Dear Odders,
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I hope you’re all safe, warm and have a happy thing going for you.
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This issue has been hard, and I am grateful it’s here.
It may seem funny, but this little space called The Odd Magazine has continuously drawn me out of bed in the darkest of afternoons, since 2012.
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At some point this year I learned to re-hear Dostoevsky and appreciate how Russian novels build brilliant bleak atmospheres while leaning into the inevitable – and it fascinates me in all the life’s Covid-ridden, broken brilliance we find ourselves today.
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In this issue, I pay tribute to two dear friends I’ve lost recently: Hungryalist trilingual poet Pradip Chaudhuri (Feb 5, 1943 – Apr 25, 2021) and avant-garde artist, innovator, and writer Stephen Poleskie (June 3, 1938 – Dec 2019).
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Also, I am beyond proud to present:
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Odd Poetry: Betsie Flynn, Gary Cummiskey, Kevin Hibschman, and Nosakhare Collins
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Odd Shorts: Louella Lester, Howie Good, Dr. Meghashri Dalvi, Doug Mathewson, and a collaborative flash by Meg Pokrass & Jeff Friedman
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Odd Art: Marlon Mclean and Pere Sousa
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Cover art: Rus Khutoff
For some of us, oddness is not a choice, but a disposition. If ever there was a time for it to shine, it is now.
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Be kind to yourselves and others.
And forevermore, #StayOdd!
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Sreemanti Sengupta
Odditor
The Odd Magazine and Odd Books
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