Baring the Device: About

As the editors of The Gravity of the Thing aim to publish writing that defamiliarizes, so do we aim to defamiliarize conventional editing, publishing, and creative models. Follow our Baring the Device column to learn about various writing, editing, and publishing practices.

The Other Side of the Thing | Dan Chilton

"We need to defamiliarize our processes and our ideas. Throw some metaphorical wrenches into the machinery just to see what happens..." Dan Chilton unpacks "the pressures of literary realism on those approaching publishing."

Baring the Device: Submissions

This chapter of Baring the Device focuses on the basic submission process. When a writer seeks readership, there are a number of ways to approach publication thoughtfully and effectively.

Abstract Writing | David Stromberg

"Rigor is a word that’s used more often in theoretical mathematics than in the creative arts. It has to do with the process of proving something as seemingly simple as the idea that 1 + 1 = 2..."

Baring the Device: After Acceptances

In this edition of Baring the Device, our editors bare the common editorial practices that come into play after a submission is accepted for publication. On the happy day that a writer receives an acceptance letter, there are a few ways a writer can expect to engage with an editor.

Ability to Fit | Jacey de la Torre

"The trail is a sentence that I write with my steps, punctuating and accenting with the strict rhythm of my breath, an organic and lived poem etched into the land as it burns me anew..." Jacey de la Torre on discovering self and story through running.