General Blog

• September 25, 2013

  “What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn’t happen much, though.” ― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
• September 25, 2013

  “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ― Maya Angelou
• September 23, 2013

  Open Mic – Friday Sept 27th @ 2pm
• September 22, 2013

  “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” ― Ernest Hemingway
• September 21, 2013

  “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” ― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt
• September 19, 2013

  Dystopian Top 3

  Hello Forum Magazine readers!  Today we’re talking about Dystopian art and stories, or, more specifically, your favorites within the Dystopian genre.  Whether we love, hate, or carry a lukewarm temperament toward it, we must admit that Dystopian art is definitely popular, right now.  We can argue the reasons for or merits of this amongst ourselves…
• April 10, 2013

  Open Mic & Readings at Cafe La Boheme This Sunday (4/14)

  Following in the spirit of Forum‘s recent publication party—which, if you missed, was a great success and a lot of fun—we are hosting a second open mic and reading this semester, this time at the ever-excellent Cafe La Boheme. Located next door to the 24th Street BART station, Cafe La Boheme is not only easy…
• April 1, 2013

  Meet the Spring 2013 Staff

  Jerome Steegmans, General Editor Author. Editor. Occultist. Publisher. On my bedside table: Terisa Batista; Home From the Wars by Jorge Amado; Tell My Horse by Zora Neale Hurston; Norse Mythology and the Modern Human Being by Ernst Uehli; The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi; the February 2013 issue of Poetry; the Winter 2012 issue of The Paris Review; A…
• March 25, 2013

  The Forum Fall 2012 Release Party

  Friday was the release party for Forum’s Fall 2012 issue, and the party was a great success! Thank you everyone who came out. And a special thanks to the English Literature Club for hosting us, to Katerina Argyyles for the excellent hors d’oeuvres, to all the great readers—Jordy Lynch, Aaron Arnold, Brittanic X.O. Zane, John…
• March 4, 2013

  Last Day to Submit Work for the Spring Issue

  For all of you out there who, like me, tend to wait till the last minute to submit work, now’s your time to shine! It’s now the last minute; the moment you’ve been waiting for. So finalize any remaining revisions and send your work in today. And remember, we accept submissions from anyone who has…