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Black Swan Review
Joe Weil founded Black Swan Review as a forum to mix quality literature and art from established and new voices in a setting where there were no guidelines to use of form or language. He wanted surprise at every turn of the page.
According to Weil "I started it in 1987 (first issue in 1988) paying for it with my income tax returns. It was supposed to be as much a magazine for artists as writers. The first issue was put out in April of 1988. I put out issues in 1988, ’89, and ’90, then I stopped until ’97. I paid all the costs myself back then, and because of type setting it was far more expensive than now. Many of the writers we published later gained notoriety: Jan Richmond won the Walt Whitman award, several others such as Robert Kendal became noted authors (he won the Cleveland state book award). Pablo Medina and Jamie Manrique became lauded novelists. It was good while it lasted."
Weil had guest co-editors for each issue. Deborah LaVeglia reports that there is a unpublished issue for which she was guest editor. She’s sure that it exists in a box somewhere in one of their storage spaces.
According to Weil "I started it in 1987 (first issue in 1988) paying for it with my income tax returns. It was supposed to be as much a magazine for artists as writers. The first issue was put out in April of 1988. I put out issues in 1988, ’89, and ’90, then I stopped until ’97. I paid all the costs myself back then, and because of type setting it was far more expensive than now. Many of the writers we published later gained notoriety: Jan Richmond won the Walt Whitman award, several others such as Robert Kendal became noted authors (he won the Cleveland state book award). Pablo Medina and Jamie Manrique became lauded novelists. It was good while it lasted."
Weil had guest co-editors for each issue. Deborah LaVeglia reports that there is a unpublished issue for which she was guest editor. She’s sure that it exists in a box somewhere in one of their storage spaces.