Footnote #2
A Literary Journal of History
43 Pieces by 30 Authors
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Foot•note (fŏŏt’nōt’) n. 1. A note placed at the bottom of a page of a book or manuscript that comments on or cites a reference for a designated part of the text. 2. Something related to but of lesser importance than a larger work or occurrence. 3. A kickass literary journal of history-themed pieces that will make you rethink how you view history.
The second issue of our annual literary publication contains 43 works of poetry, fiction, essays, articles, and nonfiction by 30 authors about various historical topics, paired with dozens of photographs. Within these pages, you will find contemporary outlooks on history right alongside little-known public domain works that feel as fresh and as vibrant (and as scary) as if they were written today. Here, the old meets the new, and you’ll discover fascinating history from a personal, nonscholarly literary approach.
In this issue, you’ll meet Jack the Ripper, Fanny Hooe, Jesse James, Geronimo, Lewis & Clark, Nikolai Vavilov, and the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald. You’ll learn of the catastrophic Hartley Colliery mining disaster, the woman who went over Niagara Falls in a barrel, the lost language of the Clatsop, harvesting sugar beets during World War II, how Commonwealth Indians were treated during World War I, and the costs of artistic patronage. You’ll discover what Dorothy was like during the Great Depression and how Lucile Fitch gave birth to an atomic bomb. Writers speak about deafness, queerness, and birth control in the face of Margaret Sanger’s and Alexander Graham Bell’s abhorrent eugenics rants, alongside the effects of the Oklahoma City bombing, erasure poems of Jules Verne, and the sacrifices of historical witchcraft.
The Featured Writer, Holly M. Wendt, mines 18th-century New England newspapers for responses to clippings about lost items, weeks at sea, feminism, and transporting lions. Her work is showcased next to the winners and finalists for the 2016 Charter Oak Award for Best Historical.
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2016 Charter Oak Award Winners for Best Historical
2016 Charter Oak Award Winners
1st Place: “Michigan Sugar Beet Harvest, 1944” by Mary Buchinger
2nd Place: “Your Bonnet” by Raymond Luczak
3rd Place: “Salt” by Holly M. Wendt
Authors
• Cynthia Anderson
• Leah Angstman
• Charles Bane, Jr.
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Garrett J. Brown
• Mary Buchinger
• Alan Catlin
• William Clark
• John Paul Davies
• Gary Every
• Tyler Gillespie
• Emily Kiernan
• Tricia Knoll
• Llanwyre Laish
• Alexis Larkin
• Phillip Larrea
• Meriwether Lewis
• Raymond Luczak
• Yasmin Khan Murgai
• GennaRose Nethercott
• John Ordway
• Jennifer Roche
• Francine Rubin
• Margaret Sanger
• Jon Sindell
• Henry Stimson
• John Vicary
• Sir Charles Warren
• Holly M. Wendt
• Rodney Wilhite
Other Footnote Issues
Also by Leah Angstman & Alan Catlin
Also by Gary Every
Also by Leah Angstman, Alan Catlin, Gary Every, & Phillip Larrea
Also by Mary Buchinger & John Vicary
Also by Cynthia Anderson
Also by Leah Angstman
Also by Jennifer Roche
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Footnote is our annual literary publication dedicated to historical and contemporary views on history. It contains poetry, images, fiction, and nonfiction by various authors, both contemporary and historical, about any topic of history. We are excited by pieces that give an author’s intimate or emotional take on historical places, people, events, or ideas.
• Historical: Poems | Fiction | Nonfiction
• 43 Pieces by 30 Authors
• 5½” x 8½” Perfectbound Trade Paperback
• Cream Paper, 136 Pages
• Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1-946580-04-7
• Paperback ISBN-10: 1-946580-04-X
• Ebook ISBN-13: Coming Soon
• Ebook ISBN-10: Coming Soon
• LCCN: Not Registered
• First Edition: October 18, 2016
• Short URL: acpbook.link/footnote2
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Cover design by Leah Angstman.
About the Editor
LEAH ANGSTMAN is the founder and executive editor of Alternating Current Press since 1993. She has also been an editor/fact-checker for Pacific Standard, Underscore News, Mother Jones, Departures, and Smithsonian, and she is the author of Out Front the Following Sea, Shoot the Horses First, and Falcon in the Dive.
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