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2021

Volume 27; No.2 (Autumn)

Our Autumn 2021 issue is our very last issue and features the poetry of Alice Pettway who is interviewed at length about her poetry and her travels by our editor. Also included in this issue are short fiction pieces by Sergey Gerasimov (Ukraine), Nathan Greene, Amanda Jayne (Australia), Bruce Lawder (Switzerland) and Alexis Levitin. In addition there are translations from the poetry of Martín Camps (Mexico), Lêdo Ivo (Brazil), Luís Miguel Nava (Portugal), Enriqueta Ochoa (Mexico), Daniela Nazareth Romero (Venezuela), and Maria Wine (Sweden). Rounding out the issue are poems by Steve Barfield, David Chorlton, Stephanie Dickinson, Rob Cook, Serena Fusek, David Edward Moore, Lara Gularte, Stuart Sheppard, Patty Dickson Pieczka, Martin Willits Jr., Silvia Scheibli and others.

Volume 27; No. 2
(Autumn)

2021

Volume 27; No.1 (Spring)

Our Spring 2021 issue features the poetry of the Central New York poet, Paul B. Roth, interviewed by the poet and translator, John Taylor. Also included in this issue are short fiction pieces by Dominic Blewett, Marilee Dahlman, William Noth and, translated from the Japanese, the short fiction of Juran Hisao. Additional translations include three contemporary Italian poets, Andrea Inglese, Franca Mancinelli, and Fabio Pusterla as well as translations from the work of the Mexican poet Pedro Serrano. Poets such as Lake Angela, David Chorlton, Rob Cook, Sergey Gerasimov, Hedy Habra, Marc Harshman, Scott KIng, Natalie Marino, Patty Dickson Pieczka, Jeff Royce, Silvia Scheibli, Anthony Seidman along with many others round out this Spring 2021 issue.

Volume 27; No. 1
(Spring)

2020

Volume 26; No.2 (Autumn)

Our Autumn 2020 issue features the contemporary Danish poet Carsten René Nielsen interviewed at length by our editor and including a generous selection of poems from his previous books in translation all translated by David Keplinger. This issue also presents a new translation from the fiction of Franca Mancinelli (Italy), and poetry in translation by Alberto Blanco (Mexico), Dolores Etchecopar (Argentina), Salgado Maranhão (Brazil), Homero Pomeral (Dominican Republic) and Matei Visniec (Romania). New short fiction by Jason Dillard, Michael Pearce and Kelly Talbot is also included along with an essay "Lost Survivors" by Will Stone along with new poetry by such notables as Laurie Blauner, Alan Britt, Rob Cook, Danielle Hanson, Patrick Lawler, Andrea Moorhead, Patty Dickson Pieczka, and Stephen Tuttle.

Volume 26; No. 2
(Autumn)

2020

Volume 26; No.1 (Spring)

Our Spring 2020 issue features the contemporary Arizona poet David Chorlton, interviewed at length by our editor and including a generous selection of poems from his forthcoming book, Speech Scrolls. This issue also presents translations from the fiction of Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen(Portugal), and poetry in translation by Paula Abramo (Mexico), Alberto Blanco (Mexico), Maritza Cino (Ecuador), André du Bouchet (France) and Elaine Vilar Madruga (Cuba). New short fiction by Adam Falik, Sharanya Manivannan (India), Linda Wilgus and Ye Chun is also included along with new poetry by such notables as Carol Dine, Duane Locke, Ramón García, Imran Boe Khan, Andrea Moorhead, Paul Sohar, Alice Pettway, and John Taylor.

Volume 26; No. 1
(Spring)

2019

Volume 25; No.2 (Autumn)

Our Autumn 2019 issue features the contemporary Italian poet Franca Mancinelli, interviewed and translated by John Taylor featured alongside a selection of her work, also translated by John Taylor, that has never before appeared in English. Also included in this issue are translations from the poetry of Otilio Vigil Díaz (Dominican Republic), And Erick Blandón Guevera (Nicaragua), the short fiction of Elaine Vilar Madruga (Cuba) and Elias Papadimitrakopoulos (Greece). New short fiction by Jonathan Clark. Jieyan Wang and David Whitaker is also included with new poetry by such notables as Rob Cook, David Chorlton, Stephanie Dickinson, Ray Gonzalez, Lara Gularte, Patrick Lawler, Patty Dickson Pieczka, Anthony Seidman & Priyanka Yap (Singapore).

Volume 25; No. 2
(Autumn)

2019

Volume 25; No.1 (Spring)

Our Spring 2019 issue features the California poet Ray Keifetz in an interview with our editor and a selection of current unpublished poetry. Also included in this issue are translations from the work of Astrid Cabral (Brazil), Nora Iuga (Romania), Gilles Ortlieb (France), Augusto Rodríguez (Ecuador), Mitsuko Takayaso (Japan), José-Flore Tappy (Switzerland) Laura Elisa Vizcaíno (Mexico) and Ute von Funcke (Germany) New short fiction by Douglas Cole, Joshua Rapp Learn (Canada), Dalton Monk, and Kevin Van Den Berg (South Africa) mingle with new poetry by such notables as Alan Britt, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Lara Gularte, Hedy Habra, Andrew Kaufman, the late Duane Locke, and Anthony Seidman .

Volume 25; No. 1
(Spring)

2018

Volume 24; No.2 (Autumn)

Our Autumn 2018 issue features the wonderful poet and translator Andrea Moorhead in an interview with our editor and a selection of her current unpublished poetry. Also included in this issue are translations from the work of Isolda Dosamantes (Mexico), André du Bouchet (France), Gad Kaynar (Israel), Franca Mancinelli (Italy), Carsten René Nielsen (Denmark), and Andrés Sánchez Robayna (Spain/Canary Islands). New short fiction included by Emma Bilbrey, Megan Coxe, Nahal Suzanne Jamir, Kate LaDew, and Mike Moran is accompanied by new work from poets such as Heiki Anan, Lilah Clay, Ella Flores, Patrick Lawler, Silvia Scheibli, and Devon Tomasulo. .

Volume 24; No. 2
(Autumn)

2018

Volume 24; No.1 (Spring)

This Spring 2018 issue features not only an in-depth interview with poet and translator, John Taylor, but an introspective selection of his ongoing work. In addition, there's new poetry by Daniel Bourne, John Bradley, Ian Brand, Alan Britt, David Chorlton, Rob Cook, Stephanie Dickinson, George Kalamaras, Lara Gularte, Duane Locke, Ray Keifetz, Jennifer Martelli, Alicia Mathias, Patty Dickson Pieczka, and Anthony Seidman. Translations from the work of Ute von Funcke (Germany), Riad Saleh Hussein (Syria), Franca Mancinelli (Italy), Salgado Maranhão (Brazil) and Jorge Ortega (Mexico) are also included as are short fiction pieces by Shawn Goodman, Peter Gordon, Cheryl Pappas, Benjamin Selesnick and Angela M. Shupe.

Volume 24; No. 1
(Spring)

2017

Volume 23; No.2 (Autumn)

This Autumn 2017 issue features a generous selection of the work of the Santa Fe poet Christien Gholson along with an in-depth interview with our editor. This issue also includes short fiction pieces by Jeanine Alberto, Joe Baumann, Michael Bradburn-Ruster, Ye Chun and Mitch Zigler. New poetry by Anirban Acharya, Steve Barfield, Laurie Blauner, John Bradley, Stephanie Dickinson, Lara Gularte, Hedy Habra, J. Todd Hawkins, Lyn Lifshin, Patty Dickson Pieczka, and Anthony Seidman. Translations included in this issue of Alberto Blanco (Mexico) translated by Ron Friis, Astrid Cabral (Brazil) translated by Alexis Levitin, Andres Ehin (Estonia), Siomara España (Ecuador) translated by Alexis Levitin, Ute von Funcke (Germany) translated by Stuart Friebert, Elisabeth Schmeidel (Austria) translated by Stuart Friebert, and Juan Romero Vinueza (Ecuador) translated by Kimrey Anna Batts.

Volume 23; No. 2
(Autumn)

2017

Volume 23; No.1 (Spring)

This Spring 2017 issue features the work of the contemporary Swiss poet Pierre Voélin along with an in-depth interview with our editor all translated from the French by John Taylor. This issue also includes short fiction pieces by Bob Moskowitz, Patrick Lawler and Curt Saltzman from France. New poetry by Alexandrine Vo, Alice Pettway, Alan Britt, Susan Tepper, Summer Qabazard, Lauren Albin, Rob Cook, Lisha Ruan, Shinjini Bhattacharjee, Duane Locke, Anthony Seidman and Rich Ives. Translations as always are represented and in this issue it's no different with work Christine Lavant (Austria) translated by David Chorlton, Salgado Maranhão (Brazil) translated by Alexis Levitin, Kuno Raeber (Germany) translated by Stuart Friebert & Christiane Wyrwa, as well as work by Miguel Ángel Bustos (Argentina) translated by Lucina Schell and the Chilean poet, Daniel Calabrese (Chile) translated by Anthony Seidman

Volume 23; No. 1
(Spring)

2016

Volume 22; No.2 (Autumn)

This Autumn 2016 issue features the work of Katherine Sánchez Espano with a large sampling of her poetry and an in-depth interview about her writing, her music composition and her creative process. Included also are new short fiction pieces by Erik Bosse, Samantha Kolesnik, Nicole Simonsen and James Wade. More timely due to his recent passing (1923-2016), there is a short fiction piece by Yves Bonnefoy wonderfully translated from the French by Eric Fishman. There are also translations from the poetry of Nora Iuga (Romanian) by Adam Sorkin and Diana Minole plus Andrea Moorhead's deft translation of a Marie-Christine Masset poem (France). Among the remaining pages are poems by John Bradley, Rob Cook, Christien Gholson, Alan Britt, Ray Gonzalez, Lara Gularte, Maeve Kirk, Stephanie Dickinson, Duane Locke, Alicia Mathias, Triin Paja (Estonia) and Patty Dickson Pieczka.

Volume 22; No. 2
(Autumn)

2016

Volume 22; No.1 (Spring)

Our Spring 2016 issue features the work of the contemporary Greek poet Dimitris Lyacos who, in his interview portion, unfolds for us his deep love of writing, music, philosophy and life. Included also are selections from his trilogy Poena Damni translated by Shorsha Sullivan. There are new short fiction pieces by the understated Spanish writer Norberto Luis Romero along with writers Kathryn Drake, Shawn Goldberg, Elias Lindert and Anna Maconochie. Not to mention, there are translations from the poetry of Rose Alice Branco (Portugal), Ginés S. Cutillas (Spain), Esther Dischereit (Germany), Marius Burokas (Lithuania), Salgado Maranhão (Brazil), Nora Iuga (Romania), Minerva Margarita Villarreal (Mexico) and Santiago Vizcaíno (Ecuador). There’s also original poetry by A. Anupama, Guy Beining, Alice Pettway, John Bradley, Christien Gholson, Lara Gularte, Latif Harris, Tom Holmes, Rich Ives, George Kalamaras, Ray Keifetz, Silvia Scheibli, Rob Cook, Hedy Habra, Rich Ives, Sharon Kubasak, Duane Locke, Patty Dickson Pieczka and Stephanie Dickinson.

Volume 22; No. 1
(Spring)

2015

Volume 21; No.2 (Autumn)

Our Autumn 2015 issue features the work of the NYC poet and writer Stephanie Dickinson. In her interview with our editor, it is of great interest to note her perspective on nature while living in NYC. This issue also includes translations from the work of Pilar Fraile Amador (Spain) translated by Lizzie Davis, Karl Krolow (Germany) translated by Stuart Friebert, Pierre Voélin (Switzerland) translated by John Taylor, Antonio Gamoneda (Spain) translated by Donald Wellman, Salgado Maranhão (Brazil) translated by Alexis Levitin and Salvador Novo (Mexico) translated by Anthony Seidman. Included also are short works of fiction by Jill Wright, Alain Douglas Park, Elena Kaufman (Germany) and Dennis Vickers. Original poetry rounds out this issue with verses from Simon Anton Nino Diego Baena (Phillipines), Andrea Moorhead, Ray Keifetz, Alan Brttt, Duane Locke, Aaron Reeder, Carol Dine, John Bradley, Serena Fusek, Rich Ives, Lara Gularte, Rob Cook, Patty Dickson Pieczka and George Kalamaras.

Volume 21; No. 2
(Autumn)

2015

Volume 21; No.1 (Spring)

Our Spring 2015 issue features the work of the Italian poet Lorenzo Calogero. In an interview with his translator, John Taylor, one truly gains a sense of both the mastery in this poet's life and the deep suffering that led to his untimely death. In addition to this compelling interview is a large selection of Calogero's poetry also translated by John Taylor. There's also new and unusual short fiction included by A.J. Berasaluce, Patrick Lawler, Shannon Salter and Daniel Webre. Not to mention new poetry by Laurie Blauner, Rob Cook, Katherine Sánchez Espano, Lara Gularte, Ray Keifetz, Lyn Lifshin, Duane Locke, Alice Pettway, Anthony Seidman, You-You Ma and many others. Translations from the Argentinian poet Miguel Ángel Bustos by Lucina Schell; from the German poet Yvan Goll translated by Donald Wellman; from the Brazilian poet Salgado Maranhão translated from the Portuguese by Alexis Levitin; from the Greek poet Dimitris Lyacos translated by Shorsha Sullivan; and from the Spanish of the Mexican poet Jorge Ortega translated by Anthony Seidman.

Volume 21; No. 1
(Spring)

2014

Volume 20; No.2 (Autumn)

Our Autumn 2014 issue is proud to present a feature on the work of Lara Gularte whose Azorean heritage adds a unique combination of imagery and history to our reading. A full interview with her and a selection of eighteen of her poems makes for a very thorough introduction to her work. Included also are short fiction pieces by Kyle Hemmings, Jane Sanders, Terry Sanville, and Frank Scozzari. There's new poetry by Laurie Blauner, John Bradley, Rob Cook, Gil Fagiani, Rich Ives, Patty Dickson Pieczka, Silvia Scheibli and Theodore Worozbyt. Also included, are translations from the work of Yves Bonnefoy (France), Lorenzo Calogero (Italy), Miriam Neiger-Fleischmann (Israel), Morcela Noriega (Ecuador), George Vulturescu (Romania) and many others.

Volume 20; No. 2
(Autumn)

2014

Volume 20; No.1 (Spring)

Our 40th issue features the wonderfully inspiring poetry of Patty Dickson Pieczka along with an extensive interview about her work. Also included in this issue are translations from the poetry of Karl Krolow (Germany), Mikeas Sánchez (Mexico/Zoque), Kazuko Shiraishi (Japan), Alberto Blanco (Mexico), Salgado Maranhão (Brazil), Pierre Chappuis (Switzerland), Amélie Olaiz (Mexico), Esther Dischereit (Germany), Philippe Rahmy (Switzerland), Salvador Novo (Mexico), and George Vulturescu (Romania). Accompanying these translations are short fiction pieces by Tim Miller, Jean-Luc Beaudry, H.E. Francis, Lenny Levine, and Jason Lee Brown. Other contributors of poetry include Marilyn McCabe, Rob Cook, Teresa Peipins, Matt Sumpter, Lisa D. Schmidt, Lara Gularte, John Gosslee, Christien Gholson, Peter Leight, Rich Ives, Anthony Seidman, Duane Locke, George Kalamaras, Alan Britt, Ray Gonzalez, Shawn Fawson, and Ray Keifetz.

Volume 20; No. 1
(Spring)

2013

Volume 19; No.2 (Autumn)
This our 39th issue features the incomparable poetry and a more than poetic interview with Sean Thomas Dougherty. Surrounding this feature are new pieces of short fiction by Jane Arnold, Anders Benson, Martín Camps, Trisha Cowen and, from Spain, translated by H.E. Francis, another story by Norberto Luis Romero. Poetry translations in this issue come from Károly Bari (Hungary) translated by Paul Sohar, Astrid Cabral (Brazil) translated by Alexis Levitin, Martín Camps (Mexico) translated by Anthony Seidman, Pierre Chappuis (Switzerland) translated by John Taylor, as well as Jorge Ortega (Mexico) and Roberto Castillo Udiarte (Mexico) both translated by Anthony Seidman. As always, there is original poetry from such engaging poets as John Bradley, Patty Dickson Pieczka, Duane Locke, Christien Gholson, Silvia Scheibli, Hedy Habra, Ray Gonzalez, Karen An-Hwei Lee, Anthony Seidman, Randi Ward and Maya Jewell Zeller.

Volume 19; No. 2
(Autumn)

2013

Volume 19; No.1 (Spring)
Our 38th issue features the work of the multi-talented Faroese poet and artist Tóroddur Poulsen, all selected, translated, introduced and formatted by Randi Ward. Accompanied by a bilingual selection of his current poems, are reflections on his writing and the impact of Faroese society on his work. Although a must read for anyone interested in Nordic literature, those who may not be so familiar will easily find it to be a penetrating statement on this gleaming aspect of such a rich heritage. Complimenting this feature are translations from the poetry of Karl Krolow (Germany) by Stuart Friebert, Lorenzo Calogero (Italy) by John Taylor, Ernst Halter (Switzerland) by Marc Vincenz, Eugenia Toledo (Chile) by Susan Sosa and Anne Greeott, Sara Uribe (Mexico) by Toshiya Kamei, Carmen Váscones (Ecuador) by Alexis Levitin and Yang Chian (China) by Ye Chun and Gillian Parrish. Original poetry by Alan Britt, Rob Cook, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Rich Ives, Shannon Salter, Anthony Seidman, Patty Dickson Pieczka and new short fiction by Nicole Bell, John Robinson, Brandi Wells as well as the Mexican writer Donaj' Olmedo translated from the Spanish by Toshiya Kamei.

Volume 19; No. 1
(Spring)

2012

Volume 18; No.2 (Autumn)
Our Autumn issue features the Swiss Francophone poet José-Flore Tappy with a selection of her work and an interview with her translator, John Taylor. This issue also includes short fiction pieces by John Abbott, Nilanjan Bhowmick, Chase Derringer and Kenny Gordon. More contemporary international poetry by Dina Bellrham (Ecuador), Alberto Blanco (Mexico), Erika Burkhart (Switzerland), Martín Camps (Mexico), Anne Perrier (Switzerland), Tóroddur Poulsen (Faroe Islands), Silvia Baron Supervielle (France), Sara Uribe (Mexico), Yang Jian (China) & Yang Zi (China). Among other poets in this issue are Alan Britt, Lara Gularte, Rich Ives, Duane Locke, Elizabeth McLagan, Lisa D. Schmidt and Randi Ward.

Volume 18; No. 2
(Autumn)

2012

Volume 18; No. 1 (Spring)
This issue features an interview with the Estonian poet Kristiina Ehin (trans. by Ilmar Lehtpere) along with a generous sampling of her poetry and short fiction. Also included also in this issue are translations from the Georgian poet Maya Sarishvili (translated Georgian by Timothy Kercher & Nene Giorgadze), from the Urdu by Omer Tarin, the Spanish of Eugenia Toledo (translated by Carolyne Wright), the Portuguese of Salgado Maranhão (translated by Alexis Levitin), the Chinese of Yi Lu (translated by Ye Chun), and the French of the Swiss poet José-Flore Tappy (translated by John Taylor) whose work will be featured in our (Autumn) 2012 issue. New short fiction included by Jesse Anderson, Ron Darian, and Adele Scheele is accompanied by new poems from John Bradley, Alan Britt, George Kalamaras, Duane Locke, Dzvinia Orlowsky, Lisa D. Schmidt, Randi Ward and Ye Chun.

Volume 18; No. 1
(Spring)

2011

Volume 17; No. 2 (Autumn)
Featured in this issue is the work of the French writer, musician, poet, translator and publisher, Fiona Sze-Lorrain. A large selection of poems preceded by an in depth interview about her life and art make for a very well-rounded appreciation of this talented woman. This issue also includes new short fiction by Antoinatte Constable, Stephanie Dickinson, Peter Tieryas Liu and Kristtina Ehin (translated from the Estonian by Ilmar Lehtpere) who will be our feature in the (Spring) 2012 issue. Translations in this issue include those from by Yi Lu and Bai Hua (translated from the Chinese by Fiona Sze-Lorrain), and excellent renderings of Faroese poetry by Randi Á Riyggi (translated from the Faroese by Randi Ward). New poetry also by Rob Cook, Serena Fusek, Lara Gularte, Patrick Lawler, Robert Pesich, Shannon Salter and Anthony Seidman. Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award Recipient for 2011 Sunghui Chang.

Volume 17; No. 2
(Autumn)

2011

Volume 17; No. 1 (Spring)
This issue features the work of the Washington State poet, Rich Ives, through both an interview and a selection of his poems. To be released in the (Spring) of 2011, this issue to date includes the work of two Ecuadorian poets, Carmen Váscones and Santiago Vizcaíno, translated by Alexis Levitin. Also the contemporary and prize winning Chinese poets, Yang Zi and Yang Jian translated by Ye Chun and Fiona Sze-Lorrain. Other poets included are Rob Cook, Robert Bly, Lisa D. Schmidt, Wanling Su and Lara Gularte.

Volume 17; No. 1
(Spring)

2010

Volume 16; No. 1
(Spring)
Our feature in this issue is the French poet Pierre-Albert Jourdan whose final notebooks are translated, introduced and profiled by John Taylor. Also included in this issue is additional work by such poets as Duane Locke, Lara Gularte, Robert Pesich, Fiona Sze-Lorrain, Rich Ives, Samantha Stiers, Rob Cook and Patrick Lawler. We present new short fiction by Judith Taylor Gold, Mark Joseph Kiewlak, Joe Scott-Coe and the Argentinian writer Samanta Schweblin translated by Joel Streicker. Also included are translations from the work of Alberto Blanco (Mexico), Veroniki Dalakoura (Greece), Mihail Galatanu (Romania), Edgar Rincón Luna (Mexico), Manolis Xexakis (Greece), Krzysztof Kuczkowski (Poland) and San Zi (China).

Volume 16; No. 1
(Spring)

2010

Volume 16; No. 2
(Autumn)
This issue delves deeper into the international community's mindset of poets by featuring the young Ecuadorian poet, Ana Minga, in conversation and with a large selection of her poems. Also work from the young French writer Laurence Werner David, the Romanian writer Ion Es. Pop, the Dominican Republic poet Martha Rivera, and Quebec's Élise Turcotte. Short fiction by Christine Janumala, Michelle Nichols, Mitzi McMahon and Zach Powers. New poetry by Alan Catlin, Rob Cook, Shawn Fawson, Serena Fusek, Rich Ives, Fiona Sze-Lorrain, Thom Ward and many others.Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award Recipient for 2010 was Patty Dickson Pieczka.

Volume 16; No. 2
(Autumn)

2009

Volume 15; No. 1
(Spring)
Featured in this issue is the poetry and language of Patrick Lawler from Liverpool, NY. His highly engaging interview coupled with poems and short fiction pieces, makes this a most intriguing feature. This issue also includes poetry by Alan Catlin, Rob Cook, Shawn Fawson, Melody S. Gee, Duane Locke, and Anthony Seidman. Along with new short fiction by Mike Craig, Ryan Habermeyer, Charles Lowe, Robert I. Mann, and Duncan Murray Quinn are translations from the poetry of Martín Camps (Mexico), Ana Minga (Ecuador), Jesús Munárriz (Spain), Antonio Preciado (Ecuador) and the short fiction of Luis Fayad (Colombia).

Volume 15; No. 1
(Spring)

2009

Volume 15; No. 2
(Autumn)
Our feature for this issue is the Oregon poet Elizabeth McLagan whose vigorous sense of life exuded from her interview makes the inclusion of her nineteen poems that much more fascinating. Along with this feature is an international feature on the poetry and life of the over-looked 20th Century poet Pierre-Albert Jourdan who passed on in 1981. Appearing in this issue as well are France's Emmanuel Merle's poems translated by Peter Brown, a short fiction piece by Norberto Luis Romero (Spain) translated by H. E. Francis, and the poetry of the contemporary Spanish poet Javier Egea translated by Miles Waggener. This issue also includes poetry by Lara Gularte, Duane Locke, Christine Boyka Kluge and Ray Gonzalez to only mention a few. Our short fiction writers for this issue include Eros Alegra Clark (New Zealand), Edwin García-Lopéz, Thomas R. Hauck, J.T. Ledbetter, and Joseph Riippi. Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award Recipient for 2009 was Rich Ives.

Volume 15; No. 2
(Autumn)

2008

Volume 14; No. 1
(Spring)
This issue features the work of the Virginia poet, Serena Fusek. Her immediate and cogent language draws the reader into her universe of dark and light, of highways and undergrounds, of skies and hidden ceilings. This feature also presents new short fiction by Mary Ann Cain, Joel James Davis, Julius James DeAngelus, Tolu Jegede, and Joshua Malbin. Besides work by North American poets such as Rob Cook, Lara Gularte, Patrick Lawler, Inès Pujos, and Anthony Seidman, there are translations from the Spanish of the Peruvian poet Harold Alva, the Mexican poets, Alberto Blanco, David Huerta, Martín Camps and César Silva, and the great Magda Portal from Peru. Rounding out the issue is the Zapotec poet Pancho Nácar and the Portuguese poet Rose Alice Branco.

Volume 14; No. 1
(Spring)

2008

Volume 14; No. 2
(Autumn)
Our featured poet in this issue is Robert Pesich from California. His cogent lines and rhythmic attenuation brings out the best of language on the page today. In addition to a selection of Pesich's poetry and an interview with the poet, is the work of such poets as Alan Britt, Anne Coray, James Fowler, Ray Gonzalez, Christine Boyka Kluge and Matthew J. Spireng. Included also are translations from the work of Blanca Castellón (Nicaragua), Siomara España (Ecuador), Mario Quintana (Brazil), Cemal Süreya (Turkey) and the Danish of fiction writer Simon Fruelund. Also, new short fiction by Alexei Kalinchuk, Mark Joseph Kiewlak, Patrick Lawler and Gay Leonhardt. Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award Recipient for 2008 was Samantha Stiers.

Volume 14; No. 2
(Autumn)

2007

Volume 13; No. 1
(Spring)
Our featured poet for this issue is the Mexican poet, Estrella del Valle. Her dark work explodes on the page and her interview adds fuel to the power of her expression in each of her poems so masterfully translated by Toshiya Kamei and Anthony Seidman. Other work in this issue includes new short fiction by Daniel J. Doehr, Alta Ifland, Allen Kursten, and V. Ulea. There are translations from the Algerian poet Abderrahmane Djelfaoui by Andrea Moorhead and from the Greek poet Titos Patrikios translated by Christopher Bakken and Roul Konsolaki. Other poets represented in this issue are Rob Cook, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Christine Boyka Kluge, Aliya Mehdi, Thom Ward and Ye Chun.

Volume 13; No. 1
(Spring)

2007

Volume 13; No. 2
(Autumn)
Rob Cook is our featured poet for this issue. His city poetry brings you to the forefront of having to live in phobic environs, stripped of any positive defenses while seeking the requisite innoculation, that much needed dose of the strange, the unexpected, and the ruined. Also included in this issue are translations from the Polish of Andrzsej Bursa (trans. by Kenin Christianson and Helena Ablamowicz), the Hungarian of Gyorgy Faludy (trans. by Paul Sohar), the Hindi of Gagan Gill (trans. by Arlene Zide), the German of Andrej Glusgold (trans. by Donna Stonecipher), the Spanish of Victor Rodriguez Nuñez (trans. by Katherine Hedeen) and the Chinese of Hai Zi (trans. by Ye Chun). Short fiction by Daniel J. Doehr, Jeannette Anne Encinias, Emily Soto, and V. Ulea. More new poetry from Serena Fusek, Shawn Fawson, Robert Pesich, Anne Wilson, George Kalamaras and Anthony Seidman. Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award Recipient for 2007 was Maureen Alsop

Volume 13; No. 2
(Autumn)

2006

Volume 12; No. 1 (Spring) (Out-of-Print)
Martín Camps is our featured poet for this issue. The Mexican poet's interview reveals an introspective but lively childhood under the tutelage of the Catholic seminary. His poetry reflects the inner soul's reflection back unto itself and the portrait you receive is often mesmerizing for its authenticity of perception and thought. Along with this feature is also included more work by Duane Locke, Ye Chun, Samantha Stiers, George Kalamaras, Kenneth Frost, Shawn Fawson, Anthony Seidman, Christine Boyka Kluge, and short fiction by Judith Taylor Gold, Alicia S. Holmes, EC Jarvis, Elmo Lum and Andrew Michael Roberts.

Volume 12; No. 1
(Spring)

2006

Volume 12; No. 2
(Autumn)
Shawn Fawson is our featured poet for this issue. Her exquisite poetry draws your attention both to the center and the absence of things simultaneously. Also included in this issue are translations from the Portuguese of Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (Alexis Levitin, tr.), from the Spanish of the Cuban poet Fayad Jamis (Kathleen Weaver, tr.) and from the Hebrew of Rivka Miriam (Linda Stern Zisquit, tr.) Short fiction by Sybil Baker, Leo Kelbs, Mark Joseph Kiewlak, Michael Magro Jr. and poetry by Rob Cook, Serena Fusek, Joan Kane, Smiljka Kitanovic, Sankar Roy, and Anthony Seidman. Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award Recipient for 2006 was Elizabeth McLagan.

Volume 12; No. 2
(Autumn)

2005

Volume 11; No. 1
(Spring)
This issue's emphasis rests on the poetry of Ye Chun. In her interview and in her poems one gets the opportunity to read a very discreet language fraught with a simmering tension. This issue also presents translations of work by contemporary poets such as Ángel Crespo, Martín Camps, Estrella del Valle, Julián Herbert, Ylonka Nacidit-Perdomo and Julio Trujillo. Included also are some new short fiction pieces by Tania Casselle, Joan Flocks, Aaron Hellem, and James Michael Robbins. Other poets of note included here are Alan Britt, Rob Cook, Ray Gonzalez, George Kalamaras, Christine Boyka Kluge, Pat Lawler, Silvia Scheibli, Duane Locke, Anthony Seidman and Anne Wilson.

Volume 11; No. 1
(Spring)

2005

Volume 11; No. 2
(Autumn)
Aase Berg is the featured poet in this Fall/2005 issue. The Swedish poet is interviewed and a sampling from her current four books of poetry is offered. An introduction by Johannes Görannson on Swedish contemporary political history helps put everything into perspective. Included also are new poems by Ray Gonzalez, Robert S. Pesich, George Kalamaras, Anne Wilson, Dounia Choukri, and some new short fiction from Joseph Crow Riley, Ron Savage, Angela Jane Fountas and Anna Richenda. Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award Recipient for 2005 was Shawn Fawson

Volume 11; No. 2
(Autumn)

2004

Volume 10; No. 1
(Spring)
This issue is devoted in its entirety to the poetry and philosophy of Duane Locke. Included in this issue are 60 selected poems and an interview that spans over 90 pages. It is the most in-depth interview Locke has ever granted and it gives an insight into one of the most incredible poets and minds of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Volume 10; No. 1
(Spring)

2004

Volume 10; No. 2
(Autumn)
Featured in this issue are six contemporary Mexican poets: Mónica Nepote, Gaspar Orozco, Martín Camps, Ofelia Pérez Sepúlveda, César Silva Márquez, and Edgar Rincón Luna. Short fiction in this presentation by Sam Howie, Michael Fowler and Lisa Kavchak is as unusual and poignant as it is imaginative. A long grouping of poems, "Winter Blues," by David Johnson highlights the long list of American poets such as Ray Gonzalez, Sabrina Orah Mark, Alan Britt, Silvia Scheibli, Christine Boyka Kluge, Alice Pettway and George Kalamaras. Rounding out the issue are some lovely translations from the Portuguese of Casimiro de Brito rendered by the gifted translator Louis Bourne. Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award recipient for 2004 was Jeffrey Sams

Volume 10; No. 2
(Autumn)

2003

Volume 9; No. 1
(Spring)
This issue features the work of Carol Dine. Along with an interview of the poet is a selection of her poetry and excerpts from her memoir. Anyone with a sense of loss in one's life, with a sense of longing for what should have been but definitely wasn't, this is a must read. Also included are translations by the phenomenal Costa Rican poet Eunice Odío by Keith Ekiss and Sonia P. Ticas. Also included are new poems by Ray Gonzalez, Hannah Fischer, Alan Britt, Silvia Scheibli, Gayle Elen Harvey, Brandon Freels, Sara Leslie, Duane Locke, Chris Volpe, Paul B. Roth, Anthony Seidman as well as short fiction pieces by Stephanie Waxman, Tom Stoner, Joseph Hutchison, and Mark Joseph Kiewlak.

Volume 9; No. 1
(Spring)

2003

Volume 9; No. 2
(Autumn)
This issue focuses on the work of the Bolivian Nicomedes Suárez-Araúz both as a poet of great strength and commitment but also as a human being devoted to the preservation of not only an Amazonian landscape but of a vast and prolific culture that is dying with it. Other works presented here include translations from the poetry of Marjorie Agosín, the Swedish poet Aase Berg, German verses by Gerhard Meier, Carlos Zamora and Juan Armando Rojas from Mexico, and Spain's venerable Rafael Soto Vergés. American poets included are Ray Gonzalez, Robert Bly, Christine Boyka Kluge, Carolyn Stoloff, Anthony Seidman, Alan Britt, and George Kalamaras. Short fiction by Daniel Green, Kim Horner, and Joseph Crow Riley round out a very powerful issue. Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award recipient for 2003 was Lisa Rosenberg

Volume 9; No. 2
(Autumn)

2002

Volume 8; No. 1
(Spring)
An interview with Anthony Seidman along with a dozen of his poems are featured in this (Spring) 2002 issue. Reading Seidman's work immediately engages the reader through a series of dimensional roller-coasters whereby everything becomes fair-game for both the imagination and the language that's trying to convey it. Also included are translations from the poetry of Alberto Blanco, Martín Camps, Clara Janés, Miguel Angel Zapata, Hai Zi and the Palestinian poet Anisa Darwish. In addition find new poems by Robert Bly, George Kalamaras, Ye Chun, Duane Locke, Janine DeBaise, Anne Wilson, Alan Britt, Steve Barfield and Magdalena Alagna. Not to mention more fantastic writing by Isabella Ripota and the wonderfully refreshing short fiction by the Vietnamese-American writer James T. Tran.

Volume 8; No. 1
(Spring)

2002

Volume 8; No. 2
(Autumn)
An interview with Alberto Blanco reveals the multi-faceted and talented approach he takes to both his poetry, his art, and his life. Anyone who knows Mexican poetry today, knows that Blanco holds in his two hands the perpetual seed from which great poetry has always come. Also included are translations of Martín Camps, Héctor Carreto, Justo Jorge Padrón and António Ramos Rosa. New poems from American poets such as Duane Locke, Fred Boltz, Alan Catlin, George Kalamaras, Christine Boyka Kluge, Carol Dine, David Johnson, and James Gabrill along with excellent short fiction by Ruth Ann Dandrea, William Jablonsky and Julia Rubin. Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award recipient for 2002 was Sean Thomas Dougherty

Volume 8; No. 2
(Autumn)

2001

Volume 7; No. 1
(Spring)
This issue features the work of the young Romanian poet, Ruxandra Cesereanu plus an in depth interview with the poet about her growing up under the Ceausescu regime, her new interpretations of freedom in life and language since 1989, and her thoughts on perception and the individual methodology that drives her poetry. Also included in this issue are more new poems by Anthony Seidman, Duane Locke, Fred Boltz, Christine Boyka Kluge, Alan Britt, and new fiction by Isabella Ripota and John Shepley.

Volume 7; No. 1
(Spring)

2001

Volume 7; No. 2
(Autumn)
This issue features the poetry of Christine Boyka Kluge, an interview about her poetry, her art, her perception and her fiction. This is a must read for all poets, men or women, who want to understand what it really means to turn devotion into precise focus and then into a natural language of the earth. Along with Kluge's work, enjoy the translations by John Oliver Simon of Humberto Ak'abal, Jorge Arturo, and Ambar Past. The great Portuguese poet Casimiro de Brito is presented bilingually in a translation by Louis Bourne. North American poetry by Steve Barfield, Duane Locke, Anne Wilson, George Kalamaras, Carolyn Stoloff, Rafaella Del Bourgo, Anthony Seidman and Anne Coray are also included. Short fiction by Isabella Ripota, Anthony Seidman, Michael Fowler and Peter Roberts rounds the issue out. Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award recipient for 2001 was Carol Dine

Volume 7; No. 2
(Autumn)

2000

Volume 6; No. 1
(Spring)
This issue features the poetry of Jessica Henricksen. The New Orleans poet talks candidly in her interview about music, poetry and the process of writing. This issue also contains an essay on Gabriel Mistral by Marjorie Agosín and a selection of her poems reveals the simple beauty of her deceptively strong language. Also, look for translations of Alejandra Pizarnik, Israel Eliraz, Alberto Blanco, and Miguel Angel Zapata. More selections from the poetry of Anthony Seidman, Alan Britt, Steve Barfield, Christine Boyka Kluge, Duane Locke, and Silvia Scheibli.

Volume 6; No. 1
(Spring)

2000

Volume 6; No. 2
(Autumn)
This issue features the outstanding work of George Kalamaras. In his interview, Kalamaras discusses his perception of life, his influences, his language and his philosophy as it adheres to the here and now. Wonderful reading! His current book, The Theory and Function of Mangoes,was published by FOUR WAY BOOKS in 2000. The issue also includes the poetry of the young Romanian poet, Ruxandra Cesereanu, with further poetry by Duane Locke, Serena Fusek, Steve Barfield, Alan Britt, Thomas R. Smith and Virgil Suarez. Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award recipient for 2000 was Jeanne Wagner 2001 Issues

Volume 6; No. 2
(Autumn)

1999

Volume 5; No. 1 (Spring) (Out-of-Print)
Special to this issue is a large selection of work by Ray Gonzalez. His language brings a vitality to the page that has not been seen for a long while. An interview with Gonzalez celebrates both his vision as a poet and his concerns as a human being. Also included are translations of Olga Orozco by Louis Bourne, Dante Alighieri by W.S. Merwin, Yannis Ritsos by Scott King, Ali Yuce by Gerry LaFemina and Sinan Toprak. Other poets included are Hayden Carruth, Christine Boyka Kluge, Errol Miller, Marilyn Shelton, Carol Dine and David Chorlton.

Volume 5; No. 1
(Spring)

1999

Volume 5; No. 2
(Autumn)
This issue features the poetry of Alan Britt and an interview with the poet in which he helps reveal his process of imaginative writing. There is also some excellent short fiction by Robert Kulesz, and more poetry by Charles Wright, Duane Locke, Jessica Rosenfeld, Anthony Seidman, Mary Stebbins as well as translations from the Argentinian poet María Negroni and the Peruvian poet and editor, Miguel Angel Zapata. Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award recipient for 1999 was Christine Boyka Kluge 2000 Issues

Volume 5; No. 2
(Autumn)

1998

Volume 4; No. 1
(Spring)
Special to this issue is the poetry of Silvia Scheibli and an interview with the poet residing in California. Also included in this issue is the work of Robert Bly, Steve Barfield, Jessica Henricksen, Duane Locke, Elizabeth Macklin, and translations from the Hungarian of Ivan Mándy and Attila Jozsef by John Bátki. The contemporary French poet Josée Lapeyrère translated by Susan Dubroff and Sharon Kanach is of unusual interest.

Volume 4; No. 1
(Spring)

1998

Volume 4; No. 2
(Autumn)
An essay by Duane Locke and some selected poetry of the indefatigable octogenarian master are featured. Also Included in this issue is the poetry of George Kalamaras, Ray Gonzalez, Dennis Saleh, Louis Simpson, Marjorie Agosín, and a never-before seen translation by Michael Hamburger of Paul Celan's Your Hair Above the Sea. Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award recipient for 1998 was Gayle Elen Harvey

Volume 4; No. 2
(Autumn)

1997

Volume 3; No. 1
(Spring)
This issue is our inaugural one after a brief twenty year hiatus. Special to this issue are translations from the French of the Surrealist poet, Joyce Mansour. Serge Gavronsky masterfully conducts Mansour's French through the erotica of a time not so unlike our own. Also included are poems by Robert Bly, Colette Inez, Thomas R. Smith, Duane Locke, and Simon Perchik.

Volume 3; No. #1
(Spring)

1997

Volume 3; No. 2
(Autumn)
Special to this issue are translations from the Spanish of the great Chilean writer and poet, Marjorie Agosín, by Monica Bruno, Diane Pineda and Celeste Kostopulos-Cooperman. An interview with our editor and an essay on her interior life round out this special feature. Also included are translations of Franco Buffoni, Peter Huchel, René Char, Nicomedes Suárez-Araúz, as well as more work by Charles Wright, Ray Gonzalez, Silvia Schebli, Gayle Elen Harvey, James Grabill, Carolyn Stoloff and Paul B. Roth.

Volume 3; No. 2
(Autumn)

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