Author Profile: Tyson F. Sleete

With the launch of the first issue, we wanted to give readers some insight into the contributors. Tyson Sleete, now in Brooklyn, was a staple of the Detroit scene in the years preceding his Michigan exodus. He can always be counted on for a late night drink and ramble as well as any ridiculous debauchery one can conjure up. Meet Mr. Sleete, as described by the notorious Geoffrey Baszczuk:

Tyson F. Sleete dabbles in business throughout his days, before returning to his castle each evening to extrapolate theological axioms, matters of high finance, the Rococo era, and whether hand sanitizers negatively affect one's immunity to certain viruses. Tyson was born and raised outside Detroit, MI He currently resides in Brooklyn, NY with his wife and pet turtle. His writing is, admittedly, a verified byproduct of 4 parts vodka, 3 parts nicotine.

Read Tyson's "Eleven and One Quarter Blocks" and "Raincoats" in issue one of le jolie rouge.

How I Spent My Winter

We're celebrating the first zine sneak peek and the launch of the blog with a preview of one of the submissions. Anthony Cholag came by our offices one evening with a request. Reminiscing about grade school and the writing sessions we used to do, Anthony presenting the following idea:

Just write for 30 minutes. About anything. Try and not think too much.

It was a fun time. Anthony insisted on writing with a pencil. We scanned it, printed it and photocopied it. The final printed page came out pretty faded despite our attempts at copy machine black magic. We decided that we would post the original scan here so that you may all properly enjoy it. With much nostalgia to our knee-high years, we present "How I Spent My Winter."

Issue One

Issue one has been edited, formatted and assembled! There is literally no way this project could have ever happened without your support and we are so proud to have participated in the first issue coming to fruition. This weekend we will be hitting the streets for distribution. The Facebook and Twitter page will be your source of where to pick up your issue. We will update them whenever we make a drop off. Without further ado, here is the Table of Contents for issue one, straight from our master template:



le jolie rouge.

table of contents:

Michael Bondy……………………………………………4

“On Anarchy Part One”
John Marchione……………………………………….7

“The Universals in the Specifics”
W. Truffaut………………………………………..….13

“Eleven and One Quarter Blocks”
Tyson F. Sleete……………..………………….15

“The Gather’s Guide to the Mushrooms of Northern Florida”
Eli C. Cooke…………………………………………….23

“Irony”
Kurt Monette…………………………………….………31

“How I Spent My Winter”
Anthony Cholag……………………………………….32

“Outer Forcer the Inner Forces the Outer”
Colloid Khrysos…………………………………….33

“Papaver rhoeas”
W. Truffaut……………………………………………..35

Chris Spicer………………………………………………42

“Fish”
Lindsay Farris…………………………………………45

“Raincoats”
Tyson F. Sleete…………………………………….48

All illustrations by Daniel Davies
Edited by John Marchione and Daniel Davies.










Issue one. Second Quarter 2010

To The People:

Our state of affairs is dire. Print media, long the realm of romantics, cynics, propagandists and poets is being marginalized out of existence by an increasing dependence on technological advancements and Orwellian Newspeak communications.

Under the spreading chestnut tree, I sold you and you sold me.
There lie they, and here lie we,
Under the spreading chestnut tree

To revive what small sense of print community we have and ease the distance formed by technology, we are asking for your participation to bring this zine into being. Quarterly, we will publish the media we have gathered and disseminate it back to the people.

Submission Guidelines:

The format for submissions is open to you, this meaning all genres of the printed arts are welcome. Submissions should be kept to 4-5 pages at max due to size constraints for the zine. At our deadline, we will decide which submissions are published at our discretion however we are not biased to any form. Submissions can be sent electronically to: lejolierouge.zine@gmail.com. If your submission is not electronic, email us and we will make an arrangement.