The Cafe Review

The Café Review is pleased to announce that Publishing Editor Steve Luttrell was recently named Poet Laureate of Portland, Maine, for a two-year term. The inaugural celebration and reading was held at Portland’s St. Lawrence Arts and Community Center on June 9.

Associate Editor of The Café Review, Michael Macklin, introduces Steve.

Publishing Editor Steve Luttrell reading at the event.

Publishing Editor Steve Luttrell reading at the event.

May/June 2009 Issue of Poets and Writers

The Cafe Review was recently featured in the May/June issue of Poets and Writers with a wonderful article by Joshua Bodwell.

Sadly, the actual article is only available in printed form (back issues can be ordered here), but there is a great multimedia presentation and photo slide show that can be viewed here and we got a fabulous mention in the editors letter which can be seen here .

Cover for our Editor's Issue of the Cafe Review

You will notice that this Editor’s Issue is different. We have asked 14 editors of poetry journals from across the United States two complex question: Why do some poems stand out from others? And what is he state of poetry in America today?

Their answers will surprise you.

We hope this issue will give poets a better sense of what editors look for in poems. You will get the inside scoop about why different journals accept different types of poems.

For teachers, this issue will answer questions students have about the dos and don’ts in submitting poems as well as the perennial question of why poetry matter.

The Café Review has just released a special Editors’ Issue  offering insights on what makes a poem publishable and examining the general health of American poetry today. The issue is part of a series of events in celebration of our 20th anniversary in 2009. The Editors’ Issue features essays from the editors of at least a dozen, well-respected poetry journals from across the country in which they tell readers what strikes them about a poem and of both the formal and informal criteria they use to judge submissions. In addition, the Editors’ Issue will discuss the state of American poetry. Is it still useful? Does it still have the power to move a person or change the course of public affairs? In short: Does poetry matter in the world right now? It’s an issue you definitely do not want to miss, so get your issue today!