The WT Chronicles is a Portland, Maine based publication celebrating working class writing and art, and attempts to explore the conditions of poverty that many Americans live under. We loosely center each edition around a topics such as work, drug and alcohol abuse, growing up poor, or love.
We're soliciting submissions for upcoming issues of WT. Upcoming topics will include transportation (“Gettin There”), and religion (“Jeezly Crow”). Send submissions or questions to wtchronicles -at- hotmail -dot- com or to WT Chronicles c/o Jen, PO Box 1459, Portland, ME 04104.
The current issue (#15) of the WT Chronicles is about family. Keep an eye out for it around Portland (Maine), or read it right here online.
most recent: wt#15 - Family
contents:
- Intro
- Better Than Tony
by Bruja Bones - No Class
- Motors Dying in Quiet
by Starr - Petey
by Jen Hodsdon - Economic/Civil Rights Efforts Are In the Wind
by Jan Lightfoot - The Visit
by mamaspitfire - Systemic Homicide
by by Dugan - Good Morning
by Tom Fallon, Rumford, ME - Green Mountain Idyll
by Hayden Carruth - Excerpt from Tornado Country
by Bob Bergeron - tuesday morning rural blues
by mamaspitfire - things i do not want my mother to know
by cyndi o’leary - Burner
by by Goatgirl
wt#14 - Food
contents:
- Click, Click, click
by Cyndi O’Leary - Fried Bologna Sandwiches
- Outside Reading: The “Food Bank” Food Pyramid
By Kirsten Anderberg - SPAM Haiku
From the SPAM-ku Archive - Poor Man's Barbecue Sauce
- Out Back
By WonderBred - Revolution and Government Cheese
by Bob Bergeron - Thanksgiving Lament
by mamaspitfire - LUNCHTIME
by branded - Maine Dandelion Greens
by Marjorie Standish, from Cooking Downeast - Mamma’s Potato Chip Cookies
- Quarters
by goatgirl - Memere’s Quick Spaghetti
wt #13 - Jail
contents:
- Excerpt from THE MADNESS OF JOHN HAT
by Bob Bergeron - untitled
by Cyndi O’Leary - Dead Man Eating
by WonderBred - by Wildfire
May 1, 2005 - Almost dead
by Bill Clark, Death Row Inmate
website only—not featured in the zine
Quoted:
"... if a society advertises itself as a meritocracy, but in practice allocates success based on hereditary advantage, how are those who are not winners supposed to respond?" (more)
From Class in America: Two Elite Newspapers Tackle The Big Taboo.
wt #12 - Work
contents:
wt #11 - Masculinity
contents:
- The Boss
by WonderBred - Class, Masculinity and the Capitalist Blues
by mamaspitfire - Papa
by treason - seasons
by treason - Coffee and Cigarettes
by Starr - Me and Mine
by Starr
wt #9
contents:
- Genealogy
by goatgirl - Hands
by Treason - Minimum Wage Strike
by David Rovics - Road Trip
by goatgirl - The Soup Song
wt #8
contents:
- Apologies (1999)
by goatgirl - The Turkey Back Meat Frozen Spinach Special
by Mamaspitfire - All the Other Little Girls
by Branded - (quotes)
wt #7
contents:
- Riding on the #3
by mamaspitfire - Pass-Off
by goatgirl - hometown boys
by treason - Lunchtime
by mamaspitfire - Soft as Cement/Blando como cemento
by branded - Apologies
by goatgirl - 20 Things About Class
We are looking for writers willing to share their class experience with us, or share poems or stories that would work in this context. We prefer submissions to be sent by email, but we also have a P.O. Box.
Contact us with questions, comments, criticism & praise, ideas, or submissions at wtchronicles(at)hotmail.com