sx salon

a small axe literary platform
 

Transitions are opportunities for reflection. Happily, the current transition in editorial leadership of sx salon has been expected for some time, allowing us to mark this moment appropriately with a special discussion section in sx salon 31.

Guest-edited by outgoing editor Kelly Baker Josephs and outgoing book review editor Vanessa K. Valdés, the section reflects on the field of online publishing and specifically on questions of speed, the archive, and the persistence (or not) of digitally published work. The discussion pieces include essays by Peter James Hudson (The Public Archive), by Vanessa K. Valdés, and by Jyothi Natarajan (the Asian American Writers’ Workshop), as well as interchanges between Anna McCarthy, Tavia Nyong’o, and Marie Buck (Social Text Online), and between Kelly Baker Josephs and Nicholas Laughlin (Caribbean Review of Books). Also: five reviews of Caribbean books of scholarship and fiction, and wonderful literary offerings from Cynthia James, Urayoán Noel, and Joey De Jesus.

sx salon 31 is the first issue to appear under a new editor—me, Rachel L. Mordecai—and with a new book review editor—Ronald Cummings. With thanks to Kelly and Vanessa for the tremendous foundation they have laid, we both look forward to collaborating with the wonderful Rosamond S. King as she continues in her role as creative editor.

http://smallaxe.net/sxsalon