READ PART ONE HERE Date: Thu, Jan 16 To: Sierra Maish From: Cantara Christopher Sierra, I've placed ads (above) in Graffiti when Don was there. Please send me your rate card for display advertisements, starting from card size up to 1/8 page, 1/4 page, 1/2 page and full page (or however you divide your space) and please include exact dimensions. Copy submitted in .jpg, of course. Also, is there a discount for repeated ads, say, 4 runs for the price of 3? ~Cantara ___ Date: Fri, Jan 24 To: Sierra Maish From: Cantara Christopher Sierra, I've waited EIGHT DAYS for a reply from you about, you know, actually THROWING SOME MONEY TO GRAFFITI but never even received the courtesy of a reply. So what is it? Why are you purposely pissing off people WHO WANT TO PUT MONEY INTO YOUR COFFERS??? What kind of an outfit are you running? This is definitely going into my book, and on X. ___ Date: Fri, Jan 24 To: Cantara Christopher From: Morgan Smith Hello Cantara, This is Morgan, President of ...
Download the complete The Best of Cantaraville in PDF here Ever hopeful, I placed this ad in Grafitti , the ONLY real live PHYSICAL alt.literary publication in town. Had my ideal situation transpired, I wouldn’t be writing this post but happily midwife-ing a worthwhile project by a promising POC of whichever race or sex. Instead, this is what happened: Within 48 hours of the issue with my ad hitting the freebie paper stands I got two replies. One was from a white guy named Scotty B—, who said he was “impressed by my credentials”, as if I were applying for a goddamn job from him. But when I asked him about his work, his writing, he was evasive—said that it was all in notes he needed to “organize”. He said he was fifty, out of work and couch-surfing. More out of sympathy than anything, we arranged to meet with him, buy him lunch and sound him out a little about what he felt he needed, as far as his writing. Mister Grumble and I were already at the restauran...