Issue 5 | Publishing Genius Press | Keyhole
About isReads
IsReads is an "outdoor journal" founded by Publishing Genius in 2006. In 2008, Keyhole Magazine came on board to co-edit. Kathryn Regina is the managing editor.
The concept of the outdoor journal is to put short poems in unusual places, like on abandoned buildings and in shopping carts.
Starting in 2010, isReads publishes four "issues" every year, in March, June, September and December. We aim to accept ten poems, each consisting of ten lines or fewer. Please send your submissions to editors@isreads.
The project was featured in an article in the May/June 2009 issue of Poets & Writers magazine. Among other things, the article says:The publishing-and-distribution process of Is Reads involves a printer, tape, and a couple of people willing to wander around town. It's a refreshing approach to putting out a journal, but it nonetheless recalls historic forms such as broadsheets and political posters. Justin Sirois, an Is Reads contributor and founder of the Baltimore-based experimental writing and publishing collective Narrow House, describes the journal as "a guerrilla-style public literature broadside initiative. It's an attempt to alter the urban environment with language that would never otherwise have a chance to engage the public. It's a little out of place, but that's the hook."
The outdoor journal hangs in several cities across the country. If you'd like to get involved, send us an email.
The city of Pittsburgh issued a proclamation about IsReads, declaring July 21, 2009 "Journal Outdoors Day." Here's Pittsburgh isReads.
Another cool outdoor poetry project is Broadsided.
Another cool online journal is The Alice Blue Review.
The publishing-and-distribution process of Is Reads involves a printer, tape, and a couple of people willing to wander around town. It's a refreshing approach to putting out a journal, but it nonetheless recalls historic forms such as broadsheets and political posters. Justin Sirois, an Is Reads contributor and founder of the Baltimore-based experimental writing and publishing collective Narrow House, describes the journal as "a guerrilla-style public literature broadside initiative. It's an attempt to alter the urban environment with language that would never otherwise have a chance to engage the public. It's a little out of place, but that's the hook."