New Poetry from FENCE BOOKS On the Way to the Paintings of Forest Robberies by Jennifer Nelson Making exquisite trouble, these poems give voice to Nelson’s encounters with turbulent surfaces, from the twisted spectacles of the contemporary world--geopolitical, epistemological, and local--to esteemed artworks inseparable from the legacies of colonialism.
Fence looks ahead to ensuring we can meet our coming 2025 budget. With your generous support of Fence—through a tax-deductible contribution of $60 or more—you can receive this fine, limited-print-run 7 3/4" x 10 1/4" broadside, each to be signed by the poet-artist (and man of so much more) Wayne Koestenbaum.
The broadside below will be printed by letterpress on handmade Moriki Koko Bright Yellow paper. More details about the broadside and donations to Fence can be found here.
Fence magazine Issue 41 has shipped to active subscribers and is now available at newsstands, bookstores, and sundry other venues.
In early spring of 2023, the Experimental Sound Studio (ESS) and Fence invited visual and sound artist Spencer Hutchinson and poet and writer Alyssa Perry to participate in the first of an ongoing series of cross-disciplinary exchange and collaboration between our nonprofit arts organizations. ESS and Fence suggested opening their sound and text archives to the two artists, so each might gamely cross over into exploration and encounter with works from the less familiar field.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Fence Presents: Poets and Collage
Philadelphia, PA Ξ 7:00 pm February 22, 2025
Partners and Son Δ 618 S 6th St, Philadelphia, PA
Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Brandon Downing, Laynie Browne, and Cort Day will present work image and/or sound with screens at Bookstore and Art Gallery Partners and Son in Philadelphia, PA. Watch this page and the Fence e-newsletter -- sign up below. Visit the Partners and Son Instagram page and website.
PAST EVENTS
NEW YORK CITY Ξ Sunday, April 28, 2024 5:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Torn Page 435 West 22nd St. Manhattan NY
Fence contributors, editors, and audience gathered at Torn Page in Manhattan’s Chelsea to celebrate the 41st issue of FENCE in the former residence of actors Rip Torn and Geraldine Page. Featuring poetry by Lee Ann Brown, Anton Ivanov, Meghan Maguire Dahn, fiction by Mengyin Lin and International Literary Seminars in Kenya participants Kyra Simone and Radhiyah Ayobami, as well as Garrett Phelps, translator of Osvaldo Lamborghini. Edgar Garcia, Visiting Editor of issues 40 and 41, read his poems and shared some words about the issue along with Editorial Co-Directors of Fence, Emily Wallis Hughes and Jason Zuzga.
BLACKSBURG, VA Φ May 14, 2024 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Blacksburg Books Δ 401 S. Main St. Ste., 106
Fence contributors and editors provided samples aloud from the latest issue of Fence, featuring poet-contributors: Nathan Dragon, Xander Gershberg, Sophia Terazawa, and Shy Watson. Visit the Blacksburg Books Instagram page and website.
New from Fence BOOKS
Phantom Captain
by Kim Rosenfield
Selected for the 2023 Ottoline Prize
- . . . what does it mean that I can't take a lifetime
- in this aggravating acceleration
- to say what I must
New from Fence BOOKS
Thieves: A Novel
by Valerie Werder
Print, E-Book, and Audiobook Formats
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Geologic Figures 8.6, 8.7, 8.8 and 14.14
Emma Wu | March 8, 2025
How do deep time and personal intimacy relate? What can Earth's tectonic structure teach us about the cyclicity of love? Diagram and language sourced from Earth Structure (van der Pluijm & Marshak, 1955) and John McPhee's Annals of the Former World, this piece explores the unexpected parallels between geology and human connection.
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