- Description
Literary Driftwood from the Shores of New Jersey.
SUN AND SURF, sea breezes and salt water taffy. Rip currents and sand-in-your-swimsuit nostalgia.
BEACH BADGE is your entrée to the salt-encrusted, sand-clogged magic, mayhem, and mystery of the New Jersey Shore, as told by those who have lived it. From blistering August sands to the damp gauze of a winter sky, BEACH BADGE collects the experience of local and benny alike in the form of personal stories, essays, and other artwork about or inspired by life at the shore…
Beach Badge returns with a wide array of voices, some familiar, some new.
Like the Jersey Shore itself, Beach Badge is salty, spirited, diverse. It knows a good time when it sees one, but doesn’t punch down, never forgets where it came from. Our biggest issue yet buzzes with the salt-in-the-wires hum of East Coast boardwalk cool. Keeps its head above water amidst gentrifying lagoon life. Takes up marked-down baked goods against buffoonish authority. Finds home conspicuously absent from homecoming. A soft-drink lamentation of past, present, and future, this uncalled-for celebration of people and place captures the essence of a culture subject to time and tide.
“[W]hat a good idea … BEACH BADGE was a fun read and contained a surprising amount of information and inspiration. I admire your efforts and your ability to gather so many talented collaborators. I couldn’t be more proud of my home state and the writers who also love it.” —P.F. Kluge, Author of EDDIE & THE CRUISERS
Editor: William P. Tandy
Publisher: Eight-Stone Press
Pages: 88pp
Size: 5.5 x 8.5
Notes: saddle-stitched, b/w
Release Date: January 24, 2025