Clara Venus small press zine magazine of poetry flash prose memoir fiction photos and art

Review of Clara Venus One in BIG BRIDGE

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Read a review of the literary annual CLARA VENUS at Big Bridge:

http://bigbridge.org/littlemag.htm

submissions guidelines for CLARA VENUS TWO

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(from the editor)

INFERENCES

Statistically the entire world population is 52% female and 48% male.

When I discovered the interactive on-line project Word Count at
www.wordcount.org, that tracks the 86,800 “most frequently used English
words ranked in order of commonness” and “giving a barometer of
relevance”.... I found the top 6 words used:
the (1) of (2) and (3)
to (4) a (5) in (6)
Then I checked on some word usage in relation to gender.... and found
he (ranked 14) his ( ranked 27) man (ranked 142)
(Remember, the higher the number the *less* frequently used the word...)
she (ranked 30) her (ranked 36) woman (ranked 393)
Some common names/ euphemisms for gender specific parts
dick (5366) cock (10870) penis (10871)
all much more frequently used than the female
vagina (16307) cunt (18636) pussy (21548)

hint: I don’t think women are writing about themselves enough or talking
about themselves or each other as much as they should...yes, I used the
word should....

Reading and thinking on these rankings may bring various inferences to
mind, and these may be construed as themes for writings to be submitted
to the editor for consideration for Issue 2 of Clara Venus. Deadline April 2K6.

Some submission guidelines may be found on the title page of this issue
and also on-line at:
http://ClaraVenus.BlogSpot.com

Additional information obtainable via e-mail to: mariekazalia@earthlink.net

CLARA VENUS Issue One SOLD OUT

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Submissions open for Clara Venus TWO (Sprintg/Summer 2K6)
submissions to: Marie Kazalia e-mail: RedHandPress@hotmail.com

ISSUE ONE SOLD OUT Clara Venus -- a handprinted 7 color serigraph cover wrapped around 76 pages of creative prose, poetry and photographs by some of the best small press writers in the U.S.A. and Australia. Featuring 9 photographs by small press writer, publisher, and filmmaker Cheryl Townsend. and the writing of Lyn Lifshin, Michael Rothenberg, Tsaurah Litzky, Arthur Winfield Knight, Kit Kennedy, Belladonna , Duane Locke, Sue Mayfield-Geiger, Francis Poole, Viola Lee, Reginald Sinclair Lewis, Alison Carb Sussman, Austin Alexis, Nikki Thompson, Elizabeth Brunazzi, Tina Butcher, Julie L. Andrews, Dorothy Bates, Laura Elrick, Deborah Rothchild, Oliver Cutshaw, Lala, Cynthia Liang, Graham Nunn, Jacqueline K. Powers, Suellen Wedmore, Lenore Weiss, Will Hochman, H D Moe, and Christopher Mulrooney and his translation of a poem by the French poet Paul Valery.

This inaugural issue of Clara Venus is a bit larger than future issues of all 3 Red Hand Press annuals--Clara Venus, fulva flava and Defect Cult--willl contain approx. 50 pages per issue. Individual issues available for $7. each. Subscriptions $15. for 3 issues (one of each annual ) Cash, check and M.O. made payable to Marie Kazalia please. Send Orders & Submissions to:

Marie Kazalia
PO BOX 422344
San Francisco CA 94142-2344
-OR-
Marie Kazalia
PO BOX 485
Cortland, OH 44410

E-mail: mariekazalia@earthlink.net or
RedHandPress@homail.com
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neo-victorian Marie

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ISSN number for Clara Venus annual publication

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Clara Venus

ISSN 1553-7285

literary annual

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About Clara Venus

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Clara Venus ISSUE One is now available
for $7. postage paid within the USA

Clara Venus One contains submission guidelines
for Clara Venus TWO--or contact the editor--
Marie Kazalia E-mail: mariekazalia@earthlink.net

The name of this publication, Clara Venus, comes from Rimbaud’s poetry--his description of a lady emerging from her bath--her buttocks engraved with the words Clara Venus ... hideously beautiful...

The focus of this Clara Venus literary annual--the female outside roles and beyond the descriptions she’s usually written into. Let*s not hear any more stereotypes about the female defined as either delicate virgin or hardened whore, chaste nun in any sense, or demure mother-figures. This is where women tell us who they really are, fully, in their many human aspects.

The theme(s) of the first issue: POSE, euphemism & images of the past

*There’s no deconstruction without the memory of the tradition.*

Jacques Derrida

Seeking unconventional writing/images on the conventional-- exposing the pose, truth and the untruthful, those who speak with forked tongue and role-play, ringers and replicas, pretentions, affectations, and the unpretentious, lifting the veil or mask, vintage poses of women on postcards, the female form as logo in advertisements, barbie dolls and equivalents of today. How many euphemisms can you think of that name female body parts? Delving into famlily photos or your personal memories--the series of images seered into your brain--women you grew up hearing about--Indira Ghandi, Janice Joplin, the go-go dancers on TV. Images of the past--all the images you know about that contributed and shaped you as a women
(even before your were born).....where you are now and intend to go--tell us about
a whole new world, a few words at a time...

http://ClaraVenus.blogspot.com
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In 2005 Red Hand Press begins publishing 3 new literary annuals--
Clara Venus, fulva flava, and Defect Cult-- in both print and on-line versions
( 3 annual titles rather than one quarterly). Writers & artists recieve payment in contributors’ copies only, at this time.

Poetry: all forms and styles, prose poems
Prose: flash (500 words or less) fiction, memoir, creative non-fiction
Artwork:
Send your high contrast b&w drawings, prints, collages, paintings and photographs
for consideration. By mail: submit clear clean photocopies of original images. Via e-mail: send JPEGs. Keep in mind the openness of these publications and the stated themes when submitting artwork.

Small Press poets, writers and artists may submit their work now for consideration for the inaugural issues. One submission opens you to consideration for all three publications--unless your (optional) coverletter indicates a preference.

send submissions to:
Attn: Marie Kazalia
Red Hand Press
PO BOX 422344
San Francisco CA 94142-2344

E-mail: RedHandPress@hotmail.com