Slush Pile 5 Author:Steve Kostecke, Editor This 80-page issue of SLUSH PILE documents the many protests and activist actions the Underground Literary Alliance (ULA) has launched against the corruption and boredom of the mainstream literary scene in recent years. We put the lie to those who say an exciting but tiny lit group can't have an effect, that the media monopoly is too big.... more » We also show up the naysayers who think you have to work from the inside, or who just complain without acting, or who do their thing for their own tiny niche audience. Each ULA action has hit home, having the cumulative effect of scaring the weegees out of the folks hiding in the tall buildings of Gotham. They won't be giving NEA grants to millionaires again anytime soon! The National Book Award, the Firecracker Award, Rick Moody, Jon Franzen, Dave Eggers and many more have found the ULA boldly challenging them. The punchline is that the System and the Scene need to open up to street lit, folk writers, zeensters. Indy lit is ready to break thru to the big-time thanks to such attention-getting activism! This summer's 8-book launch from the ULA PRESS might just get the ball rolling.« less