Spout
began as a quarterly literary journal back in 1989, and after fifteen years
we have garnered a national following, publishing the finest in contemporary
experimental writing. With the
release of Issue #31, we have firmly established ourselves as the longest
running and most stable literary journal in the Twin Cities area.
The vision of the journal has always been to create a community through words, a hodgepodge of beliefs and emotions from all facets of society. This community is both national and international, connected by our secret mission: to bring literature down to our level and then hide in the dumpster with it. It is not stuffy or highbrow, but a kind of sandwich of cultures and emotions: poetry, fiction, artwork, essays, a little extra mayo and some fresh tomato pressed hard between the two covers of one magazine. It is a little messy sometimes, but so is life. We want everyone to know they are welcome to stop by, say hello, have a sandwich, shoot the breeze, whistle?
The success of the journal has provided us room to expand into book publishing. Spout became Spout Press with the release of our debut book in September of 1997, A Definitive Guide to the Twin Cities. Spout Press combines the spirit of the journal with a commitment to publishing on a larger scale, highlighting the best Twin Cities writers. The success of our first title was followed by the 1998 publication of a collection of short stories entitled i'm right here by Twin Cities author Tony Rauch. In 2000, we released Jeffrey Little's The Hotel Sterno, a collection of poems. Blink, a collection of sudden fiction by Minnesota writers, followed in 2001. In 2002 Spout released Beware, a collection of poems by Lucille Broderson, and The Book of Arcana a second collection of poems by Jeffrey Little. . In 2004, we published an exciting new chapbook series featuring poets under 25 years of age. In the coming months we will premier the Spout Cocktail Guide lush!
As always, we endeavor to publish the best in experimental fiction and poetry with new issues of Spout Magazine.
As we continue to grow, we are reaching out to a new and wider audience. We hope you will become a part of this audience, join the Spout community, and find out what Spout is really about.
We'll see you in the dumpster?