Readymade Revisited Returns
Episode 4 has taken me more than a month to get out -- probably closer to a month and a half. I could blame it on the fact that school is back in session, or that I’ve been sick and quarantined while waiting for my Covid-19 results, or that, because my doctor’s office has gone through four primary care physicians in five months, and now there just isn’t one, I’m off my antidepressants for the first time in a looong time.
But those are all just excuses. Sitting down to write, even for a few minutes, has become an anxiety inducing nightmare.
Today, I am writing. The world is on fire - literally and figuratively. The United States is being eaten alive by climate change and hate. It’s exhausting. I’m writing anyway.
Issue 4 of Readymade Magazine, released in Fall of 2002, ticks all my boxes. The Go Bungalow article probably had nothing to do with the reason I purchased a 1918 bungalow a few years back. The article about Shishmaref, Alaska, has led to me planning an entire -- post Corona -- trip to the tiny fishing village. The projects include a lot of weird lamps, Halloween costumes, holiday cooking, and a DIY advent calendar. This is the nonsensical novelty of Readymade that I live for.
But until now it wasn’t enough to get me to sit my ass down and write. I have been creating PTSD-induced mixed-media collages and sullen poetry in an attempt to stay grounded. It’s been therapeutic, or at least it’s been a socially acceptable cry for help/time sink.
So, here we go, Readymade Revisited, post hiatus, begins now. Thanks for coming along on this journey.
Issue Details:
Chief Editor: Shoshana Berger
Publisher: Grace Hawthorne
Contributors: Alan Deutschman, Adrian Tomine, Sherif Shalaby, Anthony Discenza, Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Josh Greene, Tim Parsons, Haywood Augustus Rose, Rachel Hutton, Evan Ratcliff, Nik Schulz, Boym Partners, James Chiang, Diane Goodman, Kate Lacey, Adrian Van Allen, Steve Dodds, Neal Pollack
Publisher: Grace Hawthorne
Editor in Chief: Shoshana Berger
Publisher and CEO: Grace Hawthorne
Copy Chief: Sean Cooper
Editor-at-Large: Evan Ratcliff
Cover photo: James Chiang
Contributing Editors: W.O. Goggins, Jill Hudes, Todd Lappin
Contributing Writers: David Boyer, Sean Carman, Steve Dodds, Caterina Fake, Jessica Halgren, Christopher Hawthorne, Jill Silverman Hough, Jonathan Kiefer, Sam Martin, Evan Ratliff, Tommy Wallach
Contributing Artists and Designers: Roger Bombardier, Jesse Brink, Paul Donald, Dave Eggers, Scott Flora, Justin Godar, David Graas, Steven James, Christopher Lindstrom, Mark Mulroney, Jerinne Neils, Paul Schifino, Sheriff Shalaby, Greg Tate, Erin Lewis, Adrian Van Allen
Chief Photographer: Brian Slaughter
Contributing Photographers: Brian Bloom, James Chiang, Jeffery Cross, Timothy Hursley, Denise Prince Martin, Emily Nathan, Christopher Pilaro, Candace Vivian
Illustrators: Bill Evans, Martin Rich, Adrian Tomine, Jayme Yen
Interns: Jill Bliss, Katie Anne Fehenbacher, Jessica Fennel, Marcella Gries, David Howenstine, Kiera Lofgreen, Marie Mathieson, Sarah Pulver
References
https://tinyurl.com/yb5mgjbc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReadyMade_(magazine)
