Type Of Publisher
Magazine, Press
Genres Published
Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Cross Genre Hybrid, Drama, Essays, Experimental, Feminist, Reviews, Visual Art
Year Established
2015
Address
BROOKLYN, NY
Name
Sakina Fakhri
Title
Co-founder/Chief Editor
Email
Mission Statement / Editorial Focus
Lazuli Literary Group is a platform dedicated to fostering the delight of the literary imagination via a small publishing press, writing contests, literary courses, and an online/print literary journal, AZURE: A Journal of Literary Thought. We are particularly drawn to writing that broadens the concept of "literary" to one that pulls from a global pedigree of storytelling technique. We seek authors who revel in the rhythmic possibilities of the poetic line, who contemplate the flavor, the shape, and the history of every word they use; who are so committed to the pyrotechnics of the written word that they comprehend the beauty of classical forms and yet feel compelled to constantly re-invent their craft. Our goal is to support underrepresented styles of writing, specifically within a genre that we imagined, which we call otherworld realism. We like work that generates an eclectic mix of literary, lyrical, experimental and witty reading experiences; as such, we publish works that may not be suited for mass consumption, due to their raw yet polished innovations in content and form. Every piece published in AZURE appears alongside a customized black & white sketch that is devised and executed by our in-house illustrator, Evgenia Barsheva.
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