A note from the editor
Help us Connect the Ducts!
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And now here’s the Editor’s Note for our December 2015 issue!
Happy Sweet 16 to Ducts!
I feel honored to be sliding into the driver’s seat this issue, but I’d like to take a moment to thank founding editor, Jonathan Kravetz, for his labor of love – and just plain hard work – in making Ducts the home for authentic, engaging, and personal stories that it has become over the past 16 years. Ducts and I hope to make you proud, Jon, and we have a full year planned to prove it – with an upcoming web redesign, new content (hello there, graphic narrative!), and more opportunities for our readers to help emerging voices be heard!
Since I’m the new girl (step aside, Zooey Deschanel), I’m going to keep this intro short and sweet, but stay tuned for further news on how you can be part of helping us publish and expand the audience for exciting new voices. And for those of you in the New York City area, mark January 9 on your calendar, and come out to hear readings from our latest issue at the KGB Lit Bar on the Lower East Side. We’ll ring in the new year – Ducts style.
Please enjoy this issue and have a happy, merry—and above all—peaceful 2016!
Mary Cool
Editor-in-Chief
December 1, 2015
This issue of Ducts is made possible with a regrant from the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, supported by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.