About the Book
An eclectic selection of poetry and fiction. The Interview August 2012: Rob Plath by Tom Merrill Five Poems by Rob Plath Five Featured Poems by Mary E. Croy, J. Weintraub, Olivia Soule, Russel Winick, and Julian O. Long Free Verse: Jon Nakapalau, Simon Perchik, Ilari Pass, M. K. Martin, Donald Carlson, Hayley Mitchell Haugen, J.J. Brown, Don Thompson, Stephanie Pritchard, Dr. Singer, Robert Knox, Keira Schaefer, and Dianne Moritz. Haiku: Laurie Rosen, Bakhtiyar Amini, Shakti Pada Mukhopadhyay, Riham El-Ashry, Hermann Eberl, Patricia Hawkhead, Samo Kreutz, Thomas R. Thomas, S. Denny, Yi Jung Chen, Joan C. Fingon, Gopal Lahiri, David Watts, James Babbs, Abundio Noel, Milorad Ivankovic, Richard L. Matta, Shelly Reed Thieman, Sarah Mahina Calvello, Suraj Nanu, Julie Allyn Johnson, Kate Williams, Nicholas Gentile, and Padmini Krishnan. Formal Poetry: Richard Wakefield, Kathryn Jacobs, Jared Carter, Mark J. Mitchell, Bruce Bennett, Claudia Gary, Randal A. Burd, Jr., Barbara Lydecker Crane, Emiliano Gomez, Jean L. Kreiling, Robin Helweg-Larsen, Judy Koren, Noam D. Plum, Donald A. Ranard, and Mindy Watson. Poetry Translations: Brittany Hause translating Alfonsina Storni (Featured), Jennifer Reeser translating Gray Hawk and Two Shields, and Bob Zisk translating Anonymous. Poetry for Children: Lill Pluta, David McMullin, William Peery, and Peggy Turnbull. International Poetry: Sekhar Banerjee (Featured), Karlo Sevilla, Sreekanth Kopuri, Preeth Ganapathy, Irena Pasvinter, Rajnish Mishra, and Hibah Shabkhez. African Poetry: Taofeek Ayeyemi (Featured), Stuart Stromin, Ndaba Sibanda, Pearson Lemani, Obinna Chilekezi, and Uche Chidozie Okorie. Poetry Unplugged: Kathryn Jacobs, Clyde L. Borg, Dick Narvett, Pauli Dutton, Anureet Kanwar, Patricia Williams, and Greg Stidham. Experimental, Prose, & Form Poetry: Alison Jennings (Featured), Michael Mann, Pamelyn Casto, Paul Rousseau, Christopher Barnes, George Thomas, Peggy Gerber, Hope Coulter, Gerald Friedman, Bridget Quinlan, and Peter Anderson. Fiction: Waiting for the Noun by Paul García (Featured) Flash Fiction: Placement by Jim Mack, Phantom Limb by Salvatore Difalco, and Water Gauge by John Riley. Better Than Fiction!: Cotton Balls and Tight Boots by Bob Chikos. From The Mind: Recalling Susan Sheppard with Great Love by Grace Cavalieri and The Life of the Soul by Susan Sheppard.