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Fall 2014/Spring 2015

 



ISSN 1542-3123

 

Cornucopia

“Bronze Cornucopia”
Photo by Kallistos

The pagan sun inspires…. What little/
we had, what little we knew, was adequate
Paul Espel, from "As Is"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"What Was, Was" Barry Wallenstein CD: DRASTIC DISLOCATIONS:

Click here to listen to CD: www.drasticdislocations.com

 

Ronnie Norpel's Tract 187 Culture Clatch

The eclectic variety show featuring poets, prosers, actors, comedians, singers, tap dancers, hula hoopers, and musicians
The West End 955 WEA @ 107th St. (#1 to 103)
First & third Wednesdays - 6-9:00 pm
Sponsored by: www.adlibpub.com

 

The Same

www.thesamepress.com

 


Call for submissions: Fall 2015/Spring 2016

We are now accepting submissions for our new issue, due online approximately early February 2016.

 


In This Issue: Fall 2014/Spring 2015




Poetry:

As Is: This Fall’s 2014 and to Spring 2015 poetry collection includes work by Holly R. Appling, Patricia Brody, Charles Cote, Philip Dacey, Paul Espel, Allen C. Fischer, Patrick Henry, Marc Jampole, Katrina Kostro, Pamela L. Laskin, Gabrielle LeMay, Richard Levine, Jennifer Litt, Maggie Mae, Stephen Massimilla, Lynn McGee, Alex Mouw, D. Nurkse, M. Nasorri Pavone, Bertha Rogers, Carl Rosenstock, Neil Shepard, Hilary Sideris, Barry Wallenstein, Thom Ward and Michael T. Young

 

Twelve:

Renga Chunk: by Michael Morical, Philip Miller and Milton Dawg

 

Big City, Little:

M. Nasorri Pavone Big City Parable

 

Fiction:

Milwaukee Dawn by Jim Story

 

Articles:

Carl Rosenstock, Poetry (In Quotation Marks): Being A Review of The Poetry Anthology, edited by Joseph Parisi & Stephen Young, and The Open Door, edited by Don Share & Christian Wiman

 

Essays:

Patrick Henry, Crucial Shot in Sarajevo (excerpt from Facing the Music)

 

Reviews:

Tales from the Eternal Café by Janet Hamill, reviewed by Diana Manister

Stephen Massimilla’s The Plague Doctor in his Hull-Shaped Hat, reviewed by Ronnie Norpel

VIRAL by Suzanne Parker, reviewed by Ronnie Norpel

 

Bookshelf:

New Additions:

Stephanie Dickinson, Love Highway

The Oxford Handbook of Synesthesia, Simner & Hubbard (Eds)

Thomas Lux, Selected Poems 1982-2012

 

CDs:

David Massengill, Twilight the Taj Mahal

 

Events:



Ronnie Norpel's Tract 187 Culture Clatch

The eclectic variety show featuring poets, prosers, actors, comedians, singers, tap dancers, hula hoopers, and musicians
The West End 955 WEA @ 107th St. (#1 to 103)
First & third Wednesdays - 6-9:00 pm
Sponsored by: www.adlibpub.com

 

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Letters:

Big City Lit welcomes letters from its readers. Address correspondence to Editors@nycBigCityLit.com

 

Print Series:

All Print Series Suspended

 

Contests:

For the present, all Contests suspended.

 

Masthead Notes: {See forthcoming Note}

 

Contributing Editors:

Martin Mitchell, Barry Wallenstein, James Ragan, Patrick Henry (UK), Diana Manister, Margo Berdeshevsky, George Wallace, Larissa Shmailo, Brant Lyon, Melinda Thomsen