Imagine Pending
Published: 2013-2014
Date of Acquisition: 2025
Manner of Acquisition: This book was found hidden between five copies of the journal Agni next to issue #38, and a stack of Watermark journals on the other side
ISBN: N/A
Authors Bio: N/A
Press information: independently published (unable to verify easily if this was truly independently published, or else is connected to UMass .
Awards: N/A
Why: This journal issue is interesting primarily for the large 1-page long advertisement at the back page for the UMass Boston MFA program. It lists the core faculty and recent campus visitors. It is the only advertisement in the book.
Inclusion in the "Rare & Odd" section comes down to the fact that upon investigation this issue does contain poetry from a then-current UMass Boston student. Furthermore, another contributor had his previous work, quote, published by the UMass press. No further elaboration is given.
The inclusion of the 1-page long advertisement at the back of the book is never elaborated on, and the editors introduction situates the text in the middle of unrest in the Republic of Türkiye.
Item Number 2025.056