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Check out what's happening with A cappella Zoo beyond the website! This bulletin posts on reviews of our issues, interviews with our staff, and other announcements.

Interview, Jan 2012: Lydia Ship interviews our editor at MagicalRealism.info: "...I've had an interest in magic realism of one interpretation or another since the day I was lucky enough to have my parents first read to me. Children's fiction is packed with it. And a lot of us don't grow out of it. Fairy tales, fables, tall tales, myths, legends, superstitions, unsolved mysteries, and the what-if's of daily life all share commonalities that make them not quite real and not quite hard sci-fi or high fantasy either..."

Review of ISSUE 7 by The Review Review: "A cappella Zoo is a lovely change of pace. This journal holds a lot more wonder and strangeness between its covers than most literary magazines."

Review of ISSUE 6 by NewPages: "Provocative syntax; risky images; the exuberant fracture of expectations—these are the hallmarks of A Cappella Zoo and Issue 6 is no exception..."

Visit Arroyo Literary Review: an award-winning national magazine with a West Coast orientation.

AWP Conference, February 2-5, 2011: A cappella Zoo made its first AWP appearance at the conference book fair. Thanks to all those who stopped by, old friends and new!

Revew of ISSUE 5 by Claire Trevien at Sabotage: "A cappella Zoo #5, like an eccentric sailor, has been craftily winning me over with its rich tales."

Review of ISSUE 5 at Nostalgia for Infinity: "'The Life Story of a Chilean Sea Blob' by Theodore Carter [...] is a touching and sweet story with a gentle humour to it, and is one of my favourites in this issue."

Review of ISSUE 5 by Jade Blackwater of BRAINRIPPLES: "This completeness is a quality I appreciate throughout AZ5: stories which, while wildly catalyzed, still anchor themselves in some clearly-formed thought. No matter how outrageous our surroundings, each author still affords us a compass with which to navigate the realm."

Review of ISSUE 5 by The Review Review: "I am impressed by the unconventional and multi-layered writing found in the journal’s fifth issue."

Review of ISSUE 5 by The Future Fire: "A cappella Zoo is an engaging and beautifully-presented ‘zine which features some talented authors and poets."

BananaFish's Editor Editions featured a note on what A cappella Zoo looks for in a story, alongside a model story by our editor, Colin Meldrum.

Cover Art Featured, October 2010: The NewPages Blog gave nods to the "stunning" artwork on Issue 5's front and back covers. The artists contributing to this cover were Martha Brouwer and Feng Sun Chen.

Interview, April 2010: Jim Harrington interviews our editor at Six Questions For...: "Why did you start the magazine? What are the top three things you look for in a story? What are the top three reasons a story is rejected? What is it about characters that makes them pop off the page and grab a hold of you?"

Interview, April 2010: Writer and literary critic Karl Wenclas interviews our editor on AttackingtheDemi-Puppets: "How does your journal stand out from the solipsistic hipster pack? ...We're about hybridizing and building bridges, rather than alienating or shocking readers for the sake of defining an antagonistically unique niche for ourselves. We'd like to stand out as adaptable..."

ISSUE 4 featured on DAILY s-PRESS: your daily drip of small presses: "Promiscuous clouds and kitchenware ... a man holding a six-month breath ... a refreshingly darker Cat in the Hat..."

Review of ISSUE 4 on The Review Review: "Wildly imaginative and genuinely funny ... Christina Murphy’s 'Mrs. Sisyphus' could easily be appreciated by a mainstream readership..."

Interview, March 1, 2010: Poet/author Nicelle Davis interviews our editor on The Bee's Knees: "In your editorial opinion, what is the best way for a writer to 'shake up tradition'? ... First be aware of all the stereotypes, clichés, and formulas that end up in your writing and then use them as tools rather than cookie-cutter puzzle pieces ... in order to take a route in writing that is either unexpected or that delivers a unique experience. Here are some examples..."

ISSUES 4 and 5 featured in Short, Fast, and Deadly's Sneak Peaks: "It's always monkeys I think about ... screeching and howling merrily away while they fling generous hunks of crap at their audience ... The real A cappella Zoo is far more refined than my little mental orchestration. Though at least as strange..."

Review of ISSUE 2 by NewPages: "This journal is so refreshing that some readers might forget to take their Prozac; anyone whose mind can make the leap into this magic would find it well worth the [$5] it takes to buy this issue..."

Review of Issue 1: "Great material...I look forward to future issues." Dan Wickett, Emerging Writers Network

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