Effective Immediately

Effective immediately, Lorraine and James is on hiatus. We are not sure how long this break will last or if we will have to simply call it a wrap - that remains to be seen.

As Editor, I appreciate all of the support and encouragement that I encountered along the way.

Best to all of you on your journey - Writer, may you find the prefect rhythm in your voice. Reader, may you discover and be changed by these worlds within great stories; worlds we might only dream of otherwise.

Yours,

Jasai
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Lorraine and James




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say something. do something. read something. always.

Luminous

Curiously Missing Issue

Needless to say - well perhaps not needless but it's as good a way as any to start a note like this - Lorraine and James, Vol. 1 Issue 2 is going to be late.

DUH.

But not just a tad late, which would have been late January/early February, or even slightly later, say, mid to late February. No. I mean super, detention-until-the-end-of-the-school-year, late.

Now, there is a perfectly good explanation for this: I goofed. I fouled up the line-up which fouled up the layout which made the issue too damn long and so... we're fixing it; as fast yet as accurately as we can while taking care to observe the beauty and quality you have come to expect. If you don't know what to expect that means you have not purchased Issue 1. Now THAT'S curious. To everyone else, please bear with us and we thank you for your patience and support. You won't be disappointed.



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Lorraine and James



*Please direct all comments, questions and requests to pull it together, to my attention.

2, 4, 6, 8 who do we appreciate!

Check out the generous write-up that Lorraine and James received in the University of Wisconsin-River Falls’ *Literary Magazine Review




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What's New/Next - No. 012706

This little kitty is clever. Enjoy.

*Lake Street Get Down

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Lorraine and James


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Excuse me, what is that you’re reading?

I get asked this question, literally, every day. By friends, family, friends of family members and strangers who refuse to observe basic fundamental rules of personal space: 1) leaning their shoulders in just a tad too near or 2) craning their necks over my shoulder just an inch or two too far, wanting desperately it seems, to know the name of that book.

Well, if you would give me some room, I’ll tell you:

Just finished - Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho. It will change the way you have (or don’t have) sex. Enough said.

Re-reading - Big Cats by Holiday Reinhorn. Because she is perfect at the short story and I have to try to be when I interview her in a few weeks.

Latest, greatest recommended title - Woman Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. I found myself having what I feared was a sacrilegious thought while reading it (I have since decided that the gods will forgive me.) Note to all creative women: Own a copy of this text. If you pick it up and it doesn’t move you, DO NOT BE DETERRED. Place it on your shelf/nightstand, back away and come back to it 365 days. But get yourself a copy TODAY.

Body of work study: Joan Didion – I am reading both The Year of Magical Thinking and The White Album. The simplicity and precision that she employs in her writing is something to aspire to.

On again, off again - Salvation: Black people and Love by bell hooks. This is information I can use over and over and over again.


Right now some of you are thinking “No wonder it’s taking her so long to get back to me.” Hush. Your letter is on its way.

Wordjunkie/editor/storyeater
Lorraine and James


By the way, have you checked out the new site? What do you think?

2006?

On New Years eve I was surprised to learn that we were headed not into 2007 as I had been thinking all week, but 2006. Really? Why do I feel like I've done this year already?!

You all keep a girl buzzin' and whirlin'. So much so that she can't tell her head from a hole in the plot (just kidding, so don't get cute!)

It has been a year: busy, hilarious, exhaustive and too much good fun. Thanks to all of you who played along.

I imagine that 2006 (is that right?!) will be more of the same.

best and better,

wordjunkie/editor/editor/editor/editor....
Lorraine and James