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Third Annual Literary Magazine Fair
We hope you will join us this year for the Third Annual Literary Magazine Fair, now expanded to a grand Lit Mag Marathon Weekend, June 22-23, 2002 in New York City featuring more events, more editors, and more journals! The Lit Mag Marathon Weekend is brought to you by the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses in partnership with Fair founders Jenine Gordon Bockman of Literal Latté and Rebecca Wolff of Fence, with public support funds the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency and funding from the Lila-Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund. The goal of the weekend is to draw much-needed and much-deserved attention to the incredible range of print and on-line journals being produced across the country by independent and university publishers alike. The editors of literary journals perform the crucial tasks of discovering and championing brilliant new voices, while playing a critical role in the cultivation of many of America’s most esteemed writers. The Lit Mag Marathon Weekend will offer a great opportunity for curious readers and writers to sample literary magazines and meet some of the most influential editors in the small press scene. We are thrilled to present a celebratory marathon reading on Saturday the 22nd–"The Magathon"– from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Fifteen leading lit mag editors will read favorite selections form their latest issues, giving you a glimpse behind the scenes of the printed page! The reading will take place at the New York Public Library Periodicals Reading Room, on Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, and will coincide with an opening of an exhibit of new literary magazines from NYPL’s impressive collection. The Third Annual Literary Magazine Fair will take place on Sunday, June 23 at Housing Works Used Book Café, 126 Crosby Street from 12pm to 5pm. Last year more than 100 journals participated from all over the country, half with editors on hand to meet and greet and sell. 3,500+ journals were sold that day, as hundred of eager readers and writers bought armfuls of magazines at $2 a copy. This year even more space will be available at the bookstore and we aim to display copies of up to 125 different journals, again for sale for the low, low price of $2 each! For the first time this year, we are pleased to welcome web-based literary magazines to the Fair, which will be on display via laptop computers around the store. All proceeds from the fair go to Housing Works is a non-profit organization whose proceeds support the New York City community of homeless people with AIDS. All event s are free and open to the public. For more information, call 212-741-9110.
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