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Editors
J. Keene (Ed.)
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Editor's Note [Excerpt] Magic can mean many different things, especially for writers. Magic can be an illusion, a sleight of hand designed to trick onlookers into believing the impossible. Or magic can be a supernatural force in a world of harsh reality, a set of beliefs that sits just outside the realms of organized religion and advanced technology. Wizards and demons, Las Vegas entertainers and houngans --they all practice a kind of sorcery. For poets and prose writers, though, magic affords an opportunity for us to stretch the limitations of the physical world in search of new themes, settings, and characters. Magic is a door we eagerly walk through to reach new lands. We at Witness have thoroughly enjoyed the process of selecting the themed works we have collected here, mainly because the idea of enchantment is inspiring. There is the possibility of positive charms; there is a chance for dark witchery. And sometimes the spell cast by a character is nebulous, difficult to categorize. It’s arguable that we cherish these incantations the most, since they leave us in a state of wonderment bordering on disorientation. Yes, magic can also leave us bewildered and thankful for the bewilderment.
Publisher Location
Las Vegas (Nev.)
Publication Date
Spring 2020
Publisher
Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute
Language
English
Controlled Subject
Magic; Literature
Disciplines
Creative Writing | English Language and Literature
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6.435 KB
Recommended Citation
Berge, Alex; Bertaina, Andrew; Collard, Andrew; Dennis, Miranda; Eberly, Andrea; Greenberg, Emily; Heisinger-Nixon, Day; Helen, Sarah; Johnson, L.A.; Kellor, Anne Liu; Kuryla, Mary; Newman, Emmy; Palmqvist, Lara; Potter, Mary Lane; Schwartz, David Lerner; Sharpe, Michelle; Sudhakar, Nina; Ten, Kristina; Tran, Eric; and Yenser, Pamela, "Witness: The Modern Writer as Witness" (2020). Witness Magazine. 2.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/witness/2
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Issue
1
Volume
33
Comments
Managing Editor: Tamar Peterson
Community Editor: Lindsay Olson
Poetry Editor Samuel: Gilpin
Design and Contributing Editor: Erin Piasecki
Fiction Editor: Wendy Wimmer
Assistant Fiction Editor: Robert Ren
Nonfiction Editor: Cody Gambino
Contributing Editors: Dylan Fisher Veronica Klash MaryCourtney Ning Flavia Stefani Resende Bronwyn Scott-McCharen Ariana Turiansky
Readers: Christina Berke, Soni Brown, Alyse Burnside, Carieann Cahall, Anthony Farris, Jeremy Freeman, Sanjana Gothi, Nicholas Gruber, Ruth Larmore, Katie McKenzie, Chantelle Mitchell, Jo O’Lone-Hahn, Chelsi Sayti, Amanda Skenadore, Jordon Smith, Sarah Spaulding, Jordan Sutlive, Tonya Todd, Erin Turner