Category: Summer 2010 Issue

E. Michael Desilets
was born and raised in Framingham, Massachusetts. He earned his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Columbia University in New York under the

Matthew M. Cariello
is a writer and teacher originally from New Jersey, currently living in Columbus and teaching in the English Department at the Ohio State

Karina Borowicz
has recent work in AGNI Online, New Ohio Review, and Rattle. Her translations have appeared on Poetry Daily. She lives in Western Massachusetts.

Elly Bookman
is a recent graduate of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. She lives and writes in Eugene, Oregon, but will be attending the M.F.A. program at

Benjamin Aleshire
his poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Green Mountains Review, Connecticut River Review, Seven Days, and Vermont Literary Review. His play,

Landscape with Machines
by Steve Luttrell Machines are our companions where we’re going machines are our companions all stainless in their steely skin cold, and so

Trakl
by Steve Luttrell Is sadness then the sound of a sonata the blue chill of loneliness, in the black nightfall sleep? The soft sound of the

No More Either/Or
by Steve Luttrell Let’s leave it here that whole thing come like a shy intruder (a souvenir of waiting) in the unending night two days of rain

Pèlerinage
by Russ Sargent Dreaming of Petrarch’s world with its mountain laurels and green water in those streams running through the Vaucluse where Acteon

Deya—In memory of Robert Graves
by Russ Sargent I found a road through the olive grove. An empty chair at the stone table. The sea a long way down. I didn’t know what else to