Plenitude (magazine)
Plenitude (ISSN 1929-8080) is a Canadian literary magazine.[1] Launched in 2012 by editor Andrea Routley as a platform for new work by LGBT writers,[1] it publishes biannually in electronic format for distribution on e-readers and tablets.[1]
Writers published in the magazine's debut issue (fall 2012) included Betsy Warland, Peter Knegt, Kevin Shaw, Stacy Brewster, Lindsay Cahill, Nancy Jo Cullen, Geer Austin, Trevor Corkum, Emilia Nielsen, Theodosia Henney, Matthew R. Loney, Alex Leslie, Susan Holbrook, Leah Horlick, Kevin McLellan and Kyle Kushnir, while those in the second issue (spring 2013) included Lydia Kwa, Alex Leslie, Sierra Skye Gemma, George K. Ilsley, Sadie McCarney, Elizabeth Meade, Megan Backer, Rachel Lindley, Flower Conroy, John Champagne, Wendy Donawa, Ali Blythe, Jim Brega and Sigal Samuel. The third issue, published in fall 2013, featured work by Amber Dawn, John Barton, Brett Josef Grubisic, Daniel Zomparelli, Aaron Michael Kline, Helen Polychronakos, Rosie Garland, Adrienne Gruber, Michael Dunwoody, Sarah L. Johnson, Casey Plett, Svetlana Kitto, and Sandra Weyant.
Routley, a creative writing student at the University of Victoria,[2] launched the magazine as a self-directed study project within her academic coursework.[3] In addition to Routley, the magazine's editorial staff includes poetry editor Aysia Law and film and video curator Dorothy June Fraser, while advisory board members include John Barton, Maureen Bradley, L. Chris Fox, Sara Graefe and Arleen Paré.[3]
According to Routley, the magazine's goal is to provide a venue for innovative and unapologetically queer writing:
| “ | Canada needs a venue where we don’t have to write our way past these queer narratives that have dominated mainstream representations. I don’t want to clarify the sexual history of every character because this theoretical ‘average reader’ is unfamiliar with queer histories and cultures, for example. If I did that, then every story would be like a new conversation with a stranger. If we’re always introducing ourselves, how can we really dig in?[1] | ” |
Two pieces first published in the magazine, by Matthew R. Loney and Peter Knegt, were selected for inclusion in Lethe Press' anthology Best Gay Stories 2013.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Crush worthy". Xtra!, March 21, 2013.
- ↑ "New queer literary journal launches". The Martlet, August 9, 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Proud to launch Plenitude". University of Victoria Faculty of Fine Arts, June 28, 2012.