This months’ story came to us through the grapevine. Someone from my writing group saw the story where it first appeared on Laurie Woodum’s blog, I see paradise, and let me know. And I’m so pleased she did. Grace is an amazing story. It’s beautiful and haunting, one of those startling revelations we sometimes get, when we least expect it. Enjoy.
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Laurie Woodum’s Amazing story, “Grace”
Posted in journal updates with tags Grace, Junk issue 3, junk update, Laurie Woodum, memorial service on May 14, 2011 by Tim ElhajjQuiescence by Leslie F. Miller
Posted in journal updates with tags Junk issue 3, junk update, Leslie F. Miller, National Poetry Month, Quiescence on April 17, 2011 by EditorsApril is National Poetry Month in the United States. To celebrate, we offer a poem from Leslie F. Miller. Her work is somehow both surprising and intimate. We think you’ll love it. You should know that she created Quiescence from words suggested by her Facebook friends. Amazing.
We’re very proud to present it.
Also note that Leslie is an accomplished photographer. Her photo “box” accompanies her poem.
Cracked by Shannon Barber
Posted in journal updates on March 12, 2011 by Tim ElhajjShannon Barber’s voice is fresh and cool. She’s like a spring breeze on your face in the last days of winter. Even better, she’s up. Her story Cracked is live on Junk right now.
Shannon’s story rounds out Junk 2, the winter 2011 edition of Junk. Here’s a little taste of Cracked:
The nurse kept asking if I smoked crack. My intake at the clinic seemed to focus around my supposed children, my supposed acts of wanton prostitution and my supposed crack habit.
“When was the last time you did any drugs?”
The nurse never looked me in the eye; she spoke my name in a weird buzz heavy voice, Mizz Barr-Berrr. She made my name sound like an accusation, of what I didn’t know but I was guilty of course.
Erin Murphy’s “Slow Burn” Sizzles
Posted in journal updates with tags Erin Murhpy, junk update, sizzles, slow burn on February 16, 2011 by Holly HuckebaTim and I are pleased to publish new work by Erin Murphy on Junk. When “Slow Burn” showed up in our inbox, all I wrote to Tim was, “Wow.” Fortunately, I gained enough vocabulary to write Erin back right away and tell her “Yes, we want it!”
Because Junk publishes monthly, we needed to be patient about delivering her story to you, but now that the time is upon us, we hope you agree that it was worth the wait.
Enjoy!
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Need by Dinty W. Moore Available Now
Posted in journal updates with tags Dinty W. Moore, journal update, Need on December 15, 2010 by Holly HuckebaJunk presents the first of its visual arts submissions: “Need,” by the esteemed Dinty W. Moore.
Tim and I were so excited when we saw this photo. Not only were we happy to receive a submission from Dinty Moore, but the photo reveals so much about the effects of addiction. The setting reflects the desperation and defiance of the addict. The composition and framing of the subjects illuminates a network of need—the girl holds a protective hand over what might be a baby strapped to her belly, track marks riddling the back of her knee. The dog pines for the girl’s attention, its leash dangling uselessly. And the bottle of wine—almost a study itself—lies drained to the dregs.
And what does this piece tell us about Mr. Moore? It’s almost as mysterious as what the poor child in the picture holds in her arms. We know the photo was taken in Florence, Italy, in the late summer of this year. Perhaps a vacation? Possibly business? What does it say when a photographer visits one of the jewels of the Renaissance and returns with a photograph of a junky as mournful and evocative as this?
We don’t know. We can only guess, dear reader.
What we do know is that this is a fine piece of visual nonfiction, and we are pleased as punch to present it here on Junk.
-XS
Junk Has Launched
Posted in journal updates with tags Elizabeth Westmark, junk, living room, white elephant on November 19, 2010 by Editors
Junk has left the pier — our first issue is live!
Whitey (pictured) is the elephant in the living room that no one wants to talk about. He’s showing up here, there. Everywhere.
When it comes to nonfiction about addiction, we have a smoker of a first issue. We offer you Detritus, a lovely story from Elizabeth Westmark. Enjoy!
Read our press release, like us on Facebook, consider submitting your work to us.
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