Maintenant 20: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art

“A smorgasbord for those who are sick and tired of it.” —Seattle Book Review

“Three Rooms Press doesn’t just preserve Dada—they evolve it . . . In an era dominated by algorithmic taste-making and cautious professionalism, Maintenant stands defiantly outside the gate, throwing ink at the walls and planting flags in dreams.” —Richard Modiano, author, The Forbidden Lunchbox

Politics has taken its turn to arrive at the worst and the creatures involved have become LOLiticians, their every move from either side laughable—that is, if you still believe in truth. In Maintenant 20: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art, we examine the concept of “Improperganda,” with 250 contributors from around the world exploring the idea that without truth, there’s no need for disapproval.

The Maintenant Dada series, established in 2008, explores themes of politics, humanity, philosophy, and current concerns from an antiwar, anarchic (and often eye-opening) perspective. Past issues include work by artists Mark Kostabi, Raymond Pettibon, Joel Hubaut, Heide Hatry, Avelino de Araujo, Pawel Kuczynski, Inas Al-Soqi, Giovanni Fontana, Nicole Eisenmann, Syporca Whandal, and Kazunori Murakami; past writers have included Gerard Malanga, Charles Plymell, Andrei Codrescu, Harry E. Northup, Malik Crumpler, Maw Shein Win, and more, with a strong contingent of artist-writers from the world of punk rock, including Thurston Moore, Mike Watt, Bibbe Hansen and more.

Complete list of contributors to Maintenant 20:
Shiva Abossedgh, Derek Adams, Alexey Adonin, Mariam Ahmed, Jamika Ajalon, Linda J. Albertano, Austin Alexis, Joel Allegretti, Maureen Alsop, Santiago Amaya, Abraham Aondoana, Penny Arcade, Wayne Atherton, Liz Axelrod, Narges Babaei, Mahnaz Badihian, Devon Balwit, David Barnes, Amy Barone, Vittore Baroni, Gabriella Bedetti, Hannah Behrens, C. Mehrl Bennett, John M. Bennett, Volodymyr Bilyk, József Bíró, Mark Blickley, Jill Blocker, Jeff Boynton, Michael Georg Bregel, Anaïs Bucher, Imanol Buisan, Fork Burke, Mary Campbell, Billy Cancel, Angela Caporaso, Peter Carlaftes, Brent R. Carr, Mona Jean Cedar, Mutes César, Lynette Clennell, Andrei Codrescu, Chuck Connelly, Roger Conover, Jack Cooper, Malik Ameer Crumpler, Tchello d'Barros, Wer Da, Dadadorn, Steve Dalachinsky, Allison A. Davis, Holly Day, Mark DeCarteret, Dario Roberto Dioli, Rachel Dixon, Sam Dodson, Pete Dolack, Gabriel Don, Carol Dorf, Sophie Dunér, Kerem Durdag, Leah Kogen Elimeliah, Salvatore Esposito, Jacalyn Eyvonne, Jeff Farr, Federico Federici, Mike Ferguson, Rich Ferguson, Maria Filek, Jonathan Finlayson, Kathleen Florence, Elizabeth Fogle, Giovanni Fontana, Robert C. Ford, Maggie Frank-Hsu, Thomas Fucaloro, Rosalie Gancie, Sandra Gea, Kat Georges, Christian Georgescu, Chad Gepitti, Phillip Giambri, Mark Glista, Ed Go, Michelle Granville, S.A. Griffin, Fausto Grossi, Joanne Grumet, Egon Guenther, Genco Gulan, Leman Bedia Güven, Bibbe Hansen, Fred Harper, Fiona Hartmann, Heide Hatry, Stefan Heuer, Wayne Atherton, Mark Hoefer, Bob Holman, Matthew Hupert, Frie J. Jacobs, Marta Janik, Ruud Janssen, Lisa Marie Järlborn, Hong Jin A, Jerry T. Johnson, Boni Joi, Milana Juventa, Lois Kagan Mingus, Janet Kaplan, Suzi Kaplan Olmsted, Eliot Katz, Marina Kazakova, Kostas Kiritsis, Linda Kleinbub, Antonia Alexandra Klimenko, Doug Knott, Ron Kolm, Mark Kostabi, Paul Indrek Kostabi, Eleni Kourti, Annie Rachele Lanzillotto, Hegedűs 2 László, David Lawton, Jane LeCroy, Cecil W. Lee, Margaret Leonard, Patricia Leonard, Linda Lerner, Misa Levey, Patrick Lichty, David Liljemark, Alexander Limarev, Judith Lindbloom, Goran Lišnjić, Serse Luigetti, Marieta Maglas, Sara Maino, Sophie Malleret, Robyn Mallery, Fred Marchant, Nasta Martyn, Martina Matijević, Malak Mattar, Jesse McCloskey, Nancy Mercado, Lawrence Miles, Iulia Militaru, Charles Mingus III, Andriana Minou, Mike M. Mollett, Thurston Moore, Luiz Morgadinho, Carli Muñoz, Tendai Mwanaka, Uche Nduka, Gerald Nicosia, Nicky Nodjoumi, Harry E. Northup, Anna O’Meara, Sabina Oehninger, Valery Oisteanu, Marc Olmsted, Jane Ormerod, Jeanne-Marie Osterman, Yuko Otomo, Bibiana Padilla Maltos, Erzsébet Palásti, Lisa Panepinto, Juan Fran Núñez Parreño, Gay Pasley, John Paul, Puma Perl, John Pietaro, Charles Plymell, Kai Pohl, Carlos Ponce-Melendez, Linette Rabsatt, Renaat Ramon, Sabine Remy, Mado Reznik, Travis Richardson, Wes Rickert, Radoslav Rochallyi, Edel Rodriguez, Sofia Paloma Rodriguez, Martina Salisbury, Paulo Sanches, Ellen Sander, Tyko Say, Roberto Scala, Sabine Schneider-Z., William Seaton, Beatriz Seelaender, Jack Seiei, Silvio Severino, Sheree Shatsky, Susan Shup, Bertholdus Sibum, Angela Sloan, Katherine Sloan, Valerie Sofranko, Orchid Spangiafora, Dd. Spungin, Eva Helene Stern***, Thomas Stolmar, Rich Stone, W.K. Stratton, Belinda Subraman, Tate Swindell, Neal Skooter Taylor, Robin Tomens, Zev Torres, Owen Townend, John J. Trause, Nico Vassilakis, Jimmy Vega, Maggs Vibo, Benito Vilá, Lynnea Villanova, Voxx Voltair, Baranca Vos, Matina Vossou, Duška Vrhovac, Silvia Wagensberg, Anne Waldman, George Wallace, Scott Wannberg, Mike Watt, Dig Wayne, Allison Whittenberg, Maw Shein Win, Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, Yaryan, Gerald Yelle, Lorene Zarou-Zouzounis, Larry Zdeb, Elzbieta Zdunek, Nina Zivancevic, and Joanie HF Zosike

Peter Carlaftes is a New York City-based author, editor, publisher, and playwright. His books include the poetry collections Life in the Past Lane, Drunkyard Dog, and I Fold With the Hand I Was Dealt; the play collections Triumph for Rent and Teatrophy, and the humorous A Year on Facebook. He is co-founder and acquisitions editor of Three Rooms Press (New York), for whom he has edited multiple anthologies including the Have a NYC: New York Short Stories series, the annual Maintenant Contemporary Dada Art and Writing Journal, and The Faking of The President: 17 Stories of White House Noir. He lives in Manhattan.

Kat Georges is a New York City-based poet, playwright, publisher, and graphic designer. Her books include two poetry collections, Awe and Other Words Like Wow and Our Lady of the Hunger, and the play collection Three Somebodies: Plays about Notorious Dissidents. Her poetry and prose work has appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, Love Love Magazine (Paris), Sparring with Beatnik Ghosts, Arriving at a Shoreline, Signs of Life: San Francisco Short Stories, and numerous regional and international journals and magazines. She co-edits the annual Maintenant Contemporary Dada Art and Writing Journal. She is co-founder, editor and creative director at Three Rooms Press (New York). She lives in Manhattan.