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Opium

Literary Humor for the Deliriously Captivated

About Me

Opium Magazine (www.OpiumMagazine.com) is a literary humor website and print magazine that founded in February, 2001 by Todd Zuniga. It features fiction, poetry, cartoons, interviews, reviews and more. The website is updated daily, and the print magazine is published semi-annually (it debuted in August, 2005). A new addition to the Opium universe, OpiumLive.com will launch in November, and feature podcasts of stories read live by the authors.Now bearing a staff of 15, we have home bases in both New York City and San Francisco.We have published such literary stallions as Etgar Keret, Dennis Cooper, Diane Williams, Ben Greenman, Kim Chinquee, and many, many more.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Literates, witerates, animated folks with bright minds and brilliant talents (particularly ones that write, edit, draw, paint, photograph, design or make film).

Books:

Instead of books, let's go with writers: Donald Barthelme, George Saunders, Etgar Keret, Pia Z. Ehrhardt, Tobias Wolff, Jim Ruland, Amanda Fillipacchi, Samantha Hunt, Dennis Cooper, Raymond Carver, Tennessee Williams. And the beat goes on.

Heroes:

Vik Muniz and our collective mothers.

My Blog

Literary Death Match, Episode 3 in SF: Sept. 19, 2007

Opium's Literary Death Match SF, Episode 3 What is it: Opium's Literary Death Match challenges the notion that a reading series has to be a mind-numbing affair hosted in a drafty room with no booze br...
Posted by Opium on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:06:00 PST

West Coast Launch! Opium4: Live Well Now (No Matter What)--April 20

April 20, 2007Opium4 West Coast Launch Opium Magazine has officially relocated to SF, the city of 10,000 views (from NY, city of 10,000 degrees of eye pollution and all-around sensory assault). We're...
Posted by Opium on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:35:00 PST

Opium Relocates to SF.

It's official: Opium Magazine has moved its headquarters from NYC to SF. We're excited, as we'll still hold Literary Death Matches in NYC, along with launch parties for each of our print issues. Prett...
Posted by Opium on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:21:00 PST