Online zine publishing poetry, prose, fiction, and pop criticism.
Emphasizes the oral nature of writing and invites writers to "perform"
their work.
Submissions - American Oral is for writers who write not for fame or publication, but who write for a five minute stretch of life on a Friday night where they will have the authority of a microphone in front of them and the waiting ears of an audience who needs to hear what they have to say. We are bringing literature back to its oral roots, but that's not our only concern.
The Web is the MULTI-media. It has the ability to synchronize
all the realities that make up our imaginations. It puts the history of
entertainment, the history of literature, cinema, theater -- even the
history of history -- instantly accessible. American Oral uses the
internet in its full capacity in order to offer the full experience of the
texts we publish. A work will appear as text, but it will also exist
orally in the voice of the author who wrote it . . .