''nthWORD'' was an American quarterly

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for creative people. The magazine published works of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry and art by established and emerging writers and artists, and mock ads. In addition, nthWORD conducted interviews with commercial and independent artists and professionals working in a variety of creative disciplines and maintained nthWORD Shorts, a blog with a focus on creativity. nthWORD Shorts included daily and weekly posts on art, culture and entertainment—including filmmaking, literature, design, publishing, photography, and

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, artist interviews and reviews on theatre, books, film and technology. Notable contributors included award-winning poet

Lyn Lifshin Lyn Lifshin or Lyn Diane Lipman (July 12, 1942 – December 9, 2019) was an American poet and teacher."Lyn Lifshin." in ''Contemporary Women Poets''. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1998. ''Gale In Context: Biography'' (accessed October 10, 2022). Lifshin wa ...

, director

Antoine Fuqua Antoine Fuqua (born May 30, 1965) is an American filmmaker, known for his work in the action and thriller genres. He was originally known as a director of music videos, and made his film debut in 1998 with ''The Replacement Killers''. His critica ...

, humorist Harmon Leon, best-selling author

David Henry Sterry David Henry Sterry is an American author, actor/ comic, activist and former sex worker. Biography Early life Sterry's parents were immigrants from Newcastle, England. He grew up in New Jersey; Birmingham, Alabama; Virginia, Minnesota; and Dall ...

, multidisciplinary artist Michael Holman, advertising executive Mat Zucker of

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, filmmaker

Liz Canner Liz Canner is an American filmmaker who makes documentaries, digital public art installations and new media projects on human rights issues. Her documentary ''Deadly Embrace: Nicaragua, The World Bank and the IMF'' (1995), was one of the first fil ...

and RT anchor

Abby Martin Abigail Suzanne Martin (born September 6, 1984) is an American journalist, TV presenter, and activist. She helped found the citizen journalism website ''Media Roots'' and serves on the board of directors for the Media Freedom Foundation which ...

Staff

* Publisher/Co-founder: Robert Frigault * Editor-in-Chief/Co-founder: Ryan O'Connor * Associate Editor: Jennifer König * Associate Editor: Eliza Kane * Assistant Editor: Nick Johnson

Interviews

Film

* Producer Kim Waltrip (

Expecting Mary ''Expecting Mary'' is a 2010 American comedy-drama film starring Elliott Gould, Linda Gray, Lainie Kazan, Cloris Leachman, Della Reese, Olesya Rulin, Cybill Shepherd, Gene Simmons, and Fred Willard. It was written and directed by Dan Gordon and pr ...

), (Issue 3, Fall 2009) * Director

(

Brooklyn's Finest ''Brooklyn's Finest'' is a 2009 American crime film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Michael C. Martin. The film stars Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, and Wesley Snipes. ''Brooklyn's Finest'' had its world premiere at the 2009 S ...

), (Issue 6, April 2010) * Filmmaker

( Orgasm Inc.), (Issue 5, February 2010) * Harold Blank, Theatre Owner and Partner of Vermont International Film Festival (Issue 5, February 2010) * Screenwriter/Director Michael Holman

Basquiat Jean-Michel Basquiat (; December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement. Basquiat first achieved fame as part of the graffiti duo SAMO, alongside Al ...

(Issue 8, December 2010)

Theatre

* Actors Matthew Glassman and Carlos Uriona of

Double Edge Theatre Double Edge Theatre, an artist-run organization, was founded in 1982 by Stacy Klein. The company applies vigorous physical training and the principle of an artist's autonomy to create work in an ensemble setting intimately woven with the community. ...

(Issue 5, February 2010) * Virlana Tkacz, Founding Director of Yara Arts Group by Olena Jennings (Issue 6, April 2010)

Writing and publishing

Shane Jones Shane Geoffrey Jones (born 3 September 1959) is a New Zealand politician. He served as a New Zealand First list MP from 2017 to 2020 and was previously a Labour list MP from 2005 to 2014. Jones was a cabinet minister in the Fifth Labour Gover ...

of Light Boxes (Issue 8, December 2010) * Dennis Loy Johnson of

Melville House Publishing Melville House Publishing is an American independent publisher of literary fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. The company was founded in 2001 and is run by the husband-and-wife team of Dennis Loy Johnson and Valerie Merians in Hoboken, New Jersey. T ...

(Issue 8, December 2010) * Poet Laureate

Charles Simic Dušan Simić ( sr-cyr, Душан Симић, ; born May 9, 1938), known as Charles Simic, is a Serbian American poet and former co-poetry editor of the ''Paris Review''. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1990 for ''The World Doesn't ...

(nthWORD Shorts, Olena Jennings, April 18, 2011) * James Scudamore of Booker Prize nominated Heliopolis (nthWORD Shorts, Ryan O'Connor, July 11, 2011)

Music

* Matthew Clark of White Rabbits (Issue 2, Spring/Summer 2009) *

Thomas Gobena Thomas "Tommy T" Gobena (born 1971) is the bassist for Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello. He is of Ethiopian descent and was born in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. He moved to Washington D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_cap ...

and

Ori Kaplan }, born October 1, 1969) is an Israeli jazz saxophonist and a music producer. He moved to the United States in 1991. He has worked with many artists including Shotnez Tom Abbs, Firewater, Gogol Bordello, and Balkan Beat Box (of which he is a foun ...

Gogol Bordello Gogol Bordello is an American punk rock band from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, formed in 1999 by musicians from all over the world and known for theatrical stage shows and persistent touring. Much of the band's sound is inspired by Ro ...

(Issue 7, August 2010)

Reviews

Advertising

* The World's Greatest Salesperson Contest by

(nthWORD Shorts, March 29, 2010)

Books

* Zero by Ignacio de Loyola Brandao (nthWORD Shorts, November 2010) * The Good-Bye Angel by Ignacio de Loyola Brandao (nthWORD Shorts, November 2010) * Ice Trilogy by

Vladimir Sorokin Vladimir Georgiyevich Sorokin (russian: link=no, Влади́мир Гео́ргиевич Соро́кин; born 7 August 1955) is a contemporary postmodern Russian writer and dramatist. He has been described as one of the most popular writers ...

(nthWORD Shorts, July 2010) * Seven Days in Rio by

Francis Levy Francis Levy (born March 28, 1948) is the author of the comic novels ''Erotomania: A Romance'', published by Two Dollar Radio in 2008 and subsequently translated in a Spanish edition by in 2009, and ''Seven Days in Rio'', published by Two Dolla ...

(Jessica Maybury for nthWORD Shorts, January 2012) * The Dewey Decimal System by

Nathan Larson Nathan Larson may refer to: *Nathan Larson (musician), American musician * Nathan Larson (criminal), American white supremacist and convicted felon See also *Nate Larson Nate Larson (born March 16, 1978) is a Baltimore-based artist and photograph ...

(Kola Boof for nthWORD Shorts, February 2012)

Film

The Squid and the Whale ''The Squid and the Whale'' is a 2005 American independent comedy-drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach and produced by Wes Anderson. It tells the semi-autobiographical story of two boys in Brooklyn dealing with their parents' divorc ...

: A Comedic Victory, Not for the Sentimental (nthWORD Shorts, October 27, 2010)

Photography

Miss Aniela Natalie Aniela Dybisz (born 1986), known professionally as Miss Aniela, is a British fine-art fashion and surrealist photographer. ''Selvedge'' describes her work as a "fuson oftraditional photography with digitally enhanced motifs and surreali ...

(Natalie Dybisz) on

Flickr Flickr ( ; ) is an American image hosting and video hosting service, as well as an online community, founded in Canada and headquartered in the United States. It was created by Ludicorp in 2004 and was a popular way for amateur and professional ...

Freedom of Expression Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction. The right to freedom of expression has been recogni ...

(nthWORD Shorts, February 3, 2010) * Viola Muscinelli on

Censorship Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governments ...

(nthWORD Shorts, February 8, 2010) * Jessica Stoker: Beyond Inhibitions (nthWORD Shorts, February 13, 2010) * Nate Howard On Seeing

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

Nate Howard Photographs Haiti
(nthWORD Shorts, February 14, 2010)

Theatre

* The Salvation of Anarchy: Review of The Disappearance by

(nthWORD Shorts, April 1, 2010)

Festivals

* The Flat Lake Festival by Jessica Maybury (nthWORD Shorts, June 9, 2010)

Music

The Decemberists The Decemberists are an American indie rock band from Portland, Oregon. The band consists of Colin Meloy ( lead vocals, guitar, principal songwriter), Chris Funk (guitar, multi-instrumentalist), Jenny Conlee (piano, keyboards, accordion), Nate ...

Review of

The King Is Dead (album) ''The King Is Dead'' is the sixth studio album by The Decemberists, released on Capitol Records on January 14, 2011. Described as the "most pastoral, rustic record they've ever made" by Douglas Wolk of ''Rolling Stone'', the album reached No. 1 on ...

by Seth Katz (nthWORD Shorts, January 27, 2010) *

St. Vincent Saint Vincent may refer to: People Saints * Vincent of Saragossa (died 304), a.k.a. Vincent the Deacon, deacon and martyr * Saint Vincenca, 3rd century Roman martyress, whose relics are in Blato, Croatia * Vincent, Orontius, and Victor (died 305) ...

Review of

Strange Mercy ''Strange Mercy'' is the third studio album by American musician St. Vincent, released on September 13, 2011 by 4AD, in the United Kingdom and a day later in the United States. The album's cover art was designed by St. Vincent, and was photogra ...

by Seth Katz (nthWORD Shorts, September 15, 2011) * of Montreal Review of Paralytic Stalks by Seth Katz (nthWORD Shorts, February 8, 2012)

References

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