Description
*Finalist for the 2022 INDIES Book of the Year Award for Anthologies
Stranged Writing: A Literary Taxonomy is a collection of defamiliarized creative writing curated according to biological taxonomy (species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, and domain) using word count. The hardcover edition includes a screen-printed dust jacket that transforms into unique literary organisms or book sculptures, the goal being a dimensional and tactile reading experience during these largely digital times. “The value in this project is to see new once again, so we can recover the thrill of being alive,” writes Northwest Review. “In an age of totalized digital content where speed, efficiency, and the intake of information marker success, Stranged Writing takes a defiant stance. It asks for us to engage, not scroll, to think, not just document: it insists on our humanity.”
Stranged Writing includes creative work by…
Jeff Alessandrelli, Joshua James Amberson, Agata Antonow, Sophia N. Ashley, rachel atakpa, Alex Behr, Adria Bernardi, Lucie Bonvalet, Joanna Cleary, Marc A. Criley, Katie Curran, K. James D’Agostino, Claire Dez, Łukasz Drobnik, Michelle Bonczek Evory, Michael Galat, Amy Goldmacher, Franki Haber, Maziar Karim, Benjamin Kessler, Cameron Quan Louie, Richard Magahiz, Kara McMullen, Nancy Carol Moody, Cameron Morse, Catherine Moscatt, Christi Nogle, Rita Pomade, Peg Alford Pursell, Matt Rebholz, Eli Ronick, Juliana Roth, John Savoie, David Stromberg, Janna Urschel, Maggie Veness, and Cameron Walker. The anthology also features multigenre and multimedia craft letters from our editors, Wendy Bourgeois, Matthew Robinson, and sisters Thea Prieto and Laurel Prieto.
This project was made possible with grant funding from the Regional Arts & Culture Council, as well as support from our Patreon