Ibis House's most read 2018

The ‘most read’ pieces from Ibis House 2k18.

Subbed In28 December 2018ibis house, subbed in, poetry, poem, fiction, essay, video game, old1, non-fiction

I forced a bot to read over 1000 listicles detailing the routines of successful writers & then asked it to write a listicle of its own. Here are the first 26.

Poetry ∙ “I rise at 4am every morning and start my day by having rich parents.”

PoetrySanta Claus24 December 2018ibis house, subbed in, poetry, poem, santa claus, christmas, old1

Neapolitan

Poetry ∙ “They all look spectacular together, maybe even—dare I say—Instagram worthy / There are surely other things / that matter.”

PoetryJonno Revanche21 December 2018ibis house, subbed in, poetry, poem, Jonno Revanche, Neapolitan, old1

Stepping in to sex work history through the archives of Roberta Perkins

Essay ∙ “Her impact on the lives of sex workers and trans people cannot be overstated.”

In conversation: MP Hopkins & Angela Garrick

Interview ∙ “In a way, confusion produces the work.”

If Austin Powers were god

Poetry ∙ “Ivana do something with my life / besides waiting for all its events / good and bad and neutrally charged / to happen to me”

Brothels, class, and gentrification: A eulogy for the Pink Palace

Essay ∙ “You could close down Moe’s or the Kwik-E-Mart and nobody would care, but the heart and soul of Springfield’s in our Maison Derrière.”

Dream boat

Poetry ∙ “Following Summer around the world will be such an inspirational way to live.”

PoetryHannah Jenkins29 November 2018ibis house, subbed in, poetry, poem, hannah jenkins, dream boat, old1

Guangzhou

Poetry ∙ “Motherland stories abound / valorising the act of return, of / tasting char siu streetside & / recalling the score-toned tongues / of forefathers when asking / for the wi-fi password”

PoetryClaire Cao28 November 2018ibis house, subbed in, poetry, poem, claire cao, Guangzhou, old1

Childhood; a history

Poetry ∙ “He collected the newspaper every day, even though he had not been trained to do so.”

PoetryVidya Sai Rajan27 November 2018ibis house, subbed in, poetry, poem, vidya sai rajan, childhood, old1

Met Gala 2018

Poetry ∙ “An anti-imperialist pop star and a billionaire with plans to colonise space walk into a bar”

PoetryMira Schlosberg26 November 2018ibis house, subbed in, poetry, poem, elon musk, grimes, met gala, met gala 2018, Mira Schlosberg, old1

Yes

Poetry ∙ “Like most stupid ideas it starts with wanting”

PoetryBridget Lutherborrow23 November 2018ibis house, subbed in, poetry, poem, Yes, Yes vote, Bridget Lutherborrow, plebiscite, old1

the MFA circlejerk cycle

Poetry ∙ “lolololol only w/ loaded fries / probs eats cheezels out of / martini glasses, my smartarse answer; / we all were aching to be stylish, once.”

PoetryGemma Mahadeo12 October 2018ibis house, subbed in, poetry, poem, tapir, rae white, milk teeth, sabbatical, old1

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2 Poems ∙ “(although it’s not too dissimilar) it’s that / you cannot see the morning in front of you / ’cause your eyes are still in webs / (surfeiting the dream)”

PoetryToby Fitch11 October 2018ibis house, subbed in, poetry, poem, poems, Toby Fitch, Occupy the Sky, The Dream of the Internet, old1

Now that the men are dead

Poetry ∙ "Now that the men are dead we have stopped saying how much how much how much."

Accident/Injury Report • Baby Tooth Survey

2 Poems ∙ “someone strips dental consonants / from our first language. someone culls / our syntax to extinction.”

2018 Subbed In Chapbook Prize finalists announced

We had an overwhelming response to the callout with more than 100 entries. We were staggered by the quality of the submissions received and after much deliberation managed to narrow the list of finalists down to 14.