Brian and delph in The Journal

delph_ambi · Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:28 pm

Edition #33 of The Journal is now out: I'm on page 25 and Brian's on page 28. I feel honoured to be in such exalted company.

Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:08 pm

Yes. Well done you two, and how very alphabetical of you as well.

The Journal was one of the first places I got published, and I subscribed for a while but eventually dropped it. I really think I should take it up again.

Mic · Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:15 pm

Yes, congrats both.

Michaela

delph_ambi · Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:59 pm

Thank you David and Michaela

JohnLott · Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:48 pm

Good News
Accolades are drifting across this site faster than rose petals fall in the Autumn

J.

Magpie Jane · Fri Jul 22, 2011 12:15 am

Good, good!
and
Congratulations to you both.

Jane

brianedwards · Fri Jul 22, 2011 12:35 am

Thanks all. Haven't seen a copy yet, but looking forward to it.

B.

Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:45 pm

Resubscribed and got my copy today.

brianedwards · Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:16 pm

Still haven't received mine . . .

delph_ambi · Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:31 am

Brian, I asked Sam why yours was taking so long to arrive and he explained it's because he sent it by surface mail rather than airmail. As it is, postage on each issue costs as much as printing it, so he'd soon run out of funds if he used airmail. It HAS been posted, and it WILL arrive.

Suzanne · Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:25 pm

Congratulations to you both. Well done.
It is exciting to watch you both getting acknowledged and appreciated.

Suzanne

Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:39 pm

It's an odd little thing, isn't it? Your poems (both of you) are amongst the best things in it - and, when you get yours, Bri, see if you recognise who's on page 22 (and also good) - but a lot of the poems are fairly poor. There are also some quite splenetic reviews of recently published books and pamphlets, at least one of which seems like a bit of bitter score-settling. Very odd.

I like the format of it, though, and there is some good stuff in it.

brianedwards · Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:58 am

Yay! Finally arrived. And great to see not only myself and Cathy, but also Megan (p22) and another acquaintance of mine Jane Spiro (p9). Not had chance to read much of the others yet of course, but I do like the A4 format, which will slip nicely into my briefcase tomorrow!

B.

Wed Oct 12, 2011 5:41 pm

Gosh, that took a while! Well done again anyway.

What about some of them reviews, eh?

Suzanne · Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:11 pm

Wow, that is great! Well done. Suzanne

Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:25 pm

Congrats, y'all! Are the reviews fun to read, then?

Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:27 pm

Ros wrote:Congrats, y'all! Are the reviews fun to read, then?

David wrote:There are also some quite splenetic reviews of recently published books and pamphlets, at least one of which seems like a bit of bitter score-settling. Very odd.

That's what I thought, anyway. Doesn't detract from the quality of the poems, of course.

brianedwards · Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:48 am

Yes, some of these reviews are hilarious aren't they? Hilarious in a very bad way that is. Wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of that Paul Murphy - what a nasty little man he is!

B.

calico · Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:48 am

Ros wrote: Are the reviews fun to read, then?

No! Bonkers! Very peculiar.

brianedwards · Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:32 pm

The overall quality of the magazine is quite disappointing really. There's only about a dozen poems that I honestly think would be worthy of the Exp board here. It surprises me, as the editor speaks/writes so confidently and knowledgeably. There are more than a few inclusions that are not just not good, but actually very poor.

Still, all good fun isn't it, seeing how we all fit into the bigger picture . . .

B.

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