the magazine's cover.
Contributors to previous issues include: Brunella Antomarini, Louis Armand, Rae Armantrout, John Ashbery, Tim Atkins, Joshua Auerbach, Richard Bailey, Micah Ballard, Mary Jo Bang, Michael Basinski, Scott Bentley, Bill Berkson, Terry Berne, Charles Bernstein, Ted Berrigan, Sara Bilandzija, Helio Bittencourt, Vivien Bittencourt, Max Blagg, Lindsey Boldt, Charles Borkhuis, Daniel Bouchard, Charles Boyle, Iain Britton, Julian T. Brolaski, Michael Brownstein, Franklin Bruno, Michel Bulteau, Mary Burger, Augusto de Campos, Sean Casey, Saint Clair Cemin, Joel Chace, Eduardo Chirinos, Tom Clark, Francesco Clemente, Kate Colby, Norma Cole, John Coletti, Jack Collom, Jeffrey Conway, Mitch Corber, Serge Creppy, Del Ray Cross, Brent Cunningham, Alvin Curran, Steve Dalachinsky, Theodora Danylevich, Kyle Dargan, Alan Davies, Jordan Davis, Ray DiPalma, Jim Dine, Brandon Downing, Mark Du Charme, Patrick Dunagan, Joshua Edwards, Elaine Equi, Clayton Eshleman, Jim Feast, Rafael Ferrer, Rob Fitterman, Adam Fitzgerald, Cody Franchetti, Kathleen Fraser, Hugh Fox, Joanna Fuhrman, Cliff Fyman, Francisco Garamona, Drew Gardner, Susan Gevirtz, Robert Glück, Jim Goar, Kenneth Goldsmith, Juan Gomez, Nada Gordon, Kate Greenstreet, Rob Halpern, Alan Halsey, Francisco Foot Hardman, Richard Hell, Matt Hemmerich, Derek Henderson, Jan Henle, Robert Hershon, Jack Hirschman, Jen Hofer, Anselm Hollo, Bob Holman, Ron Horning, Fanny Howe, Elizabeth Hughey, Laird Hunt, D.J. Huppatz, Geoffrey Jacques, Lisa Jarnot, Steven Karl, Deborah Kass, Larry Kearney, Jack Kimball, Jennifer L. Knox, Dean Kostos, Sophia Kraemer-Dahlin, Joanne Kyger, Jason Labbe, Michael Lally, Alix Lambert, David Larsen, John Latta, Ann Lauterbach, David Lehman, Jon Leon, Karen Lepri, Heller Levinson, Joel Lewis, Lyn Lifshin, Brendan Lorber, Philip Loyd, Jason Lynn, Lewis MacAdams, Gerard Malanga, Judith Malina, Sarah Manguso, Jonathan Mayhew, Mary Maxwell, Duncan McNaughton, Molly McQuade, David Meltzer, Erica Mena, Catherine Meng, Edric Mesmer, Carol Mirakove, Ange Mlinko, K. Silem Mohammad, Luiza Franco Moreira, Laura Moriarty, Jesse Morse, Christopher Mulrooney, Eileen Myles, Amanda Nadelberg, Nathanaël, Rodney Nelson, Alice Nitecki, Charles North, Jeni Olin, Akilah Oliver, Yuko Otomo, Maureen Owen, Ron Padgett, Cecilia Pavón, Charles A. Perrone, Jack Pierson, Paul Pines, Nick Piombino, Chris Pusateri, Carter Ratcliff, Stephen Ratcliffe, Ariana Reines, Kit Robinson, Michael Rothenberg, Raphael Rubinstein, Morgan Russell, Frederic Rzewski, Andrew Sage, Cynthia Sailers, Jerome Sala, Dennis Saleh, Ed Sanders, Sarah Sarhandi, Tom Savage, Larry Sawyer, Allen Say, Margot Schilpp, Volker Schlöndorff, Michael Schorsch, Hannes Schüpbach, Barry Schwabsky, Ilka Scobie, Marianne Shaneen, David Shapiro, Prageeta Sharma, Peter J. Shippy, Jeremy Sigler, Cedar Sigo, Ron Silliman, Hal Sirowitz, Kiki Smith, Simon Smith, Andre Spears, Christopher Stackhouse, Suzanne Stein, Ray Succre, Erik Sweet, Eileen R. Tabios, Mónica de la Torre, Tony Towle, John Tranter, David Trinidad, Juan Uslé, Stephen Vincent, Paul Violi, Anna Vitale, Tisa Walden, Anne Waldman, Alli Warren, Lewis Warsh, Barrett Watten, Phoebe Wayne, Jacqueline de Weever, Susan Wheeler, Matthew Whitley, Peter Lamborn Wilson, A.D. Winans, Terence Winch, Angela Veronica Wong, Dalt Wonk, Jeff Wright, Laura Wright, Rob Wynne, John Yau, Elizabeth Young, Geoffrey Young, Stephanie Young, and Bill Zavatsky.
Vanitas comes out periodically. While impossible to predict, usually there is a one to two year span between issues. If you submit your work, you must plan to be patient with the editorial process. We consider each submission carefully, and replies may come some time after the end of the reading period. You should be familiar with the magazine before submitting; it is recommended that you read an issue before submitting work.
Submissions by e-mail are highly preferred. All replies will be made by e-mail. Attach a separate file for each text. You must include your name and e-mail address on every page. If it is absolutely impossible for you to make a submission by e-mail, you may use regular mail (Vanitas, c/o Vincent Katz, 211 West 19th Street, #5, New York, NY 10011), but note that replies are made only by e-mail. Do not send SASE or expect reply by normal mail. The reading period for each issue is from November 1 to February 28.
Submissions are now closed for Vanitas 7, which will be the last print issue of the journal. The theme for issue 7 is The Self.
Subscriptions are $10 for one issue, $18 for two issues. Send a check for the appropriate amount, made out to Vincent Katz, to: VANITAS, c/o Vincent Katz, 211 West 19 Street, #5, New York, NY 10011. Indicate which issues you wish to receive.