To my Odd family,
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The world as it stands today seems too dark.
Fascism is on the rise.
Women are being invisibilized.
Politics is winning over common sense and humanity.
I have heard 2 rape cases in one day.
If I paid enough attention, I would’ve heard more.
At times like this, artists are the greatest doubters.
Does my poem/artwork/song/theatre matter?
Mostly, we are not making money out of it.
We are not being praised. Perhaps nobody has heard of us.
But you have your personal remembering.
How you ‘saw the painting’ one day.
How the poem came to you at midnight.
How the song carried you through the hardest times.
The Odd Magazine is simply about this feeling.
If you are reading this, you feel it too.
It’s time to introduce you to the latest, the one, and the precious only.
Like a moment in time that you want to freeze forever.
Oddity 30.
Here’s what you can expect:
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Odd Poetry: Alexander Etheridge, Doug Jacquier, John Dorsey, and Saad Ali
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Odd Shorts: Doug Mathewson, Grove Koger, Julie dron, Lindsay Reddick, Louella Lester, Michael Salama, and Stephen Bett
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Odd Art: Arup Datta
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Odd Video: Saul Saguatti and Basmati
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Odd Interview: Collagist Doug Campbell in conversation with Gary Cummiskey
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Enjoy and tell me what you think.
I urge you to #StayOdd!
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​​Sreemanti Sengupta
Odditor
The Odd Magazine and Odd Books
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