Issue 2: February 2009
edited by Lena Judith Drake
Contributors
- Maya Lowy
- Corey Mesler
- J. Michael Wahlgren
- Joseph Reich
- Andrew Taylor
- Misti Rainwater-Lites
- Melinda Bean
- Puma Perl
- Craig Sernotti
- Christian Ward
- George Anderson
- Christine Balmes
- Mary McMillan
- William Doreski
- Tom Sheehan
- April Michelle Bratten
- Luca Penne
- Jodiann Stevenson
- Aisha Abillou
Cover art: “Even Though the Day Was Warm, She Suddenly Felt Chilly” by Astrid Sæverhagen
Editor's Pick
My favorite from this issue is Misti Rainwater-Lite’s “The Coolest Cake Decorator in the Fucking World”. It is both vaguely absurd, human, and strangely sad. When I want to read a love poem, this is what I’m looking for-- something that’s not about the lover’s heavenly skin through the speaker’s pure, sparkling eyes, but instead exceptions, tranny hooker gift certificates for birthdays, and PEZ dispensers. The poem feels real, whether or not it’s memoir, and despite the off-color humor, it’s touching, too. Check the poem out.