Flipping through my Twitter feed (I’ve been known to tweet, it’s true) I came across a link to a lit mag simply titled “Jenny.” Wasting time to avoid grading as always, I clicked and found myself at a website which shared one of my favorite aesthetics ever: the dying industrial rust stuff.
Jenny is operated out of Youngstown State in Ohio. Since it’s fairly new and Oxford Magazine is proudly headquartered in the same state, I’d like this post to double as a charming yet simple neighborly gift. Maybe a virtual basket of fruit or something.
The magazine keeps up its wonderful attitude and aesthetic by way of a photo section in each issue (there are only two so far), and the images up now are wonderful. The focus seems to be on the poetry in each issue, which I admittedly love, but they also include interviews, fiction, and non-fiction in there, too. A notable local poet (of whom I am a pretty big fan) included in the first issue is Nin Andrews. Something I certainly consider brag-worthy.
I highly recommend shooting over to the site and exploring what it has to offer, which is a decidedly great deal for such a small magazine. Enjoy.
- C.J.
