Ampersand
What:
Ampersand - Edition Zero
Where:
Metropolis, Lvl 3, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne
When:
Available now
How much:
$10
Win:
We have one copy of Ampersand to give away! Just email win@threethousand.com.au with subject line ‘smart sexy speople'
Editor Alice Gage once wanted to rock some serious boats. She was filled with rage at the numbness around her and thought that a cutting political publication would liven things up a little. After a good, hard think she realised the planet doesn't need more political verbiage - but it does need some interesting shit. A year later the first issue of Ampersand, reminiscent of a weathered Penguin Classic, is poised humbly among fellow rags on shelves.
This curiosity journal is a collection of essays, ideas, accounts of history and art. There's erotic fiction about Margaret Pomeranz's lust for David; it's the kind of saucy that leaves the taste of bad writing in your mouth. In more palatable pages, Gareth Liddard (The Drones) responds to a question from the Oxford Men's Colleges Entrance Exam Questions where he asks why we breed ugly idiots instead of smart sexy people.
Chris Flynn's critical article on creative Australia sounds worryingly defensive of Ampersand as a whole, but he hits a nerve: "it's what we do that lasts, the culture we create that leaves a trail for others to pick up and understand who we were." Let's get on with making those smart sexy people.
Format: Magazine
Motivation: Improves creativity by osmosis
Keywords: Literature, independent publishing
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