Magma 88, Underworld
Edited by Leo Boix, Ella Duffy and Kate Simpson
Underworlds are duplicitous; they resist definition, classification, and simplification, and we were inspired by the breadth of submissions, moving beyond what we could have imagined.
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Magma Selected: Molly Underwood
Poems
| Stuart Rawlinson | Authentication Exception |
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| Yvonne Reddick | Peakshole Water Speaks |
| Tolu Ogunlesi | Groundwater |
| Richard Scott | Red Tourmaline |
| Jade Cuttle | Mudlark |
| Seán Hewitt | Orfeo |
Articles
| Magma 88, Editorial | In the early stages of planning for Underworld, we sought out emerging cultures, communities and modes of thought in search for a new ecopoetics. In our call for submissions, we made prompts towards depictions of undergrowth – decomposition, transformation, and biodiversity – whilst considering parallel planes, the effects of celestial mechanics upon terrestrial events, and… |
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| Growing Language from the Earth | I have a map of Jamaica in front of me, I’m thinking about how places connect. My friend Santhia has sent me two pebbles as a gift from Freilassing, in the German Alps, and they’re making me reflect on distance. Isn’t our perception of distance, in a certain way, a trickery, given its tendency to… |
Issue information
Underworld — Table of Contents 
Supported by Arts Council England