We are becoming a Review Site.

Given how ChatGPT has been hoovering creative content on the Internet, it seemed wiser to focus on criticism versus original work. We can not duplicate what we did in the 90s. I do not have the volunteers to help with the process of creating essentially a book a year. Although the printing system is much better today, the art of editing content requires more than one eye. So, I am shifting to book reviews, and criticism. And no, we are not getting into critical theory.

What I intend to do is to help create an ecosystem in which we can do focused reviews of new books of poetry, and novels. We might also consider doing reviews of plays. This is something that I think also needs to happen, but I need a good critic of plays to work with me on this.

Additionally, I also think we can post interviews of up and coming AAPI artists. I am still working on the concept, but I think one way is to do interviews and to post the content both on this website and the dISorient Journalzine account.

This will be the focus of the relaunch. Additionally, I will continue to monitor the poetry scene in Southern California. Please go to our Instagram account to see the photodocumentation.