Profane Issue 1

By Profane Journal

From profanejournal.com: ""Profane is an annual print and audio journal featuring an eclectic mix of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. ... We appreciate writing that has movement, writing which, as it progresses, delves into the nuances and complications of the spaces it explores. We're particularly interested in work that is able to confront and subvert our perceptions of the world in which we live. We're keen on celebrating writers who present us with challenging material. Writing that is surprising or difficult, intellectually and emotionally, in even small, subtle ways, has the potential to leave the reader different as a result. To possess that potential is our definition of 'good writing.' And ultimately, good writing, whatever form it takes, is what we're after. It should be said that with any content we publish, it's not our goal to offend. But ideally, we'd like the writing we publish to meet readers in their uncomfortable places, to provoke conversations worth having. With that aspiration in mind, we believe there is no subject too taboo for exploration."" Table of Contents Poetry: Amy Woschek Schmidt Barricade Against 11 Nikki Allen mother 18 Emily O'Neill there was that whole weird thing with the horses 19 Kenneth Pobo Listening: "Things I'd Like to Say" by the New Colony Six 20 Eileen Malone The Way We Like It 21 C. Labairon Aspirations for the Socially Awkward 22 Alicia Catt A Body is a Temple is a Weapon is a Tool 30 Danny Earl Simmons Tease 31 Caroline Kessler Instructions for Flirting 32 Brian Beatty A Cotton Knot 34 Featured Poet: Joshua Sanders Brother's Addiction 59 Sisyphus and Saturn: Guest Lecturers 60 Ashland Drive 62 Aurora Touches the Spindle 63 Kevin Brown Resignation 82 J. Bradley A Love Poem as Written by Robert Rodriguez 83 Joe Nicholas The Morning the Crow Swallowed Space 84 Fungusbrain 85 Jose Araguz Blackberry Ode 86 Becca Barniskis I Assist at an Explosion 90 Alex Lemon Preparing for the Cure 92 Jia Oak Baker On Writing a Poem 94 Non-Fiction: Deborah Thompson Merengue to Namaste 23 Lissa Mae Contagion 87 Fiction: Devin Murphy Sad For Who I Am 12 Alec Cizak Trouble at the Renoir 35 Benjamin Drevlow Ina-Baby 64 Interviews: Maggie Nelson An Interview 47

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692315268
• ISBN13: 9780692315262
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Profane Journal
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"