Contrappasso Magazine: Instead of a Manifesto
June 15, 2012 Leave a comment
- INTRODUCTION: INSTEAD OF A MANIFESTO -
Contrappasso, n. (Italian). Lit. counter-step, counter-blow. The law of an equal, opposite and meaningful atonement for sin. The punishment that fits the crime. See: Virgil, The Aeneid, Book VI; Matthew 5:38; St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Q XXI, Art. 1, Reply Objection 3; Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy—by which point the idea finally acquires some irony.
Over the last two weeks while I've been bemoaning my uncooperative back and migraine-prone head, my partner has been putting together the final touches of his magazine.
It features James Crumley, Lester Goran, Floyd Salas, Peter Doyle, Mimi Lipson, Vanessa Berry to name a few.
And here it is before its official launch:
