Our latest Spring 2024 Issue of The Café Review continues our mission to bring Maine poetry to the world and poetry from around the world to Maine featuring an interview with Nathan McClain & Virginia Konchan conducted by Jefferson Navicky, poetry by Michael Basinski, Linda Buckmaster, Stoel Burrowes, Eliot Cardinaux, Craig Cotter, Karen Douglas, Joanne Esser, Carolyn Gelland, Mary Kaczowka, Virginia Konchan, Gary Lawless, Thomas Luhrmann, Charlotte Matthews, Gerald McCarthy, Nathan McClain, Martha McCollough, Uche Nduka, Lora Obrohta, John Jordan Olivar, Bruce Parker, Mary Paulson, Bruce Pratt, John Ripton, Kit Robinson, Claire Scott, Pam Burr Smith, Chloe Stricklin, Wren Tuatha and C. Stephen Witty.
It also features artwork by Barbara Burns, Stephen Burt, Stephanie Crossman, Kelly Rae Daugherty, Matthew Dennison, Diana Mackie, James Maxner, Joseph A. Miller, Julia Oldham, Alex Selkowitz, Theo Slatts and Holden Willard. Mike Bove’s review of Meghan Sterling’s book, Comfort the Mourners and Carl Little review of Eye are also included.
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Poetry Excerpts from this Issue
Poetry Excerpts from this Issue
You Cathedral
Walking By The Place Where They Toss
Walking at dusk near Hook Mountain
Two for Koller
Transcend Old Mom
Three Fingers Sue
The Viper Room
The Iron Horse
The Art of Waiting
Tens X-XXII
Smell
Slow Motion Grief
Skulking Around
Queen Ankhesenamun
Passing Angel Housekeeping
On Being Mud
Old Friends’ Rendezvous
Nostalgia
Mythologies
Made
Love is a Pronoun OR is it a Preposition
Larry the poet
Jury Duty
Jerry Wu
Isn’t it?
In the rain
In a Big Truck
If Napoleon Had A Daughter
Heather
Grasshopper
Genus Rates
Force of Now
empyrean
Emissary
Elegy
Diego Rivera (1886-1957), Between Marriages to Frieda Kahlo, 1939
Convert
Common Sense for Girls in Remote Places
Catherine Blake’s Lament
Bureaucracy & Boobs
bookish house
Bijoux
Being Daniel Boone
Being a Pond
And Then You Find You Love
Adam’s First Question
a wayside
A Tangible Way
1950 Ford
Poet Biographies
Wren Tuatha
Virginia Konchan
Uche Nduka
Thomas Luhrmann
Stoel Burrowes
Pam Burr Smith
Nathan McClain
Michael Basinski
Mary Paulson
Mary Kaczowka
Martha McCollough
Lora Obrohta
Linda Buckmaster
Kit Robinson
Karen Douglas
John Ripton
John Jordan Olivar
Joanne Esser
Gerald McCarthy
Gary Lawless
Eliot Cardinaux
Craig Cotter
Claire Scott
Chloe Stricklin
Charlotte Matthews
Carolyn Gelland
C. Stephen Witty
Bruce Pratt
Bruce Parker
Reviewer Biographies
Holden Willard
Theo Slaats
Alex Selkowitz
Julia Oldham
Joseph A. Miller
James Maxner
Diana Mackie
Matthew Dennison
Kelly Rae Daugherty
Stephanie Crossman
Stephen Burt
Barbara Burns
Carl Little
Mike Bove
C. Stephen Witty
Wren Tuatha
Chloe Stricklin
Pam Burr Smith
Claire Scott
Kit Robinson
John Ripton
Bruce Pratt
Mary Paulson
Bruce Parker
John Jordan Olivar
Lora Obrohta
Uche Nduka
Martha McCollough
Nathan McClain
Gerald McCarthy
Charlotte Matthews
Thomas Luhrmann
Gary Lawless
Virginia Konchan
Mary Kaczowka
Carolyn Gelland
Joanne Esser
Karen Douglas
Craig Cotter
Eliot Cardinaux
Stoel Burrowes
Linda Buckmaster
Michael Basinski
Eye
Comfort the Mourners
Slow Motion Grief
Passing Angel Housekeeping
1950 Ford
Catherine Blake’s Lament
Adam’s First Question
In the rain
Walking at dusk near Hook Mountain
On Being Mud
Love is a Pronoun OR is it a Preposition
empyrean
bookish house
Grasshopper
Walking By The Place Where They Toss
Tens X-XXII
And Then You Find You Love
Old Friends’ Rendezvous
Common Sense for Girls in Remote Places
In a Big Truck
The Art of Waiting
Nostalgia
Jury Duty
Mythologies
Heather
You Cathedral
Isn’t it?
Being Daniel Boone
The Iron Horse
Emissary
a wayside
Made
Being a Pond
If Napoleon Had A Daughter
Bureaucracy & Boobs
Transcend Old Mom
Larry the poet
Queen Ankhesenamun
Three Fingers Sue
Smell
Jerry Wu
The Viper Room
Genus Rates
Skulking Around
Two for Koller
Diego Rivera (1886-1957), Between Marriages to Frieda Kahlo, 1939
Force of Now
A Tangible Way
Bijoux
Convert
Elegy


