call for submissions

As both object and practice, veils hold the imaginative possibilities and responsibilities of recognition. This includes learning to recognize what remains to be seen and what deserves to be concealed. For instance, in Veiled Sentiments, anthropologist Lila Abu-Lughod describes the act of veiling in Bedouin society as “a vocabulary item in a symbolic language,” one that communicates about morality. In The Souls of Black Folks, W.E.B. DuBois’ imagines a different kind of Veil: a racialized barrier that prohibits understanding and equality, as he writes: “beneath the Veil lay right and wrong, vengeance and love, and sometimes throwing aside the veil, a soul of sweet Beauty and Truth stood revealed.”

In our forthcoming issue of Apofenie Magazine, we seek essays, poetry, and prose that engages the theme of veils in all their symbolic, material, and visionary manifestations. We insist that speaking—and thereby listening—cuts through the darkness of wars, genocides, and occupations, thus opening spaces for grief and witness.

All submissions should be sent to apofeniemagazine[at]gmail[dot]com no later than February 14.