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is professor of English at Fairmont State University in West Virginia and editor of Kestrel: A Journal of Literature and Art. Her publications

is a small press legend whom Charles Bukowski once called “one of the great undiscovered talents of our time.” He is the author of more than 150

was the founder of the Mulberry Poets & Writers Association and chaired the editorial board for the anthology Palpable Clock: 25 Years of

teaches English and creative writing in Portland, Maine and advises the Deering High School literary magazine Breccia. She studied English at

is a recently retired baby boomer child-of-the-sixties freed after working 40 years for “The Man” and sometimes “The Woman.” No more useless

is a poet living in Erie, PA with his wife Ann.

by Ron Androla You are Emily, the lovely Emily, Erie newscaster, soft-light Emily. Emily’s nipples taste Like buttery sandalwood Smoke woven

by normal sean o’neill, eugene’s son passed the syringe over to me “i come from an old line of fuckups,” he said “maybe this is the year i follow

by Gerald Locklin His first time back to Plant-watering duties Subbing for his wife While she spent the days Babysitting their

has poems that have appeared, or are forthcoming, online in La Fovea, the Wesleyan University Press blog, and The New Guard: Bang! Her visual

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