Turbine

[landingtree]

My Masters course encourages everyone to submit to its online magazine, Turbine, towards the course's end. Since I had no short stories finished and little spare time what with working on book, I threw some poems at it. I don't know whether they stand up - my poems are all written in a back-and-forth with my grandfather, and no poets but we two have seen them - but as part of a conversation it's some of the most fun I've had writing in the last few years.

This magazine was edited by three of my coursemates. While the rest of us rested in the month after the course finished, they were reading four hundred submissions - hats off to them!

https://turbinekapohau.org.nz




(oh also there's a bit of my reading diary up there, which I mention because it has what leaflemming will consider spoilers for my book in it, don't read until later!)

Comments

[sartorias]

That poem reads aloud really well! So full of image and tasty words. I found your reading at the end, and listened; of course your voice sounds a million years better than my old, awkward0accented squawk, but it's interesting to see how different words got emphasis.

I poked around the rest of the magazine, specifically the nonfiction. Some good stuff there. I really liked the one about childrens' games the writer played. Am keeping this bookmarked for further exploration.

[landingtree]

I'm glad! My grandad and I exchange the poems both as text and as recordings - crackly phone ones. It was fun getting to do a recording in a professional sound booth, six poets sitting by hearing each others' voices be modulated.

I do sometimes catch myself writing things that only work if I'm there to emphasize a word in a non-intuitive way - one of the dangers of the 'read your work aloud to yourself' bit of writing advice.

I haven't read much of the magazine yet beyond what my own classmates did (I think that's eight of the many entries). I too shall explore it.