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This is the first post on what I hope will become a vibrant and informative blog for the MFA program at Long Island University in Brooklyn. I would like for this to become an accurate reflection of all the literary action going on in and around the LIU community. I'll post poems and excerpts from stories by LIU students, videos of readings, information about upcoming events and readings, links to various independent publishing endeavors by MFA students, among other useful information. In keeping with these goals, I'll just start here and now:
Three literary journals have cropped up since the Fall 2010 semester. MFA students Joe Infante, Gulay Isik, Micah Sivaglio, and Kyle De Ocera have started a journal of art, fiction, and poetry called By The Overpass. Their first issue will be out in March. By The Overpass will also host a reading series at Rhythm and Booze in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Another student, Tony Iantosca, has collaborated with some poet-friends he made while he was living in Vermont. This journal focuses exclusively on publishing poetry, and it's called Sun's Skeleton. Their second issue will be out in February.
The third journal that has emerged recently is called Brooklyn Paramount. It will also be out quite soon, and it focuses on publishing writers associated with the MFA program at LIU (professors, students and alumni).
Stay tuned for postings of videos of readings by MFA students and faculty.
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