Maintenant 20: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art

Peter Carlaftes is a New York City-based author, editor, publisher, and playwright. His books include the poetry collections Life in the Past Lane, Drunkyard Dog, and I Fold With the Hand I Was Dealt; the play collections Triumph for Rent and Teatrophy, and the humorous A Year on Facebook. He is co-founder and acquisitions editor of Three Rooms Press (New York), for whom he has edited multiple anthologies including the Have a NYC: New York Short Stories series, the annual Maintenant Contemporary Dada Art and Writing Journal, and The Faking of The President: 17 Stories of White House Noir. He lives in Manhattan.

“A compilation of leading Dada-influenced artists from around the world; Timely and relevant.” —Tribe LA Magazine“Proof that Dada is not dead.” —Madjan Magazine (Serbia)“Utilizing a myriad of styles and mediums, artists and writers draw us into a Dada world, the world we are living in, like nothing else . . . . it will blow your mind.” —Home Planet News“A moving and thoughtful exploration of war and peace . . . of ways to think creatively about humanity’s penchant for destruction, and what it might take to bring about peace.” —Shona Reads Book Reviews“Three Rooms Press, which has been producing Maintenant since 2008, calls this a journal, but it’s more like a series of pageants, or more to the point, anti-pageants, glorious protest parades that fill the streets with punk and jazz and graffiti and wry ire, pausing before the grandstand only to burn flags, fling mirrors, and enact human realness. And what better time for it! Check it out.” —Richard Loranger, author, Mammal“Three Rooms Press doesn’t just preserve Dada—they evolve it. They remind us that irreverence is a form of witness, that humor and horror are not opposites, and that chaos can be strangely clarifying. In an era dominated by algorithmic taste-making and cautious professionalism, Maintenant stands defiantly outside the gate, throwing ink at the walls and planting flags in dreams.” —Richard Modiano, author, The Forbidden Lunchbox“Excellent examples of collage and montage techniques . . . Interesting visual poems.” —Portland Book Review“The quality is excellent . . . deceptively light, offhand, baffling [that] can really be a life preserver.” —Catherine Rutgers, artist“An interesting perspective.” —Manhattan Book Review“A smorgasbord for those who are sick and tired of it.” —Seattle Book Review