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SPEAKEASY personifies "edgy, underground community on the margins"
Loft Literary Center publishes bi-monthly forum for literary discussions
Speakeasy is a new bimonthly magazine of literary culture, published by the Loft Literary Center of Minneapolis, the nation's largest and most comprehensive center for the literary arts. Speakeasy is for readers and writers who are passionate about the role of literature in their world."The speakeasy of the 20s and 30s personified an edgy, underground community on the margins. Literature is very much on the margins of our culture. We want Speakeasy to be a literary gathering place tuned to the moment, a magazine that creates a sense of community between writers and readers." -- Bart Schneider, Editor
WHAT IS SPEAKEASY?
Speakeasy is a bimonthly magazine of literary culture, launching in September 2002 and published by the Loft Literary Center.
WHAT'S IN SPEAKEASY?
Speakeasy features a full spectrum of literary textures, including:
… Original fiction, nonfiction, and poetry
… Book reviews
… Essays by writers on issues of the day
… Departments such as:
TÍte · TÍte (Writers in conversation)
Free Speak (On Censorship)
Writer's Block (Surefire tips for catching writer's block)
WHO'S IN SPEAKEASY?
Writers slated for the first issue include: Sven Birkerts, Barrie Jean Borich, Rosellen Brown, Emily Carter, Gerald Early, Jane Hirschfield, Kathleen Norris, Josip Novakovich, Naomi Shihab Nye, Kay Ryan, Cynthia Shearer, and David Treuer.
WHO'S BEHIND SPEAKEASY?
The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, the nation's largest independent literary center, is the publisher of Speakeasy. A 26-year-old nonprofit of modest beginnings in a Minneapolis bookstore, the Loft is now the nation's largest independent literary center. The Loft offers classes, mentoring and fellowships for writers as well as literary events and programming for audiences of all ages. With Speakeasy, the Loft will create a national literary community on the printed page.
WHO'S THE EDITOR OF SPEAKEASY?
Speakeasy editor Bart Schneider founded and for 15 years edited the Hungry Mind Review (now the Ruminator Review). Author of two novels published by Viking, Schneider is a board member of the National Book Critics Circle.
WHO RECEIVES SPEAKEASY?
Speakeasy will be available in bookstores nationwide and by subscription. An alternative publishing model developed by the Loft and the Minneapolis-based Utne Reader magazine (which has a circulation of 225,000) will boost Speakeasy's national circulation and distribution during its start-up year. Speakeasy will also be distributed to the Loft's 2,500 members as a benefit of membership. The premiere issue will be available in late August with a newsstand price of $5 and an annual subscription rate of $24. Online order form.
The Loft Literary Center publishes Speakeasy magazine as a bi-monthly forum for literary discussions on the printed page. We hope you'll join this conversation as a reader or a writer. The magazine is available on newsstands throughout the United States, by subscription (below), and as a benefit of membership in The Loft Literary Center.