Artwork in this issue is from The Exquisite Uterus Project: The Art of Resistance, curated by Alison Gates and Helen Klebesadel. Many more images are available at Exquisite Uterus Preview Board. Photographs of artwork by Jason Houge. At the Union Art Gallery, UW-Milwaukee, through Friday October 11.
(Click on links to poems, essays & reviews below.)
Editors' Notes
Poems About Parents & Children
Poems at the Playhouse: Poets Respond to The Prophet,
in partnership with Forward Theater Company
Introduction from Forward Theater
Verse Drama
Prose Features
- Interview with Antler by Charles Rossiter
- Conversation About Sentiment & Sentimentality with Ching-In Chen, Cathryn Cofell, Fabu, & Chuck Rybak
- Going Deep: Some Notes on Sentiment & Sentimentality by David Graham
- The Exquisite Uterus Project by Alison Gates
- Who’s on the toilet?: A family of Zen poets (re)digested through Žižek by Adam Halbur
- At the Kitchen Table: Shoshauna Shy Talks to Meg Kearney
- Primipara: a Magazine by Women Poets (1974-1984) by Jeri McCormick
- Interview with Moisés Villavicencio Barras by Sarah Busse
- Worth the Risk: Writing Poetry about Children with Special Needs by Laura Wendorff
- The Dinosaurs Are Breeding by Lesley Wheeler
Wisconsin Poetry News
- Cooler by the Lake by Dawn Hogue and Marilyn Zelke-Windau
- Wisconsin Humanities Council Grants by Shoshauna Shy
- Metro Bus Lines Madison
- Niedecker Poetry Inspires Composer and Isthmus Vocal Ensemble
- Door County’s Peninsula Pulse Annual Literary Issue
Book Reviews & Books Noted
- L. Ward Abel, American Bruise, Parallel Press, 2012, by Judy Barisonzi
- Marilyn Annucci, Waiting Room, Hill-Stead Museum, 2012, by Wendy Vardaman
- Antler, Touch Each Other, FootHills Publishing, 2013, by Charles Rossiter
- Sharon Auberle & Ralph Murre, Wind / Where Music Was, Little Eagle Press, 2013, by Charles Ries
- B.J. Best, But Our Princess Is in Another Castle, Rose Metal Press, 2013, by Lisa Vihos
- Cathryn Cofell, Sister Satellite, Cowfeather Press, 2013, by Mark Zimmermann
- Paola Corso, Once I Was Told the Air Was Not For Breathing, Parallel Press, 2012, by Margaret Rozga
- Joanie DiMartino, Strange Girls, Little Red Tree Publishing, 2010, by Marybeth Rua-Larsen
- Nausheen Eusuf, What Remains, Longleaf Press, 2011, by Margaret Rozga
- Thomas J. Erickson, The Lawyer Who Died in the Courthouse Bathroom, Parallel Press, 2013, by Mary Riley
- Brent Goodman, Far From Sudden, Black Lawrence, 2013, by Richard Swanson
- Jeff Holt, The Harvest, White Violet Press, 2012, by Marybeth Rua-Larsen
- Karla Huston, A Theory of Lipstick, Main Street Rag, 2013, by Marina Oliver
- C. Kubasta, A Lovely Box, Finishing Line Press, 2013, by Wendy Vardaman
- Carol Levin, Stunned by the Velocity, Pecan Grove Press, 2012, by Margaret Rozga
- Ellaraine Lockie, Coffee House Confessions, Silver Birch Press, 2013, by R.A. Davis
- Jeri McCormick, Marrowbone of Memory, Ireland’s Great Famine, Salmon Poetry, 2013, by Kathleen Serley
- Richard Merelman, The Imaginary Baritone, Fireweed Press, 2012, by John Olski
- Chloe Yelena Miller, Unrest, Finishing Line Press, 2013, by John Olski
- Laurel Mills, Rumor of Hope, Encircle Publications, 2012 by Ronnie Hess
- David O’Connell, A Better Way To Fall, The Providence Athenaeum, 2013, by Richard Merelman
- Michael Rothenberg, Indefinite Detention: A Dog Story, Ekstasis Editions, 2013, by Lisa Vihos
- Allegra Jostad Silberstein, Through Sun-glinting Particles, Parallel Press, 2012, by R.A. Davis
- A.E. Stallings, Olives, Triquarterly Books, 2012, by Sean Gilligan
- Doug Woodsum, The Lawns of Lobstermen, Moon Pie Press, 2010, by David Gross
- Wanita Zumbrunnen, All Mortals Shall Dream Dreams, Finishing Line Press, 2012, by John Olski
Books Noted
- Ron Carlson, Room Service: Poems, Meditations, Outcries & Remarks, Red Hen Press, 2012, by Morgan Harlow
- George Eklund, Wanting to be an Element, Finishing Line Press, by Kenneth McNickle
- Chris Emery, The Departure, Salt Publishing, 2012, by Morgan Harlow
- Karen Kelsay, Amytis Leaves Her Garden, 2013, by Annabelle Mosely
- Sandra Miranda Tully, Every Fleeting Thing, Poems for Prayer and Meditation, Durnford’s Landing, 2013, by Mariann Ritzer
