Category: Published Issues

Lightning Bugs—part of the collection, Shapes of Man
Jeff Hardin (Phoenix, Arizona) Arrived late from a wedding, I walked outside to the porch Of her parents’ place, still dizzy, And lit a

Winged
by Susanna Lang And if I do call the right name, if woodpecker is the name I’m searching for, then is the rapid drumbeat I hear down by the river

Lessons
by Susanna Lang — who would believe them winged — in memoriam Lucille Clifton Today your crows are nearly speechless. Only

Michael Macklin
is an associate editor with The Café Review. Lately, he has been working with local poets and police officers to produce The Portland Police

Meghan Cadwallader
began writing as soon as she could read, but her formal education includes a BA in French/English from Hollins University, a Master’s in English

Stephen Koharian

Jessica Goldfinch

Harriet Sohmers Zwerling
is an eighty year old woman, fifties expatriate, writer, translator, teacher, and mother of the funk musician, MiloZ. Her collection of stories,

Carol Westberg
her first collection of poems, Slipstream, will be published in 2010. A former teacher and editor, she currently directs communications at

Leslie Ullman
her latest book, Slow Work Through Sand, winner of the 1997 Iowa Poetry Prize, came out in 1998. Her first collection of poems, Natural