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Editors' Note

Poems & Visual Poetry in Form

C.B. Anderson
Ann Arntson
Peter Austin
Ruth Bavetta
F.J. Bergmann
Toby Bielawski
Mark Blaeuer
Danielle Blasko
Peter Branson
Emery Campbell
John L. Campbell
Fern G.Z. Carr
Sherry Chandler
Ginny Lowe Connors
Brendan Constantine
Barbara Crooker
Philip Dacey
C. Dahlen
Janann Dawkins
CX Dillhunt
Martin Elster
Evan Glasson
Brent Goodman
Taylor Graham
Sara Greenslit
Laura Gail Grohe
Tim Hawkins
Rebecca Hazelton
Charles Hughes
Joan Wiese Johannes
Athena Kildegaard

Michael Kriesel
John Krumberger
David Landrum
Peggy Landsman
MaryEllen Letarte
Barbara Lightner
Melissa Lindstrum
Amit Majmudar
Charlotte Mandel
James Scannell McCormick
Lisa McDougal
Richard Merelman
Robert Moreland
James B. Nicola
Martin Ott & John F. Buckley
Ken Pobo
Margaret Rozga
David Sklar
Scot Slaby
Lester Smith
Kate Sontag
Bruce Taylor
Don Thackrey
Jari Thymian
James Toupin
Susan Vespoli
Lisa Vihos
Tim Walsh
Lesley Wheeler
Gail White
Valerie Wohlfeld

 

Online Features

Interview with Philip Dacey, by Karla Huston
Some Notes on the Art of Uncovering the Art of the Prose Poem or, Confessions of a Prose Poetry Writer, by CX Dillhunt
Why I Write Poems in Form, by Charles Hughes
Small Thoughts: Writing and Submitting Haiku, by Michael Kriesel
On a Double Reverse Sonnet, by Bruce Taylor
Interview with Marilyn L. Taylor, by Wendy Vardaman
Tradition & the Individual Sonnet, or Listen! Iambic Verse Has Variation,
by Wendy Vardaman

Wisconsin Poetry News

Book Reviews

  • Ned Balbo, The Trials of Edgar Poe and Other Poems, Story Line Press, 2010 by Estella Lauter
  • David R. Clowers, Shedding My Three Piece Birthday Suit, Birchwinds Press, 2010 by Richard Swanson
  • Philip Dacey, Mosquito Operas: New and Selected Short Poems, Rain Mountain Press, 2010 by Lisa Vihos
  • Alixa Doom, Cedar Crossings, Blue Light Press, 2010 by Judith Barisonzi
  • R. Virgil Ellis, Recess, Woodhenge Productions, 2009 by Judith Swann
  • Ed Galing, Sunrise, Sunset, Peerless Press, 2010 by Lou Roach
  • Brent Goodman, The Brother Swimming Beneath Me, Black Lawrence Press, 2009 by Noel Sloboda
  • David Gross, Pilgrimage, Finishing Line Press, 2009 by Judith Barisonzi
  • Linda Lee, Celebrating the Heart-land, Jericho Productions, 2009 by Linda Aschbrenner
  • Diane Lockward, Temptation by Water, Wind Publications, 2010 by Moira Richards
  • Ralph Murre, The Price of Gravity, Auk Ward Editions, 2010 by Lou Roach
  • Elizabeth Oakes, The Luminescence of All Things Emily, Wind Publications, 2010 by Moira Richards
  • Patrick T. Randolph, Empty Shoes: Poems on the Hungry and the Homeless, Popcorn Press, 2010 by Paul Julien
  • Robert Schuler, The Book of Jeweled Visions, MWPH Books, 2010 by Linda Aschbrenner
  • Seems (Issues 41, 42, 43-44), Karl Elder (ed. ), Lakeland College, 2009-10 by Linda Aschbrenner
  • Sandy Stark, Counting on Birds, Fireweed Press, 2010 by Richard Swanson
  • Katerina Stoykova, The Air Around the Butterfly, Fakel Express, 2009 by Judith Swann
  • Katrin Talbot, St. Cecilia’s Daze, Parallel Press, 2010 by Bobbi Altreuter
  • Lesley Wheeler, Heterotopia, Barrow Street Press, 2010 by Kathleen Eull
  • Lesley Wheeler, Heterotopia, Barrow Street Press, 2010 by Julie L. Moore
  • Gail White, Easy Marks, David Robert Books, 2008 by Judith Swann

NEW Books Noted Page—Brief Reviews of Oren Wagner, Kaveh Akbar, Steve Henn, David J. Thompson, Showstoppers: 20 Poems from the Midwest Poetry All-Stars; Richard Kovac, Untitled; Joan Wiese Johannes, Sensible Shoes; Rosebud (Issue 45, Summer/Fall, 2009); Lester Smith (ed.), Vampyr Verse.

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Books & Journals Received, September-December 2010

Contributors' Notes