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ZAUM Sonoma State University's Literary Magazine | |
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ZAUM HAPPENINGS The zaum Gala was held on April 27th at The Villa restaurant in Santa Rosa and was an awesome party! Thank you to all the businesses and individuals that donated prizes for the zaum raffle, and many thanks to the hard-working zaumbies who put so much time and effort into making 2010 the best gala yet. Read more about preparing for the gala on our blog. Looking for something literary to sink your teeth into? Take a look at our Calendar of Events. Posted here are readings, zaum events, and other wordy dealings. ZAUM EVENTS  zaum 14 is out!
After much hard work and meticulous attention, zaum 14 is hot off the presses and ready for your hungry eyes. Order one today for a bargain at $10! Order ZAUM | |
WHAT IS ZAUM?
1 : a literary and art magazine (current issue) providing college students a venue for publishing their work. The magazine is distributed and produced by students at Sonoma State University in California. (order a copy of zaum) Composed of poetry, prose, fiction and visual art, zaum strives to challenge conventionality and achieve an expression beyond rationality.
zaum has been published at Sonoma State for 30 years and has received many awards for its visual and literary content, including Small Magazine Review's Summa Cum Laude Honors, the Associated Writing Programs' Award of Excellence honorable mention for editorial vision and honorable mention for graphic design. We are currently accepting submissions (submit to zaum) for our next edition. If you would like to submit please review our submission guidelines.
2 : a word used to describe the linguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation of Russian Futurist poets (about zaum) such as Velimir Khlebnikov and Aleksei Kruchenykh.
As Kruchenykh has it, zaum is a transrational language, "wild, flaming, explosive (wild paradise, fiery languages, blazing coal)," which awakens creative imagination (zaum staff) from the manacles of everyday speech.
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