All About ALTE
Maybe this is your first visit to ALTE on Substack and maybe not, but we wanted to bring everyone up to date on all things ALTE.
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If you are not familiar with ALTE, the name is what you think it means. Here’s a bit of background:
ALTE is the product of a “what-do-we-boomers-do-now” conversation — now that we are retired or semi-retired or just ready to do something while we still have time and energy.
Here’s the big news, we have gone digital! Our former print publication is now available only on-line. You will find our fabulous new Issue 13, Disguise, there. You will also find all the previous issues. Take a listen to Issue 12, the Music Issue. ALTE looks better on a laptop or a tablet. Resist the impulse to use your phone. Or, if you’re me, look at it on the phone, realize that it would look better on my laptop, and then go to the laptop. I don’t have a tablet, but I’m always ready to try new things.
Subscriptions to ALTE on Substack are always free and include all content. Any contributions go towards keeping us running. The print version was underwritten by Jewish Currents. We no longer get financial support from Currents.
We are beginning to collect submissions for Issue 14. The theme is “non-humans.” Define that as you will. For some it might mean animals, for me, I am a SciFi fan, and there’s a new season of Dr. Who coming in the fall. If you have sent something before that didn’t fit the theme or missed the deadline, or we told you we didn’t have space, please resubmit if theme appropriate. We will be accepting submissions until we are ready to release the issue. Sometimes that means if we get something near the end, we won’t get a chance to look at it. Artwork is always appreciated.
We are always looking for short prose pieces to run on Substack, typically on Wednesdays. For those the theme is up to you.
There are also other ways to engage with ALTE. Join the ALTE Facebook group. Find us on Instagram.
We have hosted two live events so far this year, a movie screening in Montclair, NJ, and a reading and social evening in Manhattan. We look forward to an event in the Hudson Valley in the fall. Check our social media sites regularly for more details and do sign up for Substack.
If you are a Substack subscriber (remember always free unless you want to pay) we will have your email and can send you little notes from time to time. Our email is altetogether@gmail.com. I admit I don’t check it every day, but if you write we will get back to you.
Send us your ideas. Reply to this post. Tell your friends. We really want to hear from everyone. First and foremost, ALTE is a community.