Fools Magazine

06/05/2020

Fools Magazine Submission Manager

Hello friends 🙂 We opened submissions for Foolish volume 8.5 today! As our previous EIC Ellie Zupancic told me, “art shouldn’t stop in the wake of oppression, fear, or violence.” We want to hear your voices and amplify the words of those whose messages have gone unheard for too long.

Additionally, we’d like to welcome submissions from those whose BFA exhibits had to be canceled. Contact me at [email protected] or comment below with any questions or concerns!

https://foolsmag.submittable.com/submit

All my love,

Anna Nelson
Editor-in-Chief

Fools Magazine publishes two print magazines per year, and publishes work on our website on a rolling basis during the school year. Submissions for print magazine volume 8 closed on February 14th, 2020. Submissions for Foolish volume 8.5 opened June 5th at noon. Contact Editor-in-Chief, Anna Nelson,...

05/20/2020

We adore our new Managing Editor, Nicole!

It's ! Meet Nicole Pagliari! 🥰 Here's what Nicole has to say about her experiences with the Magid Center:

"For me writing had always been one of those things that I did on the side. Even when I first got to Iowa, I felt like writing came second to everything else going on. Then I found Fools Magazine and the Magid Center, and suddenly I was part of a whole community of people whose purpose was not only to create, but to push the boundaries of what that word means. Fools allows me to interact with and create writing that I love while the Magid Center helps me focus my career goals and carve out my place in the publishing industry. The combination of the two have allowed me to create a hybrid publishing-writing experience that is exactly what I didn’t even know I needed."

05/18/2020

“Hot and Alive”: Jenny Zhang’s My Baby First Birthday — Fools Magazine

“It’s that tone that seems to offer the reader an unusual permission to sit in their body, to remember the corporeal history that came before (“my mom was a baby too / and inside her was a teenier baby”)–almost like a spiritual trick to get us back in our mother’s wombs.”

Ellie Zupancic reviews Jenny Zhang’s My Baby First Birthday / illustration by Vivian Le:

https://t.co/zOlXdZBNeu?amp=1

by Ellie Zupancic Illustration by Vivian Le

05/08/2020

Volume 8 is live: head to foolsmag.com to view the issue.

There, you can access the brand new microsite experience [from your desktop!]

05/05/2020

Fools Magazine

VOL 8 > LIVE > THIS FRIDAY > MAY 8 > FOOLSMAG.COM

(Get your desktops ready—we’ve been working so hard to prepare this issue online in all of the wonderful ways we already do, as well as in the very new and exciting form of a microsite! You don’t wanna miss this)

Iowa City-based literary, arts, and culture magazine.

04/25/2020

5.8.2020 — Art has been responding to crises throughout its history. It‘s not once crossed our minds to suspend the production of our 8th volume because our work matters now more than ever — introducing Fools’ first ever microsite. You won’t want to miss it. Launching soon. (Original design by Noah Neal // formatted for FB)

04/25/2020

5.8.2020 — Art has been responding to crises throughout its history. It‘s not once crossed our minds to suspend the production of our 8th volume because our work matters now more than ever — introducing Fools’ first ever microsite. You won’t want to miss it. Launching soon.

04/23/2020

Check out Fools' official quarantine recommendations for reading, viewing, and listening, curated by staff specially for you 📚🔊🃏🎞

https://foolsmag.com/recent-posts

04/22/2020

“In a world that’s normally speeding away from me, it was suddenly right up against me. I was left with my thoughts and my own body, both of which felt immensely heavier in my tiny apartment.”

Essay & photos on quarantine by Gabby Estlund:

Read here: https://www.foolsmag.com/posts/2020/4/21/learning-to-let-go-an-introspective-essay-amp-photo-story

04/10/2020

For Later, When All My Homies are in the Room: An Interview with Hanif Abdurraqib — Fools Magazine

“Still, he says, ‘I really worked in isolation for a long time to build my skillset … I just do the work and from the work comes more work.’

So, I sit. The wind picks up and my house screams. Somewhere in that cacophony, I hear a nothingness telling me to write. It’s in this isolation, I suppose, that work will birth work.”

Read Fools writing editor Skyler Barnes’ interview with Hanif Abdurraqib, Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program. Photos by Odessa Neeley.

http://www.foolsmag.com/posts/2020/4/10/for-later-when-all-my-homies-are-in-the-room-an-interview-with-hanif-abdurraqib

by Skyler Barnes Photos by Odessa Neeley

04/10/2020

Fools Magazine's cover photo

04/10/2020

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04/01/2020

Mission Creek Festival

Today would have been the opening day of Mission Creek Festival 2020; in the absence of our typical celebrations of music, literature, and community, Mission Creek is sharing virtual performances from the original lineup. Don’t miss the 6 wonderful performances they have planned, including some of Fools’ longtime favorites like Elizabeth Moen & Penny Peach!

While we can't be together celebrating music, literature, and community, we're happy to share some virtual performances from the Mission Creek artists in a series we're calling Mission Creek Underground. Join us for the first video in our six part series featuring Elizabeth Moen.

03/27/2020

The Case for Care — Fools Magazine

“Philosopher Asha Bhandary has created space for self-discovery, personal priorities, and thought—to develop the most robust account of dependency care in a liberal theory of justice.”

Read Ellie Zupancic’s profile of Dr. Asha Bhandary, with photos by Vivian Le:

https://t.co/CwaTjk7D6X?amp=1

Philosopher Asha Bhandary has created space for self-discovery, personal priorities, and thought—to develop the most robust account of dependency care in a liberal theory of justice.

03/26/2020

A note on COVID-19 — Fools Magazine

We’ve posted an update regarding production schedule adjustments, distribution of merchandise & magazines, and how to contact us—in light of the recent community changes addressing COVID-19.

Highlights to note: volume 8 release has been moved back one week, to Friday, May 8th. Mark your calendars now, and be ready for a web-based launch online where we are working to cultivate an experience that allows us to present art and literature side-by-side in new and innovative ways.

All decisions going forth will be the result of careful consideration of the wellbeing & best interest of our contributors & members.

It is a beautiful thing to be an artist in the face of adversity; indeed, we hope you are able to find solace in any ability to read, write, or create right now. Art has been responding to crises throughout its history.

If you have concerns about our updated process, any questions, or are simply looking for someone to lean on at the moment, we are here for you. The Fools family is in this together. All editors can be reached by email and are more than happy to make themselves available to you.

foolsmag.com/covid-19

We know that this time is unprecedented, overwhelming, and confusing. The executive and editorial boards of Fools Magazine have been working diligently to provide an altered member experience in the face of the new obstacles caused by COVID-19. We have complied, and plan to continue complying, with....

03/14/2020

An update regarding the recent changes to the Iowa City & UI community following COVID-19 cases in our county:

03/09/2020

We’re ecstatic to be over 80% of the way to our fundraising goal!

We'd like to introduce Jenna Larson, graduate of the University of Iowa and alum of Fools Magazine. Jenna was our third ever Editor-in-Chief and now is out in the world impacting communities with skills and tools provided to her by Fools.

DONATE: goldrush.uiowa.edu/fools

03/05/2020

Lily DeTaeye

Awesome coverage of Lily DeTaeye and Emily Scott Robinson at The Mill by Fools writer Nichole Shaw, with photos by Vivian Le! Check it out online now.

Fools Magazine came out to the Iowa city show! You can read this beautiful article about it below. (Big thanks to Nichole Shaw and Vivian Le for spending the evening with us and for creating the best party favor ever 🥳)

02/25/2020

21% TO GO: visit goldrush.uiowa.edu/fools to donate, or just to learn more—and share, share, share! We can’t get to $3,000 without your help.

WE NEED YOUR HELP! We launched a crowdfunding campaign to ensure the longevity of Fools and to expand opportunities for members! Visit goldrush.uiowa.edu/fools to learn more! -- Any contribution would help us keep Fools free and accessible for our readers while allowing us to foster our collaborative environment.

02/21/2020

We’re over 2/3 of the way there! Help us get to 3k!

Fools Magazine is hosting their first ever GOLD RUSH! 🌞✨🏆 Help them raise $3000 by the end of March to ensure continued publication of their biannual print magazine here. 👉 https://goldrush.uiowa.edu/project/19737

02/20/2020

Lifting the Glass: A Look Behind the Trick Mirror with Jia Tolentino — Fools Magazine

“... whenever my friends and I reenacted [High School Musical]...I demanded that I play the coveted role of Gabriella...They protested heavily, demanding reasons for why they couldn’t play the leading female character of the most popular movie amongst fourth graders. But I was adamant...Vanessa Hudgens was Filipino, therefore, I had dibs.”

Read Nicole Pagliari’s review of Jia Tolentino at Prairie Lights Bookstore yesterday, with illustration by Cailin Hall.

http://www.foolsmag.com/posts/2020/2/19/g5sv1qrwz1smc9bbvvl41809km7y3t

by Nicole Pagliari Illustration by Cailin Hall

02/13/2020

WE NEED YOUR HELP! We launched a crowdfunding campaign to ensure the longevity of Fools and to expand opportunities for members! Visit goldrush.uiowa.edu/fools to learn more! -- Any contribution would help us keep Fools free and accessible for our readers while allowing us to foster our collaborative environment.

02/13/2020

WE NEED YOUR HELP! Fools is launching our first ever GOLDrush campaign! We are trying to crowdfund $3000 to ensure another year of our beautiful bi-annual magazine, opportunities for writers and artists—like literary readings, art galleries, networking events, and masterclasses.

VISIT goldrush.uiowa.edu/fools

GOLDrush will allow us to open up doors for Fools members that extend past our usual publishing ventures. We have hopes of buying equipment for our team of artists, sending writers to the famous Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference, and affording to print more copies of each volume.

02/12/2020

Hancher

“‘Event horizons, dark matter, the attraction of atoms and how they move, how they react to each other; that’s something I find endlessly fascinating. Reading and learning about that, I was able to write my song Particle in Wave, about how light is two things at once, both particle and wave. Is love powerful enough to slow the speed of light?’”

Read Britney Sites’ coverage of Rosanne Cash at Hancher Auditorium!

We appreciate this deep dive into two evenings with Rosanne Cash on our stage. Thanks to Britney Sires of Fools Magazine.

02/10/2020

For a Scientist Turned Novelist, an Experiment Pays Off

Who is in The New York Times today? None other than our own creative director, Vivian Le, for her photos of Brandon Taylor!

Recall our advance praise for Taylor's book Real Life a few weeks ago at foolsmag.com! Taylor will also be reading at Prairie Lights Bookstore on February 19th at 7pm--don't miss it!

https://t.co/LieKPhjA2R?amp=1

“Real Life” follows a pivotal weekend in the life of a black gay student in the Midwest, something Brandon Taylor said was an effort to write himself into the campus-life genre he loves reading.

02/07/2020

Magid Center for Undergraduate Writing

📸: Gabby Estlund
WANNA BE A FOOL?! Fools Magazine is open for submissions until feb. 14th!! ✍️✔️

02/03/2020

A FOOL’S GUIDE TO THE 2020 CAUCUS:

The eyes of the country will be on Iowa tomorrow for its caucuses. This is perhaps the biggest impact we make on the race; visit iwillvote.com to find your location.

02/03/2020

🚨 caucuses are TONIGHT! 🚨 we get the special chance to have a real, impactful say in who our nominee is going to be—don’t miss the chance to make your voice heard. the 2020 election starts now.

video by: Katie Sailer

01/30/2020

Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature

Fools Magazine is accepting print submissions for the magazine's 8th volume until midnight February 14th! Fools magazine is a semi-annual print magazine and digital publication dedicated to the process of multidisciplinary work on a collaborative and workshop basis.

http://www.foolsmag.com/submit

01/28/2020

New profile on Nodo Downtown, by Maddie Silverstein, with photos by Gabby Estlund:

“Greeted by the sounds of classic rock songs of the 1980s and the smell of sourdough bread, Nodo emulates a familiar and relaxed atmosphere co-owner and operator Josh Silver describes as ‘a place I’d want to be.’”

READ: http://www.foolsmag.com/posts/2020/1/27/a-hidden-gem-a-look-at-nodo-downtown

01/27/2020

Scope Productions

Thanks for re-upping our coverage of these two Grammy-winning artists, Scope! And congratulations to both Lizzo and Billie Eilish for the wins!

Missed the Grammys last night? Here's the only recap that matters: two SCOPE alum - Billie Eilish and Lizzo - walked away with an impressive collection of awards.

Billie Eilish: Best New Artist, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Engineered Album, Best Pop Vocal Album

Lizzo: Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Urban Contemporary Album, Best Traditional R&B Performance

Check out Fools Magazine's recaps of these two amazing SCOPE shows!

http://www.foolsmag.com/posts/2018/4/7/billie-eilish
http://www.foolsmag.com/posts/2018/10/22/lizzo-asked-us-to-worship-her-so-we-did

01/24/2020

FEMININE EXPECTATIONS:

Read Meria Ivy’s discussion about intersectionality and fine art with photographer Sierra Frost

// photos by Meria Ivy and Sierra Frost

http://www.foolsmag.com/posts/2020/1/22/feminine-expectations-a-discussion-about-intersectionality-and-fine-art-with-photographer-sierra-frost

12/26/2019

Opening for EIC 2020-2021 — Fools Magazine

Fools Magazine has now opened applications for a Spring 2020 Editor-in-Chief assistant, a semester-long training/shadowing role in anticipation for being the Editor-in-Chief during UI school year 2020-2021.

If you have questions about who we are, explore our site. If you have questions about the application or position, comment, DM us, or email Editor-in-Chief Ellie Zupancic at eicfoolsmag [at] gmail [dot] com. The application will remain open until January 8th.

Apply below: http://foolsmag.com/apply

Applicant must be a student enrolled at the University of Iowa for the full 2020-2021 school year and live in Iowa City (i.e. study abroad during the term disqualifies the applicant). Applicant may concurrently hold another position on the editorial board during the Spring 2020 assistantship, but ma...

12/11/2019

Here’s where to find volume 7 in Iowa City!