Happy to announce that the new issue (#32) of the relaunched OCHO is now live. Didi Menendez, the publisher of MiPOesias, PoetsArtists, and iArtistas, contacted me back in February about relaunching OCHO as a journal focused on queer arts and literature. I thought it was a great idea, wrote a new mission statement and submission call for it, and agreed to guest edit the relaunch issue. #32 is the fruit of that labor, and I’m quite happy with how it turned out. It was my first time editing an issue, which is a great experience every writer should go through. Gives you a newfound appreciation for what goes on when you submit your work to a journal.
I’ve agreed to stay on as Managing Editor, but now pass the guest editor torch to Rae Gouirand for the fall issue. This will be our way forward, each guest editor passing the torch to a new editor as we go. I hope it allows for an interesting overlap and extension of the queer aesthetics conversation.
