The Disquietingmuses.com is a quarterly webzine publishing poetry and artwork. It is also a magazine of poetry and visual art with verve.They presents poems and visual art with different authors and creators all over the world.
They help to elevate appreciation for the work of our contributors, and to serve our readers by offering, without charge, a magazine filled with the most interesting poetry available to us
As of today – June 2001-- ten issues of poetry, art, and the occasional review so far (Feb/May/Aug/Nov 99; Feb/May/Aug/Nov 2000; Feb/May 2001/) after the resurrection of the magazine in February 1999. Interested folk can read about this in Dancing Bear’s Letter from the Editor
Poets featured range from Dorianne Laux, Michaela A. Gabriel, Wendy Videlock Adrienne Lee, James Lineberger, Pooja Mittal, Janet I. Buck, Lyn Lifshin to C.E. Chaffin, Julie Damerell, Joy Harjo, John Carle, and Robert Sward. The latest issue, May 2001, features poems by Robley Wilson, Jane Hirshfield, Len Anderson, Glenda Cooper, Tom Fugalli, Ellery Akers, Idra Novey, and Garth Greenwell.
When asked what distinguishes Disquieting Muses from other zines, Dancing Bear had this to say: "Well, I could say we appreciate a good lyric, but so do other zines. I could say we appreciate imagery, but so do other zines. I could say we like a little surrealism, ellipticism, classicism, et cetera, but so do other zines. If pressed we might say that one of the qualities we're proud of is scope; we publish a wide range of styles and topics. If it's good, interesting writing, if it's good poetry, if it's good to all of our editors, it's in. I don't think we can quite be categorized; maybe that implies a certain editorial open-mindedness?
According to its Submissions and Award Guideline pages, Disquieting Muses cautions writers “not [to] interpret our name to imply a preference for anything other than the highest quality writing possible. Our only preference is for work that is well-written and interesting to read. We consider all reasonable topics and styles. That said, however, we'd like to especially encourage submissions that are lyrical, imagistic, or slightly surreal."
