Café Review 2025 Spring Issue

Our Spring 2025 Issue of The Café Review continues our mission of bringing Maine poetry to the world and introducing poetry from around the world to Maine. This special edition is dedicated to the theme of film, with all the poetry exploring and drawing inspiration from the cinematic arts.

The issue features interviews with Therí Alyce Pickens conducted by Jefferson Navicky  and with  Xue Di conducted by Melanie Greenhouse. As well as poetry by Therí Alyce Pickens, Xue Di, Gloria Frym, Molly Smith, R.H. DeVault, Krista Jane Luttrell, Sandee Gertz, Myronn Hardy, Bruce Willard, Kaylee Lowe, Alison Luterman, Laura Ross, Charlotte Mathews, Kate Cheney, K. Alma Peterson, Alice Duggan, Eric Roy and .Greg Cotter. Also featuring artwork by Mike Cockrill, Bernadette deCesare, Claudette Gamache, Jeff Jacques, Jim Westphalen and David Wolfe with reviews by Carl Little and CT Wolf.

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