If you haven’t been reading Qarrtsiluni’s latest edition, Mutating the Signature, you’re missing out on a revolution sweeping poetry on the web. Editors Dana Guthrie Martin and Nathan Moore have assembled an inspired group of poems, songs, visual art, video, and recordings, all created in collaboration. Each piece has multiple authors, and comes with process notes that reveal the inner workings of multiple minds.
Guthrie Martin is also the founding member of The Poetry Collaborative, where several poets, including Moore, work together to write, often revising in plain view. They’ve even been known to write their poems on places like twitter and facebook.
Dave Bonta, managing editor and co-founder of Qarrtsiluni, is a pioneer in sharing creative writing on the web. His journal is one of the few that publishes author recordings of most of the poems and short stories on the site. It comes as no surprise that he would be one of the first editors to publish an entire edition devoted entirely to collaborative works.
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Thanks for this post, Christine. We had such an amazing response to the call for submissions. We’re so pleased to be able to share such fine work that, taken together, shows the breadth and depth of collaboratively created written, performance and visual art — as well as the variety of processes people use to create their pieces.
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I can tell it was a labor of love, Dana. The work shows the care you took. It’s a true delight to be reading this issue.
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This is so great of you to mention the issue Christine. I’ve learned so much working on it. Thank you.
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I’ve been enjoying it so much, Nathan. There is something different and refreshing about each piece I’ve read.
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Yay for Dana and Nathan! And yay for Dave and Qarrtsiluni!
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Yay yay yay
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Dana rocks.
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Yep, she’s a firecracker, for sure.
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