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Dusty Dog Reviews The whole project is hip, anti-academic, the poetry of reluctant grown-ups, picking noses in church. An enjoyable romp! Though also serious. |
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Nick DiSpoldo, Small Press Review (on Children, Churches and Daddies, April 1997) Children, Churches and Daddies is eclectic, alive and is as contemporary |
Taking It All In
Volume 177.22, supplemental October 2007 supplement issue
The Unreligious, Non-Family-Oriented Literary and Art Magazine
Internet ISSN 1555-1555
This is a special supplement issue to cc&d magazine. Most of these pages were previously printed in v165.25 to test boundaries of hardbound book printing capabilities, cc&d released a 2007 “addition” (so to speak) of the art book. To test the print boundaries & capabilities for Scars Publications, cc&d magazine released this supplement issue, where the content is almost the same as mid-October 2006’s supplement book (which was designed to test hardcover book binding).
Although this book is a paperback (and not a hardcover), the interior pages of this collection are in full color. Scars Publications kept the existing color images from northern European countries & Russia and China in for color interior page printing (along with vibrant color images taken in other European countries and within the United States), but to make things different, two new short editorials are in this volume instead of the editorials that were in the 2006 supplement issue. Because we do not ask readers to purchase a simial color book just because we are testing the printer capabilities, we have also made these editorials (and these color images) available for free viewing on the Internet — and we plan to place these new editorials in the end-of-the-year collection book from cc&d.
...This softcover, full color art book was furst released as a cc&d ISSN# book, but now it has been released as an ISBN# book. Check ot this new edition now for sale...
Now, we don’t expect everyone to order copies of this book/supplement issue, so we thought we’d let everyone see the pages and the artwork, along with the Boss Lady’s Editorials. If you’re aching to still get a hard copy of these editorials, you can also get them in the end-of-the-year 2007 collection book of materials from cc&d magazine. So... You can view lots of images after the editorial on this page before you decide to order the paperback book..
The Boss Lady’s Editorial
The Countdown to the Presidency
and When Power (and Weather) Become Your Enemy
Katrina damage
Three Domes
Nature
Portrait Photography & Artistic Photography
The Puget Sound, Washington
Barns, Pennsylvania
Nashville
the Milwaukee Art Museum
Washington D.C.
Chicago
St. Petersburg, Russia
Venice, Italy
the Great Wall of China
Berlin, Germany
Copenhagen, Denmark
Tallinn, Estonia
Helsinki, Finland
Stockholm, Sweden
Pompeii
Agrigento
Rome
Luxembourg
Paris
Bruxelles
Austria
the Boss Lady’s Editorial
The Countdown to the Presidency
Like being at a carnival where there is a row of ducks moving along a line and you’re supposed to hit them to win a prize, they all look the same, See how as the Primaries draw closer, everyone starts acting more and more alike.
So I just saw another Democratic debate in September (and oddly enough, Gravel was still there), and even though Hillary Clinton has been pulling a more marked with the more time that passes (thank the Clinton Machine and the charisma and money-pulling power of Bill), no one was willing to start a conflict with her (because it would make anyone else look like they were trying to be petty and take shots at her, so everyone stayed quiet during the debates), and no one showed real differences between anyone else. (Okay, Gravel showed real differences, but for some reason, no one takes him seriously.)
Hillary Clinton has surged ahead among the Democrat candidates, probably with a great deal of help from her charismatic husband, President Bill Clinton. But recent reports have led people to believe that with the power of the Clintons, Hillary has been able to talk extensively to media outlets to alter what is written about her, and even in some cases to not print some articles about her campaign.
Well, she hasn’t talked to anyone from cc&d magazine, so if you want to hear any unaltered truths about Hillary Clinton or the Clinton campaign, let me know.
We haven’t had the Primaries yet (I think as I write this they are 13 weeks away), and as the date draws closer, the candidates are actually seeming more and more similar. For example, although every Democrat says we should not have troops in Iraq at all because Bush sent us to an unwarranted war, the top three Democrats vying for the chance to run for President all agreed (they vocally agreed in the debate, starting with Hillary Clinton, then Barrack Obama, then John Edwards that they could not guarantee if they were elected President to pull all troops out by 2013 (the end of their first term). No Democrat candidate) will mention that although Bush got them into an unwarranted war (that Congress wouldn’t even declare as a war), Bush and the current government racket has actually increased pockets where terrorists can sprout, and America (whether we like sending troops to the other side of the world or not) might have to keep people there to help quell the problems the Bush regime started.
Then again, they mentioned during the debates that Guiliani actually knows nothing about foreign policy at all. . . and then we have to consider that there was just a recent Republican debate, and the 4 major contenders (yes, including Guiliani and Romney) couldn’t even show up for (they said they had prior engagements). Newscasters and commentators on the cable television networks couldn’t help but mention that these same Republican candidates often neglect debates with more African-American or Latino audiences, possibly because they would be forced to talk about points some groups in the country would harangue them on (so avoiding the appearance all together will help them save grace).
Granted, candidates usually say extreme things in vying for the candidacy because they need to get the supports of certain groups that want to hear more extreme stances (like “we need to get out of Iraq,” or “we should increase our prison centers so we can detain all of the terrorists”), but as Primaries draw closer, candidates start to go more to the center, and start sounding more and more alike.
I heard clips with comments from Ron Paul at the Republican debate, and if you ask a lot of Democrats, they appreciate Ron Paul and prefer him as a candidate (and when you hear him in debates, he says a lot of things that bring rousing rounds of applause from the audience. And since Ron Paul used to be a Libertarian candidate (and found that he doesn’t get the attention of the money to seriously run for President, so he decided to run under the Republican ticket), people on both sides appreciate a lot of what he says. At one point he won 5 straw polls and was 2nd in 2 (which isn’t bad). The only thing that really holds him away from the Republican ticket is his stance (whether it is correct or not) is that he feels that the war wasn’t right to get into, and he feels that we should pull all troops out of Iraq (even the Democrats won’t admit to doing that, because pulling everyone out immediately might cause more problems than leaving some troops there).
So I hear the Democrats candidates ripping on certain Republican candidates, and I head Republican pundits ripping on Democrat at every turn, but as the countdown to the Primaries draws nearer, the candidates are suddenly starting to sound more mainstream. I think the stances candidates espouse in the beginning of the debates is to partially win over certain groups of people who donate considerably to their potential fundraising efforts. As time wears on, potential candidates realize that the people often understand politics better than they do, and the the easiest answer is usually not the most extreme one.
This editorial is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.5 License.
Janet Kuypers
Editor In Chief
When Power (and Weather) Become Your Enemy
Six hundred thousand customers in the Chicago land area lost power because of recent storms (and the subsequent flooding in northern Chicago, and damage from flying debris). Ninety percent of all of these customers (that means over half a million customers) had their power restored within 48 hours (worst case scenario for the average household is that you’d have to throw away the meat from your refrigerator, or possibly the milk, small price to pay when things could have been much worse). But Commonwealth Edison (you know, the big power company) received a class-action suit from people (who claimed to receive both physical and emotional scars) who didn’t get their power restored quickly enough.
Hmmm. It makes me think of how doctors have to pay so much for insurance because people are so likely to sue if anything goes wrong in the country with the world’s best medical system, which is one reason the cost for medical aid is so high now in this country. (I know, I know, part of it is also because drug companies who spend millions of dollars to come up with groundbreaking medicines for diseases are forced to give that medicine to third world countries who need it so desperately, I know that brings the cost up for us Americans too, but that’s another story for another editorial.)
But the thing is, rates for power have remained low in the Chicago land area for a long time, so we shouldn’t complain.
Oh, wait, there’s a reason the rates have remained so low for power. The government imposed a rate freeze on Commonwealth Edison for the past decade (you know, possibly because older people couldn’t afford air conditioners in the painfully hot summers, or heat in the painfully cold winters). Now, this rate freeze just expired, and news reports would talk about how the price of power was going to go up, and if people couldn’t afford the increased costs they could work out a system to help consumers with the costs. Now, with the weather the way it has been recently, people have been using a lot of power. And so I just got my power monthly statement post rate freeze, and boy it was high. Well, suck it up, I thought, think of this as being like dealing with higher gas prices, so deal with it and pay your bill. But now I hear that people have been excessively complaining to the government about how the rates have seemed to instantly more than double.
So, thanks to our socialist state government, I hear they may be sending out a rebate check (as a deduction in the power bill) because of the hardships the people have had to go through because of the evil power company. I also heard that there is a chance the government may once again impose a freeze on the power company, to limit the rate increase to half of what it is doing now.
This editorial is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.5 License.
Janet Kuypers
Editor In Chief
Katrina images
Three Domes
Nature
Portrait Photography & Artistic Photography
The Puget Sound, Washington
Barns, Pennsylvania
Nashville
the Milwaukee Art Museum
Washington D.C.
Chicago
St. Petersburg, Russia
Venice, Italy
the Great Wall of China
Berlin, Germany
Copenhagen, Denmark
Tallinn, Estonia
Helsinki, Finland
Stockholm, Sweden
Pompeii
Agrigento
Rome
Luxembourg
Paris
Bruxelles
Austria
Nick DiSpoldo, Small Press Review (on “Children, Churches and Daddies,” April 1997)
Kuypers is the widely-published poet of particular perspectives and not a little existential rage, but she does not impose her personal or artistic agenda on her magazine. CC+D is a provocative potpourri of news stories, poetry, humor, art and the “dirty underwear” of politics.
One piece in this issue is “Crazy,” an interview Kuypers conducted with “Madeline,” a murderess who was found insane, and is confined to West Virginia’s Arronsville Correctional Center. Madeline, whose elevator definitely doesn’t go to the top, killed her boyfriend during sex with an ice pick and a chef’s knife, far surpassing the butchery of Elena Bobbitt. Madeline, herself covered with blood, sat beside her lover’s remains for three days, talking to herself, and that is how the police found her. For effect, Kuypers publishes Madeline’s monologue in different-sized type, and the result is something between a sense of Dali’s surrealism and Kafka-like craziness.
Debra Purdy Kong, writer, British Columbia, Canada
I like the magazine a lot. I like the spacious lay-out and the different coloured pages and the variety of writer’s styles. Too many literary magazines read as if everyone graduated from the same course. We need to collect more voices like these and send them everywhere.
Ed Hamilton, writer
#85 (of Children, Churches and Daddies) turned out well. I really enjoyed the humor section, especially the test score answers. And, the cup-holder story is hilarious. I’m not a big fan of poetry - since much of it is so hard to decipher - but I was impressed by the work here, which tends toward the straightforward and unpretentious.
As for the fiction, the piece by Anderson is quite perceptive: I liked the way the self-deluding situation of the character is gradually, subtly revealed. (Kuypers’) story is good too: the way it switches narrative perspective via the letter device is a nice touch.
Children, Churches and Daddies.
It speaks for itself.
Write to Scars Publications to submit poetry, prose and artwork to Children, Churches and Daddies literary magazine, or to inquire about having your own chapbook, and maybe a few reviews like these.
Jim Maddocks, GLASGOW, via the Internet
I’ll be totally honest, of the material in Issue (either 83 or 86 of Children, Churches and Daddies) the only ones I really took to were Kuypers’. TRYING was so simple but most truths are, aren’t they?
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C Ra McGuirt, Editor, The Penny Dreadful Review (on Children, Churches and Daddies)
cc&d is obviously a labor of love ... I just have to smile when I go through it. (Janet Kuypers) uses her space and her poets to best effect, and the illos attest to her skill as a graphic artist.
I really like (“Writing Your Name”). It’s one of those kind of things where your eye isn’t exactly pulled along, but falls effortlessly down the poem.
I liked “knowledge” for its mix of disgust and acceptance. Janet Kuypers does good little movies, by which I mean her stuff provokes moving imagery for me. Color, no dialogue; the voice of the poem is the narrator over the film.
Children, Churches and Daddies no longer distributes free contributor’s copies of issues. In order to receive issues of Children, Churches and Daddies, contact Janet Kuypers at the cc&d e-mail addres. Free electronic subscriptions are available via email. All you need to do is email ccandd@scars.tv... and ask to be added to the free cc+d electronic subscription mailing list. And you can still see issues every month at the Children, Churches and Daddies website, located at http://scars.tv
Mark Blickley, writer
The precursor to the magazine title (Children, Churches and Daddies) is very moving. “Scars” is also an excellent prose poem. I never really thought about scars as being a form of nostalgia. But in the poem it also represents courage and warmth. I look forward to finishing her book.
MIT Vegetarian Support Group (VSG)
functions:
* To show the MIT Food Service that there is a large community of vegetarians at MIT (and other health-conscious people) whom they are alienating with current menus, and to give positive suggestions for change.
* To exchange recipes and names of Boston area veg restaurants
* To provide a resource to people seeking communal vegetarian cooking
* To provide an option for vegetarian freshmen
We also have a discussion group for all issues related to vegetarianism, which currently has about 150 members, many of whom are outside the Boston area. The group is focusing more toward outreach and evolving from what it has been in years past. We welcome new members, as well as the opportunity to inform people about the benefits of vegetarianism, to our health, the environment, animal welfare, and a variety of other issues.
Gary, Editor, The Road Out of Town (on the Children, Churches and Daddies Web Site)
I just checked out the site. It looks great.
Dusty Dog Reviews: These poems document a very complicated internal response to the feminine side of social existence. And as the book proceeds the poems become increasingly psychologically complex and, ultimately, fascinating and genuinely rewarding.
John Sweet, writer (on chapbook designs)
Visuals were awesome. They’ve got a nice enigmatic quality to them. Front cover reminds me of the Roman sculptures of angels from way back when. Loved the staggered tire lettering, too. Way cool.
(on “Hope Chest in the Attic”)
Some excellent writing in “Hope Chest in the Attic.” I thought “Children, Churches and Daddies” and “The Room of the Rape” were particularly powerful pieces.
Dusty Dog Reviews: She opens with a poem of her own devising, which has that wintry atmosphere demonstrated in the movie version of Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago. The atmosphere of wintry white and cold, gloriously murderous cold, stark raging cold, numbing and brutalizing cold, appears almost as a character who announces to his audience, “Wisdom occurs only after a laboriously magnificent disappointment.” Alas, that our Dusty Dog for mat cannot do justice to Ms. Kuypers’ very personal layering of her poem across the page.
Cheryl Townsend, Editor, Impetus (on Children, Churches and Daddies)
The new cc&d looks absolutely amazing. It’s a wonderful lay-out, looks really professional - all you need is the glossy pages. Truly impressive AND the calendar, too. Can’t wait to actually start reading all the stuff inside.. Wanted to just say, it looks good so far!!!
Fithian Press, Santa Barbara, CA
Indeed, there’s a healthy balance here between wit and dark vision, romance and reality, just as there’s a good balance between words and graphics. The work shows brave self-exploration, and serves as a reminder of mortality and the fragile beauty of friendship.
Mark Blickley, writer
The precursor to the magazine title (Children, Churches and Daddies) is very moving. “Scars” is also an excellent prose poem. I never really thought about scars as being a form of nostalgia. But in the poem it also represents courage and warmth. I look forward to finishing her book.
You Have to be Published to be Appreciated.
Do you want to be heard? Contact Children, Churches and Daddies about book or chapbook publishing. These reviews can be yours. Scars Publications, attention J. Kuypers. We’re only an e-mail away. Write to us.
Brian B. Braddock, Writer (on 1996 Children, Churches and Daddies)
I passed on a copy to my brother who is the director of the St. Camillus AIDS programs. We found (Children, Churches and Daddies’) obvious dedication along this line admirable.
The Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology
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* on-site training and education workshops on the sustainable development interconnections of energy, economics and environment;
* on-line distance learning/training resources on CREST’s SOLSTICE computer, available from 144 countries through email and the Internet;
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Brian B. Braddock, WrBrian B. Braddock, Writer (on 1996 Children, Churches and Daddies)
Brian B. Braddock, WrI passed on a copy to my brother who is the director of the St. Camillus AIDS programs. We found (Children, Churches and Daddies’) obvious dedication along this line admirable.
Dorrance Publishing Co., Pittsburgh, PA
“Hope Chest in the Attic” captures the complexity of human nature and reveals startling yet profound discernments about the travesties that surge through the course of life. This collection of poetry, prose and artwork reflects sensitivity toward feminist issues concerning abuse, sexism and equality. It also probes the emotional torrent that people may experience as a reaction to the delicate topics of death, love and family.
“Chain Smoking” depicts the emotional distress that afflicted a friend while he struggled to clarify his sexual ambiguity. Not only does this thought-provoking profile address the plight that homosexuals face in a homophobic society, it also characterizes the essence of friendship. “The room of the rape” is a passionate representation of the suffering rape victims experience. Vivid descriptions, rich symbolism, and candid expressions paint a shocking portrait of victory over the gripping fear that consumes the soul after a painful exploitation.
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Paul Weinman, Writer (on 1996 Children, Churches and Daddies)
Wonderful new direction (Children, Churches and Daddies has) taken - great articles, etc. (especially those on AIDS). Great stories - all sorts of hot info!
The magazine Children Churches and Daddies is Copyright © 1993 through 2006 Scars Publications and Design. The rights of the individual pieces remain with the authors. No material may be reprinted without express permission from the author.
Okay, nilla wafer. Listen up and listen good. How to save your life. Submit, or I’ll have to kill you.
Okay, it’s this simple: send me published or unpublished poetry, prose or art work (do not send originals), along with a bio, to us - then sit around and wait... Pretty soon you’ll hear from the happy people at cc&d that says (a) Your work sucks, or (b) This is fancy crap, and we’re gonna print it. It’s that simple!
Okay, butt-munch. Tough guy. This is how to win the editors over.
Hope Chest in the Attic is a 200 page, perfect-bound book of 13 years of poetry, prose and art by Janet Kuypers. It’s a really classy thing, if you know what I mean. We also have a few extra sopies of the 1999 book “Rinse and Repeat”, the 2001 book “Survive and Thrive”, the 2001 books “Torture and Triumph” and “(no so) Warm and Fuzzy”,which all have issues of cc&d crammed into one book. And you can have either one of these things at just five bucks a pop if you just contact us and tell us you saw this ad space. It’s an offer you can’t refuse...
Carlton Press, New York, NY: HOPE CHEST IN THE ATTIC is a collection of well-fashioned, often elegant poems and short prose that deals in many instances, with the most mysterious and awesome of human experiences: love... Janet Kuypers draws from a vast range of experiences and transforms thoughts into lyrical and succinct verse... Recommended as poetic fare that will titillate the palate in its imagery and imaginative creations.
Mark Blickley, writer: The precursor to the magazine title (Children, Churches and Daddies) is very moving. “Scars” is also an excellent prose poem. I never really thought about scars as being a form of nostalgia. But in the poem it also represents courage and warmth. I look forward to finishing the book.
You Have to be Published to be Appreciated.
Do you want to be heard? Contact Children, Churches and Daddies about book and chapbook publishing. These reviews can be yours. Scars Publications, attention J. Kuypers - you can write for yourself or you can write for an audience. It’s your call...
Dorrance Publishing Co., Pittsburgh, PA: “Hope Chest in the Attic” captures the complexity of human nature and reveals startling yet profound discernments about the travesties that surge through the course of life. This collection of poetry, prose and artwork reflects sensitivity toward feminist issues concerning abuse, sexism and equality. It also probes the emotional torrent that people may experience as a reaction to the delicate topics of death, love and family. “Chain Smoking” depicts the emotional distress that afflicted a friend while he struggled to clarify his sexual ambiguity. Not only does this thought-provoking profile address the plight that homosexuals face in a homophobic society, it also characterizes the essence of friendship. “The room of the rape” is a passionate representation of the suffering rape victims experience. Vivid descriptions, rich symbolism, and candid expressions paint a shocking portrait of victory over the gripping fear that consumes the soul after a painful exploitation.
Dusty Dog Reviews, CA (on knife): These poems document a very complicated internal response to the feminine side of social existence. And as the book proceeds the poems become increasingly psychologically complex and, ultimately, fascinating and genuinely rewarding.
Children, Churches and Daddies. It speaks for itself.
Dusty Dog Reviews (on Without You): She open with a poem of her own devising, which has that wintry atmosphere demonstrated in the movie version of Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago. The atmosphere of wintry white and cold, gloriously murderous cold, stark raging cold, numbing and brutalizing cold, appears almost as a character who announces to his audience, “Wisdom occurs only after a laboriously magnificent disappointment.” Alas, that our Dusty Dog for mat cannot do justice to Ms. Kuypers’ very personal layering of her poem across the page.
Children, Churches and Daddies. It speaks for itself.
Debra Purdy Kong, writer, British Columbia, Canada (on Children, Churches and Daddies): I like the magazine a lot. I like the spacious lay-out and the different coloured pages and the variety of writer’s styles. Too many literary magazines read as if everyone graduated from the same course. We need to collect more voices like these and send them everywhere.
Fithian Press, Santa Barbara, CA: Indeed, there’s a healthy balance here between wit and dark vision, romance and reality, just as there’s a good balance between words and graphics. The work shows brave self-exploration, and serves as a reminder of mortality and the fragile beauty of friendship.
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This is a special supplement issue to cc&d magazine. Most of these pages were previously printed in v165.25 to test boundaries of hardbound book printing capabilities, cc&d released a 2007 “addition” (so to speak) of the art book. To test the print boundaries & capabilities for Scars Publications, cc&d magazine released this supplement issue, where the content is almost the same as mid-October 2006’s supplement book (which was designed to test hardcover book binding). Now, we don’t expect everyone to order copies of this book/supplement issue, so we thought we’d let everyone see the pages and the artwork, along with the Boss Lady’s Editorials. If you’re aching to still get a hard copy of these editorials, you can also get them in the end-of-the-year 2007 collection book of materials from cc&d magazine. So... You can view lots of images after the editorial on this page before you decide to order the paperback book.. |
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The Countdown to the PresidencyLike being at a carnival where there is a row of ducks moving along a line and you’re supposed to hit them to win a prize, they all look the same, See how as the Primaries draw closer, everyone starts acting more and more alike.
So I just saw another Democratic debate in September (and oddly enough, Gravel was still there), and even though Hillary Clinton has been pulling a more marked with the more time that passes (thank the Clinton Machine and the charisma and money-pulling power of Bill), no one was willing to start a conflict with her (because it would make anyone else look like they were trying to be petty and take shots at her, so everyone stayed quiet during the debates), and no one showed real differences between anyone else. (Okay, Gravel showed real differences, but for some reason, no one takes him seriously.)
We haven’t had the Primaries yet (I think as I write this they are 13 weeks away), and as the date draws closer, the candidates are actually seeming more and more similar. For example, although every Democrat says we should not have troops in Iraq at all because Bush sent us to an unwarranted war, the top three Democrats vying for the chance to run for President all agreed (they vocally agreed in the debate, starting with Hillary Clinton, then Barrack Obama, then John Edwards that they could not guarantee if they were elected President to pull all troops out by 2013 (the end of their first term). No Democrat candidate) will mention that although Bush got them into an unwarranted war (that Congress wouldn’t even declare as a war), Bush and the current government racket has actually increased pockets where terrorists can sprout, and America (whether we like sending troops to the other side of the world or not) might have to keep people there to help quell the problems the Bush regime started.
Editor In Chief
When Power (and Weather) Become Your Enemy
Six hundred thousand customers in the Chicago land area lost power because of recent storms (and the subsequent flooding in northern Chicago, and damage from flying debris). Ninety percent of all of these customers (that means over half a million customers) had their power restored within 48 hours (worst case scenario for the average household is that you’d have to throw away the meat from your refrigerator, or possibly the milk, small price to pay when things could have been much worse). But Commonwealth Edison (you know, the big power company) received a class-action suit from people (who claimed to receive both physical and emotional scars) who didn’t get their power restored quickly enough.
Editor In Chief
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Katrina images
Three Domes
Nature
Portrait Photography & Artistic Photography
The Puget Sound, Washington
Barns, Pennsylvania
Nashville
the Milwaukee Art Museum
Washington D.C.
Chicago
St. Petersburg, Russia
Venice, Italy
the Great Wall of China
Berlin, Germany
Copenhagen, Denmark
Tallinn, Estonia
Helsinki, Finland
Stockholm, Sweden
Pompeii
Agrigento
Rome
Luxembourg
Paris
Bruxelles
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Debra Purdy Kong, writer, British Columbia, Canada I like the magazine a lot. I like the spacious lay-out and the different coloured pages and the variety of writer’s styles. Too many literary magazines read as if everyone graduated from the same course. We need to collect more voices like these and send them everywhere.
Children, Churches and Daddies. It speaks for itself. Write to Scars Publications to submit poetry, prose and artwork to Children, Churches and Daddies literary magazine, or to inquire about having your own chapbook, and maybe a few reviews like these.
what is veganism? A vegan (VEE-gun) is someone who does not consume any animal products. While vegetarians avoid flesh foods, vegans don’t consume dairy or egg products, as well as animal products in clothing and other sources. why veganism? This cruelty-free lifestyle provides many benefits, to animals, the environment and to ourselves. The meat and dairy industry abuses billions of animals. Animal agriculture takes an enormous toll on the land. Consumtion of animal products has been linked to heart disease, colon and breast cancer, osteoporosis, diabetes and a host of other conditions. so what is vegan action?
We can succeed in shifting agriculture away from factory farming, saving millions, or even billions of chickens, cows, pigs, sheep turkeys and other animals from cruelty. A vegan, cruelty-free lifestyle may be the most important step a person can take towards creatin a more just and compassionate society. Contact us for membership information, t-shirt sales or donations.
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MIT Vegetarian Support Group (VSG)
functions: We also have a discussion group for all issues related to vegetarianism, which currently has about 150 members, many of whom are outside the Boston area. The group is focusing more toward outreach and evolving from what it has been in years past. We welcome new members, as well as the opportunity to inform people about the benefits of vegetarianism, to our health, the environment, animal welfare, and a variety of other issues.
Dusty Dog Reviews: These poems document a very complicated internal response to the feminine side of social existence. And as the book proceeds the poems become increasingly psychologically complex and, ultimately, fascinating and genuinely rewarding.
Dusty Dog Reviews: She opens with a poem of her own devising, which has that wintry atmosphere demonstrated in the movie version of Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago. The atmosphere of wintry white and cold, gloriously murderous cold, stark raging cold, numbing and brutalizing cold, appears almost as a character who announces to his audience, “Wisdom occurs only after a laboriously magnificent disappointment.” Alas, that our Dusty Dog for mat cannot do justice to Ms. Kuypers’ very personal layering of her poem across the page.
Fithian Press, Santa Barbara, CA Indeed, there’s a healthy balance here between wit and dark vision, romance and reality, just as there’s a good balance between words and graphics. The work shows brave self-exploration, and serves as a reminder of mortality and the fragile beauty of friendship.
Mark Blickley, writer You Have to be Published to be Appreciated. Do you want to be heard? Contact Children, Churches and Daddies about book or chapbook publishing. These reviews can be yours. Scars Publications, attention J. Kuypers. We’re only an e-mail away. Write to us.
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Dorrance Publishing Co., Pittsburgh, PA want a review like this? contact scars about getting your own book published.
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Okay, nilla wafer. Listen up and listen good. How to save your life. Submit, or I’ll have to kill you.
Okay, butt-munch. Tough guy. This is how to win the editors over. Carlton Press, New York, NY: HOPE CHEST IN THE ATTIC is a collection of well-fashioned, often elegant poems and short prose that deals in many instances, with the most mysterious and awesome of human experiences: love... Janet Kuypers draws from a vast range of experiences and transforms thoughts into lyrical and succinct verse... Recommended as poetic fare that will titillate the palate in its imagery and imaginative creations. Mark Blickley, writer: The precursor to the magazine title (Children, Churches and Daddies) is very moving. “Scars” is also an excellent prose poem. I never really thought about scars as being a form of nostalgia. But in the poem it also represents courage and warmth. I look forward to finishing the book.
You Have to be Published to be Appreciated.
Dorrance Publishing Co., Pittsburgh, PA: “Hope Chest in the Attic” captures the complexity of human nature and reveals startling yet profound discernments about the travesties that surge through the course of life. This collection of poetry, prose and artwork reflects sensitivity toward feminist issues concerning abuse, sexism and equality. It also probes the emotional torrent that people may experience as a reaction to the delicate topics of death, love and family. “Chain Smoking” depicts the emotional distress that afflicted a friend while he struggled to clarify his sexual ambiguity. Not only does this thought-provoking profile address the plight that homosexuals face in a homophobic society, it also characterizes the essence of friendship. “The room of the rape” is a passionate representation of the suffering rape victims experience. Vivid descriptions, rich symbolism, and candid expressions paint a shocking portrait of victory over the gripping fear that consumes the soul after a painful exploitation.
Dusty Dog Reviews (on Without You): She open with a poem of her own devising, which has that wintry atmosphere demonstrated in the movie version of Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago. The atmosphere of wintry white and cold, gloriously murderous cold, stark raging cold, numbing and brutalizing cold, appears almost as a character who announces to his audience, “Wisdom occurs only after a laboriously magnificent disappointment.” Alas, that our Dusty Dog for mat cannot do justice to Ms. Kuypers’ very personal layering of her poem across the page. Debra Purdy Kong, writer, British Columbia, Canada (on Children, Churches and Daddies): I like the magazine a lot. I like the spacious lay-out and the different coloured pages and the variety of writer’s styles. Too many literary magazines read as if everyone graduated from the same course. We need to collect more voices like these and send them everywhere.
Fithian Press, Santa Barbara, CA: Indeed, there’s a healthy balance here between wit and dark vision, romance and reality, just as there’s a good balance between words and graphics. The work shows brave self-exploration, and serves as a reminder of mortality and the fragile beauty of friendship.
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