{"id":2736,"date":"2017-10-10T16:14:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T15:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greyisgood.eu\/notes\/?p=2736"},"modified":"2025-06-18T14:55:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:55:05","slug":"failed-states-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greyisgood.eu\/notes\/2736","title":{"rendered":"Failed States Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image wp-duotone-default-filter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/greyisgood.eu\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7986.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greyisgood.eu\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7986.jpg 660w, https:\/\/greyisgood.eu\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7986-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/greyisgood.eu\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_7986-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the corrected text, with the garbled symbols removed and some minor grammatical adjustments for flow:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Failed States<\/strong> is a journal of new writing about place, helmed by MagCulture\u2019s very own Jamie Atherton. Born out of frustration with borders, walls, and the UK\u2019s departure from the EU, <em>Failed States\u2019<\/em> first issue, recently launched via Kickstarter, considers the notion of islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The compact magazine begins with a note from Jamie (above), who comments on the impact of the deteriorating environment on low-lying islands, and also speaks of the issue\u2019s limitations, which lie in its Western bias. He states that as the journal emerged organically, most of its writers have hailed from the UK and the US. It is refreshing to read a magazine that is aware of its limited perspective, and that in turn roots the reader in the fact that each of our worlds are so small; we are all, in effect, islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting with ambitions for a 64-page volume, the standard of submissions saw it grow to be a more significant 114 pages. The issue includes a carefully paced mix of poetry, photo journals, artworks, lists, and personal essays. Everything is brief and to the point. Excerpts from Joseph Curran\u2019s \u2018On the subject of creating a film on a remote island\u2019 crop up at several points; vague and intriguing diary entries about his time working on a film for the National Trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere, <strong>Martin John Callanan<\/strong> presents a table of statistics from some of the world\u2019s many islands, which include population size and data rate per person. More conceptually, <strong>Paul Clinton<\/strong> imagines islands and otherness in his essay \u2018TGI Friday\u2019, which responds to Michel Tournier\u2019s 1967 novel <em>Vendredi<\/em> in relation to Brexit. The \u2018other\u2019 comes up as a recurring theme throughout the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Failed States<\/em> is presented as a scrapbook of ideas, its pacing and large text size making it easily dipped in and out of. It muses on its theme imaginatively, offering a glimmer of hope, creativity, and clarity in adverse times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contributors to the first issue include Anh Do, Beth Bramich, Bryony Quinn, Cally Spooner, Calvin Seibert, Carrie Friese, Doris Ho-Kane, Eli Diner, Euan Macdonald, Fi Churchman, Gabriella Beckhurst, Isabel Taube, Jasleen Kaur, Jay Simpson, Jeremy Atherton Lin, Jesse Hewit, Joseph Curran, Joyce Dixon, Julie Lindow, Lucy Watson, Luke O\u2019Sullivan, Martin John Callanan, Mary Hannity, Mary Manning, Matt Connors, Matt Wolf, Monique Mouton, Niki Ford, Nina Schack Kock, Olivia Laing, Oscar Gaynor, Paul Clinton, Richard Dodwell, Sam Ashby, Sam Williams, and Thea Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ISSN 2515-5997<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>http:\/\/magculture.com\/failed-states-1-island\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the corrected text, with the garbled symbols removed and some minor grammatical adjustments for flow: Failed States is a journal of new writing about place, helmed by MagCulture\u2019s very own Jamie Atherton. 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