The latest issue of Blood Lotus is now available. It includes wonderful poems, stories and non-fiction pieces by a number of fantastic writers -- including yours truly. My two poems, "Evolution" and "Local Commercials" can be found withing the 90+ pages of this fantastic journal. So go. Check it out! Read more!
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Thursday, June 5, 2008
Glass: A Journal of Poetry Volume One Issue Two Now Available!
Glass: A Journal of Poetry Volume One Issue Two is now up and ready to be read. The new issue can be found here.
We're very proud of our second issue. It includes thirty five poems by twenty nine poets. The contributors include: Kathleen Boyle, Ryan A. Bunch, Susan Deer Cloud, Naomi A. Glassman, Katie Hartsock,Todd Heldt, Saeed Jones, Kyi May Kaung, Michael Keshigian, Steve Klepetar, David W. Landrum, Richard Lighthouse, Patrick Loafman, Dan Nowak, Patty Paine, Allan Peterson, Caitlin Ramsey, Tad Richards, Kim Roberts, Janice D. Rubin, Benjamin Russell, Mel Sarnese, Michael Spring, Katerina Stoykova-Klemer, Andrew Terhune, Steve Trebellas, Jean Tupper, Samuel S. Vargo, and Maw Shein Win.
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Monday, May 5, 2008
Versal 6 Now Available
Versal 6 is now available! This journal out of Amsterdam contains my poem, "This small poem." It is my second internation publication and it is one I'm very proud of. So, if you're in a good bookstore, look for Versal. If they don't carry it, tell them they should. Here's the full list of contributors to this issue:
Wiljan van den Akker, Shifa Ali, Larissa Andrusyshyn, Matt Anserello, Jennifer Arcuni, Jenny Arnold, Rane Arroyo, Tom Bass, Ewan Cameron, Logan Chace, Selfa Chew, Lakey Comess, Francisco Cunha, Marosa di Giorgio, Joris Diks, Ben Doller, William Doreski, Magdolene Dykstra, Carolina Esses, Magdalena Ferreiro, Ana Fornaro, Anthony Frame, Lara Frankena, Dana Gentile, Ericka Ghersi, Cynthia Grier Lotze, Marilyn Hacker, David Hart, Derek Henderson, Takashi Hiraide, Rozalie Hirs, B.J. Hollars, Sandra Jensen, Andrew J. Jones, Toshiya Kamei, Sándor Kányádi, Michael Karman, Nabil Kashyap, Ko Kooman, Dawn Lonsinger, Rachel Marston, David Miller, Kelly Moffett, Jane Monk, Emmanuel Moses, Jennifer D. Munro, Mace Murakishi, Sawako Nakayasu, Alistair Noon, Emelie Östergren, Miroslav Paral, María Cecilia Perna, Alex Piperno, Jeannine Marie Pitas, Amy Purifoy Piazza, David Ruhlman, Danielle Smits, Paul Sohar, Julian Stannard, Jean Tripier, Xiao Kaiyu.
I've been looking through it and I have to say it is killer collection of poems, stories and the coolest, weirdest artwork I've seen in a long time. And one of the mazing things is that my good friend and former teacher, Rane Arroyo, is included in the issue too. And we're only separated by a few pages. It's weird to have my poem nearly next to my poetry professor's poem.
And, as if this whole experience wasn't cool enough, the issue was accompanied by a postcard from the journal's poetry editor. Now, to give context to this postcard, though the editor had no idea of what I am about to say, you need to understand that my small poem is literally a small poem -- it is two, two line stanzas. So, including the stanza break, it is only five lines long. But it is surrounded by these three page poems and seven page short stories. And I'm not exactly a famous poet so, all in all, I had insecurities about being in the journal. But then I read the postcard:
So, not only am I incredibly honored to be a part of the Versal family, I can easily say, without a doubt, that this has been the most positive and enriching publishing experience I've ever had.
So, again, go to your favorite bookstore and look for Versal. If they don't have it, tell them to subscribe because journals like this need to be supported.
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Neon Issue Fifteen now available
Neon issue fifteen is now available. Here's the word from the editors:
"Issue fifteen of Neon is now here, featuring the work of Jane Flett, M.E. Silverman, Miranda Merklein, Martin Hayes, Craig Caudill, Luigi Monteferrante, Christopher Barnes, John Oliver Hodges, Tricia Asklar, Noel Sloboda, Howard Good and Morris Collins.
There's a long preview posted online and you can order printed copies or download the full thing from the store. As always, the content in this issue is excellent, and the printed booklets for some reason look particularly fine. We hope you'll take a look."
If you can find a copy, check it out. And send a congratulations to my good friend, Howard Good who appears in issue fifteen.
Note: Howie, you beat me to Grand Rapids. I got to Neon before you. Can't wait to see which journal crosses our paths next.
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Submit: Babel Fruit
Babel Fruit, the online journal for "writing under the influence of the other," welcomes submissions for the February spring issue.
Poetry, prose, and creative non-fiction are welcome. For reviews and previews please query first. Babel Fruit accepts previously published work if it is not available online.
We want to see how the other affects you: other literature, other cultures, other subcultures, and the other within.
For more information see the submit page on the journal's website or the Babel Fruit blog.
babelfruit.org is an independent initiative in cooperation with the Int. Cities of Refuge Network.
Send submissions to: editors(at)babelfruit.org
Replace (at) with @)
Put your name in the subject field.
If you cannot paste your work in the body of the email, please attach a .doc file with your name in the title of the document.
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
Two Poems Accepted by Blood Lotus
More great news: Blood Lotus, an online literary journal, has accepted two of my poems for their upcoming issue. Look for "Evolution" and "Local Commercials" in their June 2008 issue!
I'll also announce when the issue is available.
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Postmodern Guernica to be Published by Imaginary Friend Press!
My first chapbook, Postmodern Guernica, has been accepted for publication by Imaginary Friend Press! Yay!
Not much in regards to info, yet. But once I have more I will pass it along.
Until then, check out Postmodern Guernica's opening poem, "World News," published in issue 19 of Perigee.
Oh yeah: YAY!
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Rane Arroyo's Same-Sex Séances
Rane Arroyo's Same-Sex Séances is now available from New Sins Press! Order this book immediately! Seriously.I think I've read Same-Sex Séances about seven times since my copy came in the mail. I love Arroyo's work and I have favorites and this is quickly rising on my list of his best books.
And to make things even better, it includes Glass: A Journal of Poetry, the poetry journal I edit with my wife, in the acknowledgements page:
Now, if poems charted like songs and if I had an iPod (and if I knew how to download and track the songs I listen to on my iPod), then a number of these poems would be at the top of my list. Obviously, "Brokeback Mountain" is one I love since Glass was fortunate enough to publish it. But also, the incredible "Slow Change," the heartbreaking "The Piñata Boy," and the intoxicating "What Daniel And I Talk About When We're Naked" are right up there as soem of my favorite poems of all time. But the killer in this collection is "From The Book Of The First Serpent." This poem alone makes Same-Sex Séances worth the cover price.
What are you waiting for? Order the book!
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Submit: Junctures Group Theme
Do you write poetry that can be interpreted as interested groups? Check out Junctures:
"Junctures is now accepting submissions on the theme of group until January 30.
Junctures is a thematic, interdisciplinary journal published in New Zealand with a strong international readership. Each issue is on a different theme, and we welcome contributions from any discipline. We publish art, academic papers, and poems in every issue, and occasional fiction and nonfiction, too.
Please see submissions page at www.junctures.org for more information. Poets should submit no more than three poems; we have a quick turn around time (a month after the deadline), so no simultaneous submissions, please."
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Submit: Rougarou
And another new online journal worth checking out, Rougarou: An Online Journal:
"Rougarou is the new online literary magazine edited by graduate students of the Department of English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. We seek submissions of fiction, poetry, nonfiction and book reviews for our secondissue due to launch Summer 2008.
We are interested in well-crafted, innovative work that gets us excited about the possibilities of language.
We accept submissions year-round and are continuing to read for our second issue past the posted March 15th date on our website.
Simultaneous submissions are fine, assuming you will notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. We do not accept previously published work. For our full guidelines and to read our first issue, please visit our website at:
http://www.louisiana.edu/Rougarou
E-mail all work as a Word document or RTF attachment, with the appropriate genre as the subject line of the e-mail.
Send fiction to:
rougaroufiction(at)gmail.com (replace (at) with @)
Send poetry to:
rougaroupoetry(at)gmail.com (replace (at) with @)
Please send all poems in one file attachment.
Send nonfiction to:rougarounonfiction(at)gmail.com (replace (at) with @)
Send book reviews and all other queries to:
rougaroueditors(at)gmail.com (replace (at) with @)
Rougarou
Department of English
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Web Site: www.louisiana.edu/rougarou
E-mail: rougaroueditors(at)gmail.com(replace (at) with @)"
While you're checking out Rougarou's website, take a look at Catherine Pierce's poem, "I Go Back to Ohio." It's quite good.
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Submit: The New Verse News
Do you write current events poems? Perhaps take a look at The New Verse News.
"The New Verse News covers the news and public affairs with poems onissues, large and small, international and local. It relies on the submission of poems (especially those of a politically progressive bent) by writers from all over the world.
The editors update the website every day or two with the best work received.
See the website at http://www.newversenews.com/ for guidelines and for examples of the kinds of poems The New Verse News publishes. Then paste your submission and a brief bio in the text of an email (no attachments, please) to editor(at)newversenews.com (replace (at) with @). Write "Verse News Submission" in the subject line of your email."
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Read Paul Siegell's Interview with 3 Questions ... and Answers
Go check out this interview, conducted by the blog 3 Questions ... and Answers, with poet Paul Siegell.
A little info about the blog, from the blog owner, AmyM: "My intent is to provide interesting articles about writers and writing....If you have a question or 3 you'd like answered, let me know...."
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Happy National Poetry Month!
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
Curling Up ... 3/27/08
Well, my student papers are finally graded. And while I have a little bit of work left to do for my classes, I am pretty much free from my never-ending job this weekend. It has been a rough couple of weeks so I am rewarding myself with an easy weekend of going to the park (weather permitted), having lunch with my wife and one of our old friends, and laying on the couch reading some of my favorite books of poetry. Here are the books that are waiting for me at home:
Rane Arroyo's Home Movies of Narcissus
Rane Arroyo's fourth book is probably my favorite of his many books (though Pale Ramón is close). They're all great, but this was the first of his I read and it is the one that got me to fall in love with how he writes. It also includes two of my favorite poems, "Death of a Poet's Cat" and "Papo Auditions for the Role of Romeo."
Rane is also a former teacher (as if anyone is ever a former teacher) of mine and he remains a constant mentor and friend. It is never a bad day when you get to check out out of his books.
Sharon Olds' Satan Says
Sharon Olds' The Father may have a special place in my heart because of its importance in my own development as a writer, but for my money, poetry doesn't get much better than her debut, Satan Says. Dark, disturbing, haunting, and beautiful, this is an incerdible book. And it merges those qualities, which we expect from Olds' poetry, with a softness and a sweetness that I absolutely admire.
In my opinion, it is her best book (though all her books are phenomenal) because it is the most complex, emotionally.
Allison Adelle Hedge Coke's Dog Road Woman
Allison is another former teacher, current mentor and friend of mine. She is also a killer poet, a master of narrative with a smart ear/eye for imagery and white space.
Her latest collection, Blood Run, is on my must-read list, but for now I am returning to fond memories of her workshop and literature class by revisiting Dog Road Woman. If you get a chance, pick it up, if only for the beautiful and astonishing "Year of the Rat" - twenty pages of the best poetry you'll ever read.
Tony Hoagland's Sweet Ruin
I fell in love with Tony Hoagland's Donkey Gospel before I ever read his first book, Sweet Ruin. And while Donkey Gospel is the book people tend to talk about, I love Sweet Ruin more. Much like Old's Satan Says, Sweet Ruin, to me, presents a much more complicated picture of Hoagland's subject matter (here, as with most of his work, it is men and masculinity).
I don't know. The characters here feel more real. And, more importantly, the poet loves the characters more in this book. They aren't asses (as in Donkey Gospel) or narcissists (as in What Narcissism Means to Me). In Sweet Ruin, he acknowledges the problems within these characters, the ruins, but also acknowledges the greatness of these people, the sweetness. I appreaciate that about this book.
Yehuda Amichai's The Selected Poetry Of Yehuda Amichai
Hands down, probably the best political poet of the twentieth century, Amichai's selected poems are incredible.
Buy this book. Now!
Read this book, especially "God Has Pity on Kindergarten Children" and "First Rain on a Burned Car."
What are you waiting for? Go get the book!
And Allen Ginsburg's Collected Poems 1947-1980
And that just leaves Ginsberg. My poetic father (Whitman is my poetic grandfather and Olds is my poetic mother, in my views).
I won't be reading this whole collection this weekend, but I will be happily curling up, cat on my lap, blanket snug around my shoulders, reading the Howl and Kaddish sections.
At that seems appropriate. As I near the end of another semester, another year, of teaching, Ginsberg reminds me of the dangers of madness. And I use Ginsberg to inspire my students against madness, writing on the last day of classes in large, crazy letters across the board, "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness."
Happy reading!
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Submit: Apple Valley Review
Here's a call for another online journal that looks very, very promising:
"The Apple Valley Reviewis an online literary journal. It is published twice annually, once in spring and once in fall. Each issue features a collection of poetry, short fiction, and essays.
This issue features fiction by Kathy Anderson and John Lowry; poetry by Pat Daneman, Anna Evans, Lucia Zimmitti, Laurie Junkins, Brian R. Lutz, Lyn Lifshin, David N. DeVries, Elizabeth Barbato, Lori Huskey, George Moore, Tammy Ho Lai-ming, Julie L. Moore, and Mark Thalman; and cover art by Cynthia Tom.
News from the Editor: Apple Valley congratulates writers whose work previously appeared in AV: Kerri Quinn’s short story,“How to Leave,” was selected by fiction judge Merrill Feitell for Best of the Net 2007. Quinn’s story was one of only six selected for this annual compilation. “Pageant Queen,” an essay by J. W. Young, and “Island Fever,”a poem by Edward Byrne, were selected by series editor Nathan Leslie and guest editor Steve Almond for Best of the Web 2008. This print anthology, forthcoming from Dzanc Books, has an anticipated release date of July 2008.
We will accept submissions for our Fall 2008 issue until August 17, 2008. For more information, please review our submission guidelines."
And here's the poetry info in brief:
Website: http://www.applevalleyreview.com/
Reading Period: Year round
Length: 2-6 poems
Previously published poems: No
Simultaneous submissions: No
Email submissions: Yes (only)
Cover Letter: Yes
Payment: Online publication of your poem
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Submit: Poetry Midwest
Here's a call from one of my favorite online poetry journals. Send your very best work over to Poetry Midwest:
"Poetry Midwest, a downloadable online literary journal, seeks poetry, micro-fiction, and creative non-fiction brief (prose limit is 350 words) for the Spring/Summer 2008 and other future issues. Poetry Midwest is published three times per year as a downloadable Adobe Acrobat PDF document. Deadline for the Spring/Summer 2008 issue is May 31, 2008, or thereabouts.
To submit, send up to 3 poems or 1 piece of micro-fiction or creative non-fiction under 350 words in the body of an email message to submit(at)poetrymidwest.org (replace (at) with @) with the subjectline"Poetry Midwest Submission: your real name" where "your real name" is your actual name and not the name of your email account. Please DO NOT send email attachments.
Full submission guidelines can be found on our web site at<http://www.poetrymidwest.org/>.
Please address any inquiries to editors(at)poetrymidwest.org (replace (at) with @). Feel free to distribute this announcement to other online and offline venues.
Thanks,
Matthew W. Schmeer
EditorPoetry Midwes
thttp://www.poetrymidwest.org/
email: editors(at)poetrymidwest.org (replace (at) with @)"
Poetry info at a glance:
Website: http://poetrymidwest.blogspot.com/
Reading Period: Determined by issue (current deadline is May 31st, 2008)
Length: up to 3 poems
Previously published poems: No
Simultaneous submissions: Yes
Email submissions: Yes (only)
Cover Letter: Not indicated
Payment: Publication
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