VOX Journal is a literary journal based in Oxford, Mississippi

Oxford, Mississippi

Oxford is a city in, and the county seat of, Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 1835, it was named after the British university city of Oxford in hopes of having the state university located there, which it did successfully attract....

. It was founded in fall 2004 by poet Louis E. Bourgeois, short story writer and musician Max Bishop Hipp, and poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

 and self-taught artist J. E. Pitts. As of this writing, it has produced three issues, in April of 2005, 2006, and 2007. VOX describes itself as an independent literary journal, an experimental literary journal, and the “new avant-garde

Avant-garde

Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....

”. The latest issue, produced in 2007, is the most experimental release yet and includes work by "the last Surrealist", Gisele Prassinos

Gisèle Prassinos

Gisèle Prassinos is a French writer associated with the surrealist movement.She was born in Istanbul, Turkey and emigrated to France with her family at the age of two, where they lived initially in Nanterre...

, and a variety of prose poems and found poems. The next issue, #4, will concentrate on a variety of themes pertaining to war and its effects.