MAINTENANT 17: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art Peter Carlaftes 9781953103352

When a war ends provisionally, the agreement is called a ceasefire. But when peace ends, there is only war. War and peace are co-dependent. Perhaps it is now time for a "Peacefire."

In Maintenant 17: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art, nearly 250 artists from more than 40 countries explore the concept of the end of both war and peace, exploring provocative outsider ideas as dada has done since its inception. With searing cover art by Uta Kaxniashvili, this issue of the renowned journal elaborates on dada's original premise as an antiwar movement.

The Maintenant 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 Hanson and more.

Critics have praised the series since its inception. Seattle Book Review calls Maintenant, "A smorgasbord for those who are sick and tired of it." Tribe LA dubs the journal, "A compilation of leading Dada-influenced artists from around the world that is timely and relevant." Serbia's Madjan Magazine proclaims that the Maintenant series proves "Dada is not dead." The Maintenant series is archived in leading institutions worldwide, including Museum of Modern Art New York.

Contributors to Maintenant 17 include: Derek Adams * Mariam Ahmed * Jamika Ajalon * Youssef Alaoui * Linda J. Albertano * Austin Alexis * Joel Allegretti * Daina Almario-Kopp * Hala Alyan * Jim Andrews * Wayne Atherton * Liz Axelrod * Mahnaz Badihian * David Barnes * Amy Barone * Vittore Baroni * Tchello d' Barros * Gaby Bedetti * Regina Lafay Bellamy * C. Mehrl Bennett * Volodymyr Bilyk * Mark Blickley * Clemente Botelho * Gedley Belchior Braga * Michael Georg Bregel * Kathy A. Bruce * Imanol Buisan * Fork Burke * Billy Cancel * Peter Carlaftes * Wendy Cascade * Nick Cash * Mutes Cesar * Sarah M. Chen * Nguyen Ba Chung * Hal Citron * Lynette Clennell * Andrei Codrescu * William Cody * Chuck Connelley * Roger Conover * Anothony Cox * Malik Ameer Crumpler * Raf Cruz * Tchello d'Barros * Wer Da * Steve Dalachinsky * Allison A. Davis * Holly Day * Avelino De Araujo * Francesca Dharmakan-Bremner * Natalie DiFusco * Dario Roberto Dioli * Rachel Dixon * Sam Dodson * Carol Dorf * Eric Drooker * Robert Duncan * Salvatore Esposito * Fong Fai * Agenta Falk * Massimo Fantuzzi * Jeff Farr * Becky Fawcett * Rich Ferguson * Maria Filek * Cheryl J. Fish * Kathleen Florence * Robert C. Ford * Dorothy Friedman * Thomas Fucaloro * Ignacio Galilea * Sandra Gea * Kat Georges * Christian Georgescu * Robert Gibbons * Gordon Gilbert * James J. Gleeson * Mark Glista * Ed Go * Gemma Goette * John Goodby * Odeon Grace * S.A. Griffin * Fausto Grossi * Meghan Grupposo * Egon Guenther * Genco Gulan * Ana Maria Guta * Bibbe Hansen * Jesper Hasseltoft * Heide Hatry * Jeffrey Hecker * Laszlo 2 Hegedus * Aimee Herman * Robert Hieger * Karen Hildebrand * Mark Hoefer * Juleigh Howard-Hobson * Matthew Hupert * Frie J. Jacobs * Annaliese Jakimides * Marta Janik * Mathias Jansson * Lisa Marie Jarlborn * Debra Jenks * Dale Jensen * Jerry Johnson * Boni Joi * Milana Juventa * Jerry Kamstra * Suzi Kaplan Olmsted * Christine Karapetian * Adeena Karasick * Uta Kaxniashvili * Marina Kazakova * Oladipo Kehinde * Tran Dang Khoa * Doug Knott * Kollasch * Daniel Kolm * Gregory Kolm * Ron Kolm * Daina Kopp * Mark Kostabi * Paul Kostabi * Inna Krasnoper * Pawel Kuczynski * Bene Kusendila * Wang Lan * Gary Lawless * Mercedes Lawry * David Lawton * Jane LeCroy * Sarah Legow * Patricia Leonard * Linda Lerner * Martin H. Levinson * Alexander Limarev * Frederic Lipczynski * Richard Loranger * Mina Loy * Ruggero Maggi * Sara Maino * Gerald Malanga * Jaan Malin * Jessica Manack * Fred Marchant * Marronage * Bronwyn Mauldin * Jesse McCloskey * Pierre Merejkowsky * Ashley Miller * Lois Kagan Mingus * Charles Mingus III * Richard Modiano * Mike M. Mollett * Thurston Moore * Luiz Morgadinho * Karen Neuberg * James B. Nicola * Gerald Nicosia * Lance Nizami * Harry E. Northup * Anna O'Meara * Ruth Oisteanu * Valery Oisteanu * Marc Olmsted * John Olson * Jane Ormerod * Yuko Otomo * Bibiana Padilla Maltos * Csaba Pal * Erzsebet Palasti * Lisa Panepinto * Gay Pasley * John S. Paul * Giorgia Pavlidou * James Penha * Puma Perl * Robert Petrick * Raymond Pettibon * Charles Plymell * Kai Pohl * Leslie Prosterman * Renaat Ramon * Nicca Ray * Mado Reznik * D.M. Rice * Travis Richardson * Wes Rickert * Benjamin Robinson * Bruce Robinson * Edel Rodriguez * Mykyta Ryzhykh * Martina Salisbury * Paulo Sanches * Kellie Scott-Reed * Beatriz Seelaender * Jack Seiei * Silvio Severino * Sheree Shatsky * Susan Shup * Jeff Shutt * Bertholdus Sibum * Denise Silk-Martelli * Zoltan Simon * Angela Sloan * Katherine R. Sloan * Phil Demise Smith * Valerie Sofranko * Paul Sohar * J. R. Solonche * Pere Sousa * Orchid Spangiafora * Dd. Spungin * Marilyn Stablein * Alex Starr * Laurie Steelink * Eva Helene Stern*** * Christine Stoddard * Thomas Stolmar * Rich Stone * W.K. Stratton * Belinda Subraman * Neal Skooter Taylor * Robin Tomens * Zev Torres * John J. Trause * Ann Firestone Ungar * Yrik Max Valentonis * Anoek Van Praag * Nico Vassilakis * Maggs Vibo * Lynnea Villanova * Voxx Voltair * Barbara Vos * Silvia Wagensberg * George Wallace * Scott Wannberg * Mike Watt * Poul R. Weile * Ingrid Wendt * Benjamin B. White * Brenda Whiteway * A. D. Winans * Francine Witte * Yaryan * Gerald Yelle * Andrena Zawinski * Larry Zdeb * Nina Zivancevic * Lorene Zarou-Zouzounis * Joanie HF Zosike

Peter Carlaftes is a New York City-based author, editor, publisher, and performer. He has written and staged twelve plays, and is the author of five books: A Year on Facebook (humor); Drunkyard Dog and I Fold With the Hand I Was Dealt (poetry); and Triumph for Rent (3 plays) and Teatrophy (3 More Plays). 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 Dada Art and Writing Journal and Mike Watt: On and Off Bass, a collection of photos and distilled tour diaries from the great punk rock bass player. He lives in Manhattan.

Kat Georges is a New York City-based poet, playwright, performer, publisher, and graphic designer. She has written and staged twelve plays, and is the author of two books: Our Lady of the Hunger and Three Somebodies: Plays about Notorious Dissidents. Her poetry and prose work has appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, Have A NYC: New York Stories, Signs of Life: San Francisco Short Stories, and numerous regional and international journals and magazines. In New York since 2003, she has directed numerous Off-Broadway plays, produced more than 300 events, and performed widely. She is co-founder, editor, and artistic director of Three Rooms Press (New York). She lives in Manhattan.

"Full of connections, of ways to think creatively about humanity's penchant for destruction, and what it might take to bring about peace." -Shona Reads Book Reviews

"Utilizing a myriad of styles and mediums, artists and writers draw us into a Dada world, the world we are living in, like nothing else I've seen does. . . . it will blow your mind." -Home Planet News

"Though people expect Dada to be silly, and sometimes it is here, it is also often political and usually poignant. . . It's quite a smorgasbord for those who are sick and tired of it." Seattle Book Review

"A compilation of leading Dada-influenced artists from around the world." TRIBE LA Magazine

"Excellent examples of collage and montage techniques . . . Interesting visual poems." Portland Book Review

"Contemporary art and writing ranging from collages and acrylics to new digital art motifs and using computers to create art . . . As always it brings an interesting perspective." Manhattan Book Review