128 Lit

New York City-based literary magazine November 2024 March 2025 {{Infobox magazine | title = 128 LIT | image_file = "128 LIT" issue 1 cover.png | image_caption = 128 LITs first issue, October 2022 | editor = Andrew FelsherAadhi Avrina Prabala-JoslinSean SamRuby Wang | category = Literature, art, politics | frequency = | founder = Andrew FelsherYehui Zhao | founded = February 2022 | firstdate = October 2022 | country = United States | based = New York City }}128 Lit (stylized as 128 LIT''') is a literary magazine and multimedia project based in New York City. Founded by Andrew Felsher and Yehui Zhao in February 2022, the publication publishes and showcases poetry, fiction, essays, translation, art, and other diverse forms of media in both print and online forms. In 2023, it won a Firecracker Award from the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses for Magazine / Best Debut.2023-06-22 Announcing the Winners of the 2023 Firecracker Awards https://www.clmp.org/press-center/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2023-firecracker-awards/ 2024-11-17 Community of Literary Magazines and Presses en-US History The publication was founded in 2022 by Andrew Felsher, a writer, and Yehui Zhao, a multimedia artist and filmmaker. That year, they designed the publication's website with some of Zhao's risograph art in mind and reached out to editors and writers.2023-09-22 Member Spotlight: 128 LIT https://www.clmp.org/news/member-spotlight-128-lit/ 2024-11-17 Community of Literary Magazines and Presses en-US The first issue of 128 Lit'' was published in October 2022, and the publication held several events at Black Spring Books, Wordup Community Bookshop, People's Forum, and others; they also had stands at Indie Lit Fair and Rehearsal Artbook Fair.Interview: Andrew Felsher https://www.epochliterary.com/blog/interview-andrew-felsher 2024-11-17 EPOCH en-US128 Lit https://www.128lit.org/ 2024-11-17 128 LIT en-US Initial contributors to the magazine's first issues included Kim Hyesoon, Don Mee Choi, Jackie Wang, Vi Khi Nao, Sarah Ghazal Ali, Chime Lama, María Ospina, Jhani Randhawa, Liza St. James, Monica de la Torre, Mirene Arsanios, Celina Su, and others.Hill Denise 2023-09-20 New Lit on the Block :: 128 LIT https://www.newpages.com/blog/magazines/magazine-stand/new-lit-on-the-block-128-lit/ 2024-11-17 NewPages.com en-US Name The number 128 was chosen for "its exponential nature: 2 raised to the power of 7." Felsher stated for CLMP that an exponential calculation "recognizes the compounding effects of socioeconomic, emotional, and linguistic conditions" similarly to how the publication intends to interrogate them. References Category:Literary magazines published in the United States November 2024