Justin Hamm, the quarterly's founder and editor writes about the aesthetic vision for this project:
"the museum of americana is an online literary review dedicated to fiction, poetry, nonfiction, photography, and artwork that revives or repurposes the old, the dying, the forgotten, or the almost entirely unknown aspects of Americana. It is published purely out of fascination with the big, weird, wildly contradictory collage that is our nation’s cultural history. We live in an era when it is fashionable to express either apathy or outright disdain for all things American. the museum of americana was founded on two core beliefs. The first is that there is much to love and celebrate in historical American culture. The second is that, while certainly not all aspects of Americana ought to be praised or celebrated, there is still great value in holding even that which is embarrassing or difficult up to the light to see what it is made of — and what could possibly be made of it."
The first reading/viewing period is now open, and closes on September 20th. If you are interested in submitting visual works for the first issue, please review the submission guidelines HERE, and then send an e-mail to me at photoartamericana (at) gmail.com.
