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ISSUE 33 - September 2006
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We decided to break our tradition of staying within our confined borders of
publishing American poets and photographers. We have received countless
submissions from international poets over the past few years and intead of
rejecting them all, I informed them that eventually we would do an
international issue. Well here it is...

This issue features an interviews with Poet Laureate of San Francisco,
translator of 9 international authors, and author of The Arcanes, Jack
Hirschman and Australian poet dominating the small press, Glenn Cooper.

Poetry by: jack hirschman, glenn cooper, miles j. bell, dimitris
p. kraniotis, henry denander, lisa woolven, christopher barnes, luis
benítez, donna bechar, raghab nepal, alessio zanelli, tom berman, oliver
benjamin, helen bar-lev, priyaranjan parhi, adam kane, mai van phan, muesser
yeniay, christopher kelen, mark farrell

Photography this issue by: dionisios fournogerakis, christopher robin, henry
denander, dee rimbaud

ISSUE 32 - June 2006
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This issue features an interviews with Charles Nevsimal by Charles P. Ries. Ries notes:

"I had finished my reading at Milwaukee's venerated Woodland Pattern Book Center's poetry Marathon, when a twenty-something guy carrying a camcorder and tape deck says, "I'd love to use some of your stuff in my Anthills. How about it?" That was my first meeting with small press publisher, Charles Nevismal. He started fast, and he hasn't slowed down. Centennial Press's inaugural issue of Anthills came out in 2000. Anthills 2 soon followed featuring a growing rooster of small press heavy weights and new voices including: Antler, Matt Cook, Susan Firer, A.D. Winans, Lynne Savitt, Gunther C. Fogle, William Taylor Jr., John Sweet, justin.barrett, Nathan Graziano, Karl Koweski, Glen W. Cooper, Todd Moore, Bradley Mason Hamlin, Lyn Lifshin, Alex Carlson and John Tuschen. A few years later Deborah Bingen joined the team (and married the Editor) as artist and designer. Her contribution was immediate with the release of two successive chapbooks: The System by A.D. Winans, and Exclamation Points: Ad Infinitum by Antler, both praised for their content as well as design. Then came a string of broadsides for poets like Gunther C. Fogle and Jeff Poniewaz. More recently, Centennial Press has released Anthills 3 & 4, in addition to chapbooks for B.J. Best (a pocket-sized book called Crap) and Alex Carlson (Whispering Winds: the Record Player Reads. Both have sold extremely well."

and The Poets House interview by Doug Holder. Holder noted:

"I met Lee Briccetti executive director of "Poets House" during the "Poets House Showcase" this April (2006). "Poets House" is located in the SOHO section of New York City, and offers classes, lectures, readings, a library with thousands of poetry books, chaps, broadsides, etc... for the benefit of poets, writers, publishers, editors, and the general public to study and enjoy."

Poetry this issue by: h.e. wright, hugo desarro, b.z. niditch, zvi sesling, nicole henares, rick agran, mark wisniewski, brian morrisey cristine a. gruber, patti sirens, mark decarteret, john dorsey, mary e. mcmahon, benjamin pierce, david lawrence, durenda, joseph reich, charles nevsimal, jc, edward j. carvalho, a.d. winans, ed galling, hugh fox, gerald zipper, neeli cherkovski, c.c. russell, damion hamilton,

Photography this issue by: t.kilgore splake, selena shepard, danielle mayer, a.d. winans, charles
nevsimal, traci harrison

ISSUE 31 - March 2006
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This issue features an interviews with Charles P. Ries and Ifeanyi Menkiti.

Charles P. Ries lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His narrative poems, short stories, interviews and poetry reviews have appeared in over one hundred and twenty print and electronic publications. He has received three Pushcart Prize nominations for his writing and most recently read his poetry on National Public Radio's Theme and Variations, a program that is broadcast over seventy NPR affiliates. He is the author of The Fathers We Find, a novel based on memory. Ries is also the author of five books of poetry - the most recent entitled, The Last Time which was released by The Moon Press in Tucson, Arizona. He is the poetry editor for Word Riot (www.wordriot.org) and on the board of the Woodland Pattern Bookstore in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Most recently he has been appointed to the Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission. You may find additional samples of his work by going to: http://www.literarti.net/Ries/ .

Ifeanyi Menkiti came to this country from Nigeria to study in the 1960’s. Years after he earned a PhD in Philosophy from Harvard University and since has taught at Wellesley College for more than thirty years. He has penned three books of poetry: “Affirmations,” ”The Jubilation of Falling Bodies,” and most recently “Of Altair: The Bright Light.” His poetry has appeared in journals like “Ploughshares,” “New Directions,” and the “Massachusetts Review.” Menkiti is a recipient of an award by the National Endowment of the Arts, and his poetry has been aired on NPR, and other radio stations.

Poetry this issue by: charles p. ries, doug tanoury, don winter, a.d. winans, linda lerner, john dorsey, william taylor jr., oren wagner, simon perchik, ed galling, doug holder, becky kennedy, gerald zipper, brian morrisey, rd armstrong, c. allen rearick, carolyn gregory

Photography this issue by: t. kilgore splake, spiel, danielle mayer, eugenia hepworth-petty, nathan combs

ISSUE 30 - September 2005
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This issue features an interviews with the Babarian poets
Bruce Isaacson, Julia Vinograd, and Joie Cook.

Bruce ffounded Zeitgeist Press in San Francisco in order to print poets from
the Café Babar series. In Las Vegas, where he lives currently, Isaacson
helps edit the Red Rock Review. In 2000, he made the news after Metro cop
and Zeitgeist Press author Harry Fagel was ejected from Barnes & Noble for
using "the f-word" in a poetry reading and Isaacson returned with eight
other civil guerrillas, selected classics from Barnes & Noble shelves (all
containing profanity), and began reading aloud to protest the censorship.
Bruce Isaacson has an MFA from Brooklyn College and has published 7 books of
poems, including his latest, Ghosts Among the Neon.

Julia is a Berkeley Street poet. She has published 51 books of poetry, has
received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 5th Berkeley Poetry Festival
in 2004, and she has won the American Book Award of The Before Columbus
Foundation. In addition to her numerous publications in magazines, she has
also been published in the 9/11 Anthology called An Eye For An Eye Makes The
Whole World Blind, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, and Sacred Voices,
Wit And Wisdom Of Women Through The Ages. She received a B.A. from the
University of California at Berkeley and an MFA from the University of Iowa.

Poetry this issue by: david lerner, joie cook, laura conway, eli coppola,
sparrow 13, david west, david gollub, danielle willis,
maura o'connor, bruce isaacson, julia vinograd, whitman mcgowan, chris
trian, kathleen wood, q.r. hand, bana witt, alan kaufman

ISSUE 29 - June 2005
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Interview with Lyn Lifshin by Pablo Teasedale

ISSUE 28 - March 2005
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This issue features an interview with the poet troupe on the road, „New Word Order (S.A. Griffin, Scott Wannberg, John Dorsey and Iris Berry). The New Word Order Tour of Words Alive in '05 will be making their way up the coast this April. I got a chance to talk with these 'Carma Bums' about taking the word on the road. S.A. Griffin co-edited the Outlaw Bible of American Poetry and is well known for his energetic spoken word performance art alongside Scott Wannberg who has also made quite a reputation for perking ears up at his peak performance. John Dorsey has been working hard building a strong presence within small press circles, he is known to blow his audience away Gregory Corso style. Iris Berry has a new CD out Collect Calls. She is known in punk and poetry circles for intertwining music behind her poems and offering her audience fulfilling mixed media performance.

Doug Holder started a new literary venture as a founding board member of the Wildnerness House Literary Retreat in Littleton, Massachusetts last summer. The board brought in its first guest, Robert Creely to give a presentation. Doug celebrates this experience with a descriptive reflection on the day‚s events in „An Afternoon with Robert Creely.

Poetry this issue by: Neeli Cherkovski, A.D. Winans, Gerald Nicosia, Lyn Lifshin, Hugh Fox, Steve Dalachinsky, charles p. ries and a bundle of new faces!

We are blessed with the stunning photography of Shane Keenan, Spiel, Marilyn Dammann, t. kilgore splake, a.d. winans, and more...

ISSUE 27 - December 2004
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Interview with Robert Sward by klipschutz

ISSUE 26 - September 2004
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Interviews with B.Z. Niditch by Brian Morrisey and Hugh Fox by Doug Holder

ISSUE 25 - June 2004
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Interview with Diane di Prima and Joanne Nealon

ISSUE 24 - March 2004
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Interview with Ed Galing by Brian Morrisey

ISSUE 23 - December 2003
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This issue features an interview with poet, Gerald Nicosia. I interviewed Gerald Nicosia at his home in Corte Madera, California (just a few minutes north of San Francisco) last month. Gerald Nicosia is a poet, novelist, playwright, critic, and historian and has lived and taken part in the literary communities of Chicago, Los Angeles, and the Bay Area of San Francisco. He is best known for his biography of Jack Kerouac, MEMORY BABE and he has lectured extensively on the subject of Kerouac and the Beat Generation both in the United States and abroad. He scripted and narrated the public television documentary WEST COAST: BEAT AND BEYOND, and his play about Kerouac, JACK IN GHOST-TOWN, was performed in workshop by the Los Angeles Theatre Center, the American Blues Theatre in Chicago, and most recently by the Florida Project in New York. Nicosia's poems have been widely published in the small presses, both in this country and abroad. He has published Lunatics, Lovers, Poets, Vets & Bargirls, illustrated by Czech artist Jakub Kalousek and released by Host Publications in 1991. Love, California Style (2002), from 12 Gauge Press. He has a new collection of poetry coming out on Mystery Island Publications, Embrace of the Lepers.

ISSUE 22 - September 2003
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This issue features an interview with poet, Linda Lerner. Linda Lerner was chosen because of her unique and full force approach to the poem.. She has released a book out on Ibbetson Street Press, "A Koan for Samsara," this summer (reviewed in POESY #21) Robert Peters wrote: "Linda Lerner should be one of the most visible of our poets in this country... she is in a special outsider group of powerful and original American poets largely ignored by Poetry Establishment forces. Her amazing energies zap her poems with high voltage... She loves the open form, and works in a tradition of Ginsberg, Charles Plymel, and the Beats, and has quzzled much from Charles Bukowski..."

Poetry this issue by: antler, patricia wellingham-jones, b.z. niditch, and a slew of new and not-so-new faces!

ISSUE 21 (Guest Edited by William Taylor, Jr.) - June 2003
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This issue is Guest Edited by famed small press poet, William Taylor, Jr. and features an interview with poet, John Sweet. John notes, "I live with my wife and our young son here in the wastelands of upstate New York. I've been writing for 19 years now, publishing in the small press for 13. I hate all schools of poetry, and try to keep my distance from any that seem to be trying to get too cozy with me."

Poetry this issue by: robert underwood, john sweet, jo ann amlin, michael kriesel, lyn lifshin, r.e. brock, nate graziano, lindsay wilson, n.l.a. brock, taylor graham, todd moore, john dorsey, b.z. niditch, alan catlin, brian morrisey, chuck nevsimal, christopher robin, gunther c. fogle, a.d. winans, doug holder...

ISSUE 20 (Special 20th Edition - Glossy Cover) - March 2003
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This issue features an interview with poet, author and translator, Jack Hirschman. He has published more than 50 translations of poetry from nine different languages. We explore and discover the poet's role in relation to society, politics and the purpose of the poet in general.

Poetry this issue by: jamie cavanagh, michael cole, doug draime, brien dawson, ed galing, marc d. goldfinger, john grey, jack hirschman, doug holder, steven huntress, mike james, lorri lambert-smith, susan landon, joyce metzger, rebekah michael, brian morrisey, charles nevsimal, b.z. niditch, deborah m. priestly, bill roberts, joan jobe smith, monica e. smith, william taylor, jr., pablo teasedale, kelley jean white, nathan whiting, steven jarrell williams, a.d. winans, mark wisniewski.

ISSUE 19 - December 2002
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This issue features an interview with Todd Moore

ISSUE 18 - September 2002
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This issue features an interview with A.D. WInans on his new release on Dustbooks, "The Holy Grail; Cahrles Bukowski and the Second Coming Revolution!! Doug Holder interviews Robert Smyth from Yellow Moon Press learning the tricks of the biz!

Poetry this issue by: herschel silveman, lee clarke zumpe, robert s. robbins, willaim taylor, jr., mike kriesel, gene mahoney, graham mcgrew, gary every, lindsay wilson, michael s. smith, carol hamilton, edward obuszewski, ed galing, john cantey knight, jnana hudson, t. katherine sheldahl thomason, taylor graham, donald ryburn, b.z. niditch...

ISSUE 17 - June 2002
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This issue features an interview by Doug Holder with Boston's own Jeff Robinson from the famed Jeff Robinson Trio! A jazz ensemble who has wed poetry and jazz backing poets such as Amari Baraka and thousands of others!! Doug digs deep into a sea of mixed media to explore the reason why artists need to work together to move forward as one conglomerate!

I got a chance to converse with the man orchestrating the small press with this mystery man's wicked ways: T.KILGORE SPLAKE. Who also mixes it up with a passion taking him to new heights with adding the ingredients of poetry and photography and stirring the pot for a delicious textured soup of creativeness!

Poetry this issue by: brad buchanan, chris buckley, mike catalano, alan catlin, nancy coffey, doug draime, laverne frith, john grey, carol hamilton, stephen b. klein, john cantey knight, susan landon....

ISSUE 16 - March 2002
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This issue features an interview with small press publisher RD Armstrong (aka Raindog) which touches upon ethics and pride of publishing as well as the vast differences between publishing a journal opposed to a press. RD and I stimulate the conversation with pokes and prods in accusation and defense of the sensitive poetic ego.

Poetry this issue by: ryan alan, justin barrett, michele battiste, kurt erhard berger, luis cuauhtemoc berriozabal, mike catalano, alan catlin, doug draime, ed galing, robbie gamble, karla huston, marie kazalia, arthur winfield knight, radomir luza, jr., catfish mcdaris...

ISSUE 15 - December 2001
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Interviews with Charles Potts (publisher of The Temple Magazine and Beat poet) and Joe Torra (Boston's own loud and boisterous voice working his way through the poetry and music scene), a section from Edward Sanders, :America: A History in Verse" to be published by Black Sparrow Press in Spring 2002

Poetry by A.D.Winans, Mark Terrill, Charles Potts, Edward Sanders, David Church, David Jordan and many more....