Magma 94, Remix, Edited by Elontra Hall, Willie Lee Kinard III, and Lola Oh
To remix is to take something existing and make it new. To peer through the same weary eyes, and imagine a different, radical version of what we have been so used to seeing before. We’ve tried to weave this ethos throughout the issue, not just in the poems, but in the prose features as well.
Poems
| Ciarán Parkes | Caravaggio's Head of Medusa Reimagined as a Passport Photo |
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| D. A. Prince | Chilli con leftovers |
| Ester Lay | Ultramarine |
| Marie-Louise Eyres | Massacre of the Innocents |
| Tommye Blount | Oh baby, tonight, you’re with any, |
| John Bartlett | STRAWBERRIES |
Articles
| Magma 94, Editorial | When we sent out the call for remixes, we were expecting poems that were joyous, musical, and strangely familiar. The poems that we received far exceeded our expectations: afters, concrete work, re-imaginings of myth, ekphrasis — the work that we have had the privilege of reading astounded, challenged, and delighted us. Our ‘inspired by’ poet,… |
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| More Than a Remix | The first time I encountered the term “remix” in relation to my artwork, I didn’t react positively. It’s not that I have anything against the concept; rather, I felt it didn’t quite capture the essence of what I had been exploring since I started my journey in digital photo collage. You see, in collage, much… |
| The Original and the Remix | Malika Booker and Dante Micheaux are fixtures in the firmament of poetry on both sides of the Atlantic and seemingly all points between. For this issue they were asked to read and remix a poem from one another and then be ready to talk about the process, the problems and the product. What follows is… |
Issue information
Remix — Table of Contents 
Supported by Arts Council England