During the month of May I was given the opportunity to edit Everyday Genius, which is part and parcel of Publishing Genius, What I love about EG is, because of its daily frequency, its commitment to risk as its own reward. What gets published might be ephemeral or profound, but it remains wholly distinct as a statement of its own day.
I was given 22 days to curate. I chose to feature writers who are women. I loved being able to feature poem-collages from Harmony Holiday. I loved Ish Klein's beautiful poem to her husband, Greg Purcell. I loved being at bar in town and Haley Thompson showing me a poem she was working on, getting real excited by it, and publishing it straight away. Francesca's poem to her sister.Jennifer's map. All of it. It brought me moved.
Thank you to Adam Robinson & thank you to all the writers. This has been one of the most rewarding and pleasurable projects I've been involved in. Here is the issue:
EVERYDAY GENIUS: MAY 2014
or read the entire month of work as one long scroll.