specs aims to create sympathetic interfaces between
artistic and critical practices.
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Issue Two Available Now
Issue two "Faux Histories" is available for purchase. Click here to view content from the issue. Or, to purchase your copy of issue two, click here.
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Call for Submissions
specs invites submissions of critical and/or creative work for the 3rd volume on the theme of "Toys." We seek works of fiction, non-fiction, cultural criticism, artwork, poetry, and pieces that blur genre boundaries. Click here for more information about what we're looking for.
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What is specs?
specs is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes works of ficition, non-fiction, cultural criticism, artwork, poetry and pieces that blur genre boundaries. Past contributors include Slavoj Žižek, Patricia Smith, Molly Bendall, David St. John and Chris Abani.
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specs at AWP Denver
specs will visit the 2010 AWP Conference in Denver, Colorado. We look forward to meeting other journals, magazines, and publishers. Look for us there.
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Issue Two Special Features
specs, launched issue 2, "Faux Histories," with a reading by the four-time National Poetry Slam winner, Patrica Smith. Her recent book Blood Dazzler chronicles the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina and was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award.
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specs on Twitter & Facebook
specs is now in the social networking grid. Click here here to follow us on Twitter, and here to be our Facebook friend. We'll give you real time updates, news, publication schedules, and more.