Type Of Publisher
Gravity-form, Magazine-press
Address
264 Santa Monica Way SANTA BARBARA, California 93109 United States
Mission Statement / Editorial Focus
Who is to say what is literary? In our minds, if it is a story and it is well-written, it’s literature. But we find that stories considered “genre” are often deemed to be a different universe than literary fiction. Is it possible to have a literary werewolf? Would he have to wear a tuxedo and enunciate like Lord Mountbatten before he is considered literary? Can a witch be literary? Only if she goes to Harvard? We dislike the idea that literary fiction really means boring fiction, and that it is somehow valued more than anything with a teaspoon of imagination to it. Borda Books/ Santa Barbara Literary Journal is staffed by improbable characters, all of us volunteers, and improbable characters are welcome in the stories we print, as long as they are well written. There *is* such a thing as bad writing, but for the most part, writing is subjective. There are as many voices and styles in this world as there are pens to ink them. Our press is a means by which to give voice to a small fraction of those stories. Given that we're all writers here, I may as well add Tom Waits' assertion that "We're all mad as hatters here."
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Gravity-form Magazine-press
