Creative Non-fiction: blog 13

RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF PUBLICATION VENUES

1. Analysis of the editorial description of essays accepted

See http://www.literal-latte.com/submit_new.html Unpublished Stories or Personal Essays, up to 6,000 words, short plays or poems, up to 4,000 words, Art from cover art to literary cartoons. Photograph, Paintings, Drawing in Black & White or Color (Slides or Copies, not originals) -- Styles range from classical to experimental.
Reading dates: 365 days a year

2. Description of several representative essays published in your venue;

Sample essays: Julie Marie Wade - "Meditation 26" Bruce Holland Rogers "The Perfect Story"
Authors they like: Ray Bradbury, Michael Brodsky, Robert Olen Butler, Stephen Dixon, Michael Dorris, Harlan Ellison, Allen Ginsberg, Daniel Harris, Phillip Lopate, Carole Maso, Nancy Milford, Carol Muske, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Gloria Steinem, Frank Stella, Jerry Uelsmann, JOhn Updike, & Exciting new talents...
Subject matter: Essays on personal experiences and fiction.varied subject material -not really limited by subject except, the personal essays I read were reflective and dealt with refelective life issues such as death and change.
Voice: Reflective on personal life expieriences that are relatable to everyone.
Depth of discussion: I only read a personal essay and a short story, not the stories labled fiction, they were fairly long and had alot of discription of the events and places they took place. Also lots of dialoge.
Form (modes of writing/experimental) description, narration, dialog, uses imagry and reflection of childhood expierience/significant events to get overall point across.
Artistry: High—It publishes many poems, cartoons, painting, photographs, drawingsLength: up to 6000 words for personal essays

3. Niche

Audience - unresolved explainations, reflective, one central idea that is not resolved but examined through expierences.
Purpose - To try and understand the human mind and life, through reflection.

4. Other

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