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Seattle and Minneapolis have traded the #1 and #2 spots in America's Most Literate Cities since the rankings began in 2004. The calendar in the previous post should make it no surprise that we rank #1 in bookstores. We're also #1 in education level and #4 in internet resources. We're only #14 in periodical publishers, though, which surprises me. In light of those figures (particularly the last two), I wonder if the survey includes online magazines that originate in Seattle. My favorite such publication just published its twentieth issue, marking five years of quarterly publishing. FRiGG Magazine is edited by Seattleite Ellen Parker and poetry editor Sean Farragher. In its five years, it has published a number of remarkable poets and short fiction writers. (Full disclosure: my own work appeared there a few years ago, and to this day, I still feel it was the best presentation my writing has ever been given.) The current issue, as always, features the incredible artwork of Al Farraone (or, as he signs his art, LA Enoaraf). Take a look at this cover and tell me it doesn't entice you to click through (to see it at full-size, DO click through):
The artwork is the perfect complement to some of the best writing found on the web. The current issue, which just went live over the weekend, features short fiction by Daphne Buter, Scott Garson, Michael Leone, Mark McLaren, and Gabriel Orgrease; and poetry by Terri Brown-Davidson, Cheryl Chambers, Thylias Moss, Kristine Ong Muslim, and Joseph R. Trombatore. The writing is always fresh, unexpected, daring, and mature. It's not for the faint of heart, no Chicken Soup for the Web Surfer or Saturday Evening Post. What it is... is excellent. A very happy fifth birthday to FRiGG Magazine! Join me in celebrating by savoring every piece within its covers. |
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Dave Clapper is the founding editor of SmokeLong Quarterly, an online literary magazine, and helps to coordinate Seattle Pecha Kucha Night. His writing has appeared in dozens of literary magazines, and his plays have been produced as part of the Seattle Fringe Festival. Links to his fiction can be found on his author page at Red Room.
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