Stories and poems from and about artists, photographers, models, the art of posing: on the beach, on the street, in a gallery, at the gym, body building, posing nude for art class, artist/model relations, fashion: in and out of, how to pose, dating a poser. Any other suggestions? Let us know, and we'll add them.
Stories and poems about bodies beautiful and imperfect, the able and disabled body, transforming the body, shaping and marking the body, loving and harming the body...
...the spiritual body, the aging body, the political body, uniforms, body language, fetishes, selling your body, organ donors, body art...
Shortlist: Short Stories
We encourage submissions from writers and poets from North, South and Central America, as well as stories by others about Americans, Canadians, Brazilians, Chileans. Stories and poems about tango dancing, Wall Street love, West Side stories, Buenos Aires, New York, Mexico City, jazz music, bible bashers, girls from Ipanema, boys from Bahia, American dreams, Jodie Foster, James Baldwin, Wonder Woman, Kiss of the Spiderwoman...