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Too Many Questions: A Note from Rickey
“The edge is all I have,” a poet once swore some many years ago, ensconced in darkness either imagined or real. Another poet, on the occasion of the inauguration of the first Black American president, would later declare that we are “[o]n the brink, on the brim, on the cusp” but praised use “for walking forward in that light.” While it may be true that we are beginning to see a transition from night to day, it also seems true that in the forty years between these two declarations we have moved very little.
A Note from Liz
The story of the loss of Eden goes beyond Adam and Eve; I see it everywhere. What they lost, that perfect shameless garden: we know intimately the shape of its absence. I think that, as people, we’re constantly ensconced in the struggle towards what we want. We fight against the impossibility of paradise by living our lives to the best of our abilities.
A Note from Nick: Only 15 more days!
Liz said to me in an IM the other night, “This is really happening!” What started out as a very small idea has turned into something far greater than we ever expected.
Accepting submissions.
why are we not in paradise? is a new online zine. We’re interested in several things: 1) contributing editors in the areas of written work, art, music, and video and also 2) submissions of dynamic & viral content that works in tandem with the obviously existential question that our title poses.
