Birkensnake was a small press literary magazine[1] published irregularly in Rhode Island, USA. The magazine was founded by Brian Conn and Joanna Ruocco when they were MFA students at Brown University. Birkensnake 1 was released in 2008.[2] Birkensnake 2, published in 2009, received media attention, garnering mostly positive reviews.[2][3][4][5] "The Children's Factory," a story by Michael Stewart which appeared in Birkensnake 2, won the 3rd annual Micro Award.[6] That issue also contained stories by Matt Briggs, Caren Gussoff, and Blake Butler. Birkensnake 5, released in 2012, was a free issue.[7] The last issue, Birkensnake 7, was published in 2014.[8]
The magazine received positive reviews for content and format (it is available both electronically and in print).[9][10][11][12] The New York Times called Birkensnake a "sacred art object."[13]
Flavorwire listed Birkensnake 6 as "One of the Year's Coolest Literary Magazine Innovations" because it featured seven different versions of the magazine created by seven different pairs of editors.[14]
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- 1 2 3 4 Hall, Elizabeth (May 2, 2010). "Birkensnake: The Mutant Left-Behind Cousin You Always Wanted". Blackclock.org. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
- ↑ Broadhead, Heidi (October 16, 2009). "Last-minute Reading Recommendation: Birkensnake". PubliCola. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Birkensnake 2". Big Other. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- 1 2 3 Gottlieb, Benjamin. "Curator's Corner: Birkensnake". Art + Culture. Retrieved August 25, 2010.
- ↑ "2010". The Micro Award. Archived from the original on September 9, 2010. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ↑ "Opting for Nothing: Birkensnake Gives It Away". Luna Park Review. August 21, 2012. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
- ↑ "All issues". Birkensnake. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- ↑ Gottlieb, Benjamin (July 12, 2007). "Curator's Corner: Birkensnake". Art + Culture. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
- ↑ Madera, John (November 8, 2009). "Rev. of Birkensnake 2". Big Other. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
- ↑ "Rev. of Birkensnake Two". Rat's Reading. November 30, 2009. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
- ↑ "12 of the Most Beautiful Literary Magazines Online". Flavorwire. September 2, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- ↑ "Literary Heirs". New York Times. February 10, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- ↑ "The Year's Coolest Literary Magazine Innovations". Flavorwire. December 24, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2013.