Our Summer 2016 Issue features poetry by Doug Anderson, Martín Espada, Michael Estabrook, Carolyn Gelland, Maisie Houghton, Helen Reed Lehman, Michelle Lewis, Gerald Locklin, Justin Lowe, Mark Melnicove, Jefferson Navicky, normal, Mary O’Connell, Edward O’Dwyer, John W. Sexton, Lee Sharkey, David Stankiewicz, Robert Tremmel, John Sibley Williams, Jefferey Cyphers Wright with artwork from Jake Cassevoy, Brienne Cosman, Alexandra de Steiguer and Ashley Norman. There are also reviews by Jefferson Navicky and Julie Poitras Santos and an interview with Martín Espada conducted by Kevin Sweeney.
Poetry Excerpts from this Issue
Anti-Biography
Mr. Cognito’s Despair
Midnight in the ER
Culture as Remembrance
Twenty-four Years Ago
Ancient Music
Disowning is the Only Treason
by Lee Sharkey How sweet the world is when a young black woman with eyes of chocolate hums as she irons your clothes. I result from this, the
Show Boat
The Izabel Songs
The Call
Soldier
Todd
Gerontephobia
Lame Coyote
The Chip Shop
Desmond’s Tea Break
Flight
workingmans tale
dancing at the worlds end
and i am eating my morning yogurt
yes,
Bali
Hotel
Jefferson
Summer Girl
The Lost Things
As Easy As
Passover
Analysis Paralysis
Remember when . . .
Ferns
Words
For James Tate
Up Late Reading Hafiz
A River Not Far From Here
Three Weeks After
“Gone”
Finn walks through a dry land
Finn walks through the forest
Finn moves through the burn
Young- of- the -Year
George Washington Bridge
Underwear Shortage
The Couples
Anniversary Waltz
Interview
Martín Espada Interview
conducted by Kevin Sweeney, Martín Espada teaches at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has received the Shelley Memorial Award and a
Reviews
Literature for Nonhumans
by Gabriel Gudding, Ahsahta Press, 2015, 144 pages, paper, $22, ISBN: 978-1-934103-63-0 Buy the Book I was born in Chicago, “the great bovine
Bright Scythe, Selected Poems
by Tomas Tranströmer, translated by Patty Crane, Sarabande Books, 2015, 240 pages, paper, ISBN: 1941411215 Buy the Book Sweden’s great poet, the
Poet Biographies
Jefferey Cyphers Wright
received his MFA after studying with Allen Ginsberg. From 1987 to 2000 he ran Cover Magazine. In 2014 he won Theater for the New City’s poetry
John Sibley Williams
is the editor of the two Northwest poetry anthologies and the author of nine collections, including Controlled Hallucinations and Disinheritance.
Robert Tremmel
has recently published in Poet Lore, Edge Literary Journal, Santa Fe Literary Review, and Roanoke Review. His chapbook There is a Naked Man was
David Stankiewicz
is the author of My First Beatrice (Moon Pie Press, 2013). He lives in Maine with his wife and daughter and teaches at Southern Maine Community
Lee Sharkey
is as a writer, teacher, and editor. Her publications include six chapbooks and four full–length volumes: Calendars of Fire (Tupelo Press,
John W. Sexton
has published five poetry collections including The Offspring of the Moon (Salmon Poetry, 2013). His sixth book, Futures Pass, is forthcoming
Edward O’Dwyer
from Ireland, has had poetry published in The Forward Book of Poetry, Poetry Ireland Review, The Manchester Review, A Hudson View Poetry Digest,
Mary O’Connell
was involved in amateur dramatics and did a bit of sailing. She has retired from teaching and has been fortunate enough to have been mentored by
normal
has published nearly 600 pieces between 1992–2015 (without the internet). He has been called “one of the last American primitives” in the
Jefferson Navicky
his work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in filling Station, Crossborder, Storm Cellar, The Catch, and Smokelong Quarterly. He teaches English
Mark Melnicove
has had poems recently appear in Agni online, Gargoyle, and Otoliths. A 45–year retrospective of his word art was exhibited at Bowdoin
Justin Lowe
spent portions of his childhood on the Spanish island Minorca with his younger sister and artist mother. He learned to write poetry while penning
Gerald Locklin
was called “one of the great undiscovered talents of our time” by Charles Bukowski. He is the author of more than 150 books, chapbooks, and
Michelle Lewis
Helen Reed Lehman
is from Southern California. She studied theater and English at San Diego State University. Her work appears in Catamaran Literary Reader, Quail
Maisie Houghton
grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts and graduated from Radcliffe College in 1962. She published her memoir, Pitch Uncertain (Tidepool Press,
Carolyn Gelland
her poems and essays have recently appeared in The Notre Dame Review, Rosebud, The Bitter Oleander, and other publications. Her collections of
Michael Estabrook
is a retired baby boomer child–of–the–sixties, freed after working 40 years for “The Man” and sometimes “The Woman.” No more
Martín Espada
Martín Espada teaches at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has received the Shelley Memorial Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship as well
Doug Anderson
is a poet and visual artist living in Massachusetts’ Pioneer Valley. His most recent book is Horse Medicine. His first book, The Moon Reflected
Artist Biographies
Reviewer and Interviewer Biographies
Julie Poitras Santos
has poems that have appeared, or are forthcoming, online in Glint, The New Guard: Bang!, La Fovea, and the Wesleyan University Press blog. Her
Jefferson Navicky
his work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in filling Station, Crossborder, Storm Cellar, The Catch, and Smokelong Quarterly. He teaches English