Metamorphoses Lands August 2006

Is our local art and literature worth supporting? (By local, I mean Eastern Sierra, desert regions, Kern Valley, and the Bakersfield areas of California.) Is there enough of it to build a quality, community centered literary and art journal? If so, for how long?

The editors of Metamorphoses: A Journal of Literature and Art have their own ideas on this subject and are forging ahead with an excellent 2006 issue, but I'd like to hear what the community and students have to say. Is Met a good idea? Does it have support?

Met 2006 is scheduled for release in late August and will be available at all Cerro Coso campuses, online through Metamorphoses Online, and at select local bookstores. We could use your help approaching and placing units in local bookstores. Ideas? Which bookstores in your area do you recommend?

Met 2006 features:

Poetry by
Kevin S. Howe, Melinda Carroll, Valyrie Ice, Joan Desmond, Angela Rose

Fiction by
N.L. Belardes, Melinda Carroll, Janet Thorning, Jennifer K. Ellis, Angela M. Bell

Art by
Joan Desmond, N. L. Belardes, R. D. Hermansen, J. Hermansen, Karen L. Mitchell

Essays and Other Non-Fiction by
Melinda Sue Hutchings, Melinda Carroll, Dan Tuttle

Contributing editors for 2006 included students Jennifer Afflerbaugh, Angela Rose, Karen McCormick, Rebecca Parker, and Joshua Simpkins; Cerro Coso alum Kevin S. Howe; and English faculty members Gary Enns and Chris Doyen. Layout was created by student designer Frank Boisvert. Layout consultant was media arts faculty member Suzanne Ama.

For more information, visit Met Online.