Fence is a print and online literary publication containing both original work and critical and journalistic coverage of what may be largely termed "experimental" or "avant garde" material. Conceived by Rebecca Wolff

Rebecca Wolff

Rebecca Wolff is a poet, fiction writer, and the editor and creator of both Fence Magazine and Fence Books.-Life:Wolff received her MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop, where she was an assistant editor of the Iowa Review....

 in 1997 http://jacketmagazine.com/12/wolff-fence.html and first printed in 1998 (receiving coverage from Poets & Writers

Poets & Writers

Poets & Writers, Inc. is one of the largest nonprofit literary organization in the United States serving poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers...

http://www.pw.org/mag/archive/article_details.php?id=12), its editors have included Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Allen Lethem is an American novelist, essayist and short story writer. His first novel, Gun, with Occasional Music, a genre work that mixed elements of science fiction and detective fiction, was published in 1994. It was followed by three more science fiction novels...

 and Ben Marcus

Ben Marcus

Ben Marcus is the author of three books of fiction, Notable American Women, The Father Costume, and The Age of Wire and String. His new novel, The Flame Alphabet, will be published by Alfred A. Knopf in January of 2012...

 (fiction), Matthew Rohrer

Matthew Rohrer

Matthew Rohrer is an American poet.Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Rohrer was raised in Oklahoma. He earned a B.A. from the University of Michigan and a Master of Fine Arts degree in poetry from the University of Iowa.His first book of poetry, A Hummock in the Malookas , was selected by Mary Oliver...

 and Caroline Crumpacker (poetry), and Frances Richard (non-fiction).

The translator and National Book Award-nominated poet Cole Swensen

Cole Swensen

Cole Swensen is an American poet, translator, editor, copywriter, and professor. Swensen was awarded a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship and is the author of more than ten poetry collections and as many translations of works from the French. She received her B.A. and M.A. from San Francisco State...

 edits La Presse, an imprint of Fence magazine publishing contemporary French poetry in translation.

Fence is currently affiliated with the New York State Writers Institute http://nyswiblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/fence-magazine-to-join-institute-and.html at SUNY Albany

University at Albany, SUNY

The State University of New York at Albany, also known as University at Albany, State University of New York, SUNY Albany or simply UAlbany, is a public university located in Albany, Guilderland, and East Greenbush, New York, United States; is the senior campus of the State University of New York ...

. Its book publishing arm, Fence Books, has printed volumes by a number of younger non-traditional poets. Fence has also joined with McSweeney's

McSweeney's

McSweeney's is an American publishing house founded by editor Dave Eggers.Apart from its book list, McSweeney's is responsible for four regular publications: the quarterly literary journal,...

, Wave Books

Wave Books

Wave Books is an independent poetry press based in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 2005, joining forces with Western Massachusetts-based poetry publisher Verse Press , and has published over fifty books, including works by Joshua Beckman, Dara Wier, Matthew Rohrer, Eileen Myles, Tyehimba...

 and Open City

Open City (magazine)

Open City Magazine and Books was a New York City based magazine and book publisher that features many first-time writers alongside those who are well known. The editors are Thomas Beller and Joanna Yas. It is published by a nonprofit organization, Open City, Inc. Open City Magazine is released...

 to distribute content at bigsmallpress; it also runs The Constant Critic, an online reviews site.

External links

• Fence portal for magazine and book publishing
• Fence magazine, latest issue
• Fence Books