Website
Type Of Publisher
Magazine
Genres Published
Essays, Fiction, Poetry, Translation, Visual Art
Year Established
2013
Address
Portland, OR
Name
Thea Prieto
Title
Editor-in-Chief
Mission Statement / Editorial Focus
The Gravity of the Thing is an independent literary magazine dedicated to the publication of innovative and defamiliarized writing. We publish work that is aware of its literary form, writing that defamiliarizes in craft or content for an enhanced rendering of reality.
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions
Yes
Do You Have Any Cover Letter Advice?
Simply include a 2-3 sentence summary of your literary accomplishments or endeavors.
What Do You Look For In A Submission?
We are excited to discover new ways writers are defamiliarizing traditional forms of written language. Selected works may be experimenting with genre, with specific elements of craft (point of view, line break, time, etc.), or with multimedia forms.
What Advice Do You Have For First-time Submitters?
Please visit our Baring the Device website column to learn more about the elements of defamiliarization that most interest our editors.
Do You Have A Favorite Unsolicited Submission Discovery Or Anecdote?
There are many favorites, though "Suzume, an Origami Bird at the Apocalypse" by Karen An-hwei Lee comes immediately to mind. The poem defamiliarizes through shifts in form and language and by presenting common objects out of context.
Who Is Your Ideal Reader?
People who enjoy the new and ever-changing acrobatics of writing. People who like to discover how magic tricks work.
