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IN PREVIOUS ISSUES

Blackbird publishes new issues twice a year. The notion of “issue” is both a nod to the print journal and a way for us to call attention to the new work of a limited number of writers. However, publishing online allows us keep all issues available for reading, listening, and viewing. On this page, we wish to point you toward some of the content you may have missed but which still lives in our Archives.

Norman Dubie   Norman Dubie
Blackbird began publishing Norman Dubie’s book-length futurist poem, The Spirit Tablets at Goa Lake, with “Book of the Jewel Worm” in v1n2. The other two sections, “Book of the Jaspers” and “The Book of Crying Kanglings,” appeared in v2n1 and v2n2 respectively. A master menu connects the sections across the three issues. Additional work followed: five poems in v7n1, seven poems in v10n1, four poems in v11n2, three poems in v12n2, and one poem in v13n2.
     
Tomas Tranströmer   Tomas Tranströmer
Nobel Prize winner Tomas Tranströmer’s poetry, newly translated by Patty Crane along with the original Swedish excerpts from Tranströmer’s 1996 book Sorgegondolen (Sorrow Gondola), was published in v10n1. In the same issue, Jean Valentine offered a letter to the Nobel laureate. In v12n2, David Wojahn provided a compelling meditation on literary friendship and correspondence in “Unlikely Magic, on Airmail: The Letters of Robert Bly and Tomas Tranströmer.”
     
Victoria Chang   Victoria Chang
Victoria Chang’s poetry appears throughout Blackbird: two poems in v3n2, three poems in v4n2, two poems in v6n2, five poems in v8n1, four poems in v12n1, and three new poems in v15n1. Both of Chang’s poems in v3n2 are accompanied by audio readings. Reviews of Chang’s collections, Circle and Salvina Molesta, appear in v4n2 and v8n2 respectively, both by Susan Settlemyre Williams.
     
Claudia Emerson   Claudia Emerson
Blackbird began publishing Claudia Emerson in v1n2 with an audio interview, along with a review of Pinion. Poems appear from her Pulitzer Prize–winning collection, Late Wife, in v1n2. “Claudia Emerson: An Appreciation” appeared in v5n1. She published more poems in v7n1, and v8n1 features “Poetic Principles: A Reading by Claudia Emerson.” “Secure the Shadow” was published in v9n1. Other poems have appeared in v12n1, v13n2, and v15n1.
     
George Ferrandi  

George Ferrandi
George Ferrandi first appeared in v4n2 with “Superhero, Sidekick, Gaggle of Ghosts,” a gallery suite featuring five mixed-media installations that explore a set of characters’ interconnected histories. One of the installations, Leaving Visibility, appeared as part of Rent to Own, a four-artist show at VCU in 2005. Ferrandi’s The Prosthetics of Joy appears in v13n1, and a transcribed “artist talk” with some two hundred images is in production for v15n1 in summer 2016.

     
T.R. Hummer   T.R. Hummer
T.R. Hummer’s history with Blackbird began in v2n2 with twelve poems, including his poem “The Lonesome Road” and an interview with Blackbird editor Gregory Donovan. More of his work appeared in v9n1, with audio for his pieces Skandalon and The Nietzsche Horse, accompanied by an audio commentary on both. Six poems appeared in v11n2, and an audio recording of Hummer's reading from Skandalon was featured in v14n1. New poems appear in v15n1.
     
Richard Jespers   Richard Jespers
Richard Jespers’s work first appeared in Blackbird in v6n1, which featured the short story “Basketball Is Not a Drug.” His Tracking the Muse feature in v6n1, “Exploiting My Own Material,” detailed his writing process as part of Blackbird’s Introductions Reading Loop. A new short story, “Delia’s Reunions,” appears in v15n1. Jespers is the author of My Long-Playing Records and Other Stories (Createspace Independent Publishing, 2014).
     
Lee Smith   Lee Smith
A reading by Lee Smith, focusing on her novel, On Agate Hill (Algonquin, 2006), appeared in v5n2, accompanied by an introduction to Smith’s work by scholar Lucinda MacKethan. Smith’s short story, “Fried Chicken,” followed in v7n2. A new short story, “Hungry Mother,” appears in v15n1. Smith is the author of ten novels and four collections of short stories, including Saving Grace (Putnam, 1995) and The Devil’s Dream (Putnam, 1992).
     
Eleanor Ross Taylor   Eleanor Ross Taylor
Eleanor Ross Taylor’s poetry has appeared in Blackbird v1n1 and v7n1. A suite of poems, entitled “Fifteen Poems and Drafts,” was published posthumously in v11n1, which includes Taylor’s original manuscripts, as well as an introduction from her son, Ross Taylor. An audio recording of a panel tribute from the 2012 Association of Writers and Writing Programs Annual Conference in Chicago appears in v11n1. Another posthumous essay was published in v12n1.
     
Phillip B. Williams   Phillip B. Williams
Phillip B. Williams’s work debuted in Blackbird in v11n1. His three poems, “Bend as Would a God,” “In Harmony,” and “Prayer,” explore the dichotomies of life, death, peace, and chaos through spiritual contemplation. A review by Ross Losapio of Williams’s new collection of poetry, Thief in the Interior, appears in v15n1. He is the author of Burn (YesYes Books, 2013) and the chapbook Bruised Gospels (Arts in Bloom Inc., 2011).
     
David Wojahn   David Wojahn
David Wojahn’s poetry, reviews, nonfiction, and interviews have appeared in Blackbird in v2n2, v3n2, v4n1, v4n2, and v6n2. “A Tribute to the Poetry of Lynda Hull” appears in v7n1 and a conversation with Matt Donovan in v7n2. “Ochre,” a suite of twenty-five poems, is featured in v9n2. His nonfiction piece, “Can Poetry Save Your Life? A Brief Investigation” can be found in v14n1. A new essay, “On Hearing That My Poems Were Being Studied in a Distant Place,” appears in v15n1.
     
Irene Ziegler   Irene Ziegler
In v9n1 Ziegler’s play Full Plate Collection was published with playwright’s notes and director’s notes on the creation and performance in The Little Theatre in Richmond, Virginia. Ziegler says she “fell in love with the image of America's cultural female icons playing poker.” Her recent play The Little Lion appears in v15n1 with performance notes from the Swift Creek Mill Theatre production in 2016.



Volume 14, Number 2 | Fall 2015

Poetry: John Allman | Hala Alyan | Talvikki Ansel | Bruce Bond | Greg Brownderville | Sue D. Burton | Gary Dop | Norman Dubie | Barbara Duffey | Keith Ekiss | John Fry | Kimberly Grey | Vanessa Couto Johnson | Kirun Kapur | Gregory Kimbrell | Keetje Kuipers | Emily Leithauser | Larry Levis | Sandra Lim | Ruth Madievsky | Peter Makuck | Carly Joy Miller | Darren Morris | Simone Muench | Luisa Muradyan | E.B. Paige | Patty Paine | Dannye Romine Powell | Dean Rader | Jim Redmond | Jordan Rice | Louie Jon A. Sanchez | Austin Segrest | Lisa Russ Spaar | Catherine Staples | Tess Taylor | Ryan Teitman | Chelsea Wagenaar

Fiction: Nini Berndt | Carrie Brown | Denise Calhoun | Julialicia Case | Melanie Faranello | Silas House | Erin McGraw | Liza Wieland

Nonfiction: Wynn Chapman | Hal Crowther | Matthew Gavin Frank | David Trinidad | Leia Darwish | Chelsea Gillenwater | Ross Losapio | Susan Settlemyre Williams

Gallery: John Bresland | Jacqueline Goldfinger | Kiyomi Iwata | Nina Paley | 1914 Time Capsule


Volume 14, Number 1 | Spring 2015

Poetry: Kimberly L. Becker | Joshua Bennett | Rebecca Black | Jacob Boyd | Jenny Browne | Anders Carlson-Wee | Sarah Crossland | Aleš Debeljak | Chard deNiord | Benjamin Goldberg | Stephen Haven | Lauren Hilger | Gentris L. Jointe | Elisa Karbin | Laura Kolbe | Celeste Lipkes | Kyle McCord | Kat Meads | Matthew Minicucci | Rosalie Moffett | Tomás Q. Morín | C.L. O’Dell | Sam Pereira | Allan Peterson | Emilia Phillips | Tomaž Šalamun | Diane Seuss | Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet | Laura Van Prooyen | Emily Vizzo | Jeff Whitney

Fiction: Kathy Flann | Vedran Husić | Michelle E. Iwen | Michelle E. Iwen | Hiba Krisht | Amy Kurzweil | Jon Chaiim McConnell | Duffie Taylor | Helene Wecker

Nonfiction: Carol Ann Davis | Matt Donovan | Caitlin Doyle | Chelsea Gillenwater | Tomás Q. Morín | Lynda Fleet Perry | Emilia Phillips | Matthew Phipps | Lawrence Sutin | Susan Settlemyre Williams | David Wojahn

Gallery: Richard Carlyon | Louis Draper | Lynne Elson | Myron Helfgott | Period Responses to The Birth of a Nation


Volume 13, Number 2 | Fall 2014

Poetry: Taylor Altman | Aaron Apps | Beth Bachmann | Sarah Barber | Lindsay Bernal | Michelle Chan Brown | George David Clark | Mark Cox | Norman Dubie | Camille Dungy | Claudia Emerson | Raina Lauren Fields | Ghalib | Sarah Giragosian | Carolyn Guinzio | Spencer Hanvik | David Hernandez | Kate Rutledge Jaffe | James Henry Knippen | Patrick Lawler | Larry Levis | Ross Losapio | Michael McMahon | Joshua Poteat | Wyatt Prunty | Roger Reeves | Sara Quinn Rivara | Laura Sobbott Ross | Kyla Sterling | Margo Taft Stever | Ken Taylor | Colin Thacher | Lindsay Tigue | Sarah Trudgeon | Sharon Wang | William Kelley Woolfitt

Fiction: Kelly Cherry | Katie Cortese | Senny George | Graham Hillard | Mark MacNamara | Joanna Pearson | Reema Rajbanshi | R.T. Smith | Amy Staehr

Nonfiction: Christian Detisch | Sonja Livingston | Ross Losapio | Matthew Phipps | Ira Sukrungruang | Kyle Valenta | Laura Van Prooyen

Gallery: 1914 Women in Film | Richard Carlyon | David Freed | Larry Levis | Dan O’Brien | John Ravenal | Charles Wright


Volume 13, Number 1 | Spring 2014

Poetry: Amy Arthur | Melissa Barrett | Michael Bazzett | Oliver Bendorf | Melissa Ginsburg | Rodney Gomez | Ralph Hamilton | Jen Hirt | Ailish Hopper | Matthew Hotham | Andrew Kozma | Len Krisak | Circe Maia | Sally Wen Mao | Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum | L.S. McKee | Meg McKeon | Tyler Mills | Liam O’Brien | Dan Rosenberg | F. Daniel Rzicznek | Jane Satterfield | Shane Seely | Anis Shivani | Tom Sleigh | Sidney Wade | Mark Wagenaar | Ron Wallace | Ryan Walsh | Joe Wilkins

Fiction: Ramona Ausubel | Adrienne Celt | Kimberly N. Frank | Elise Levine | Michael McGriff | Douglas Silver | J.M. Tyree | Emily Williamson | C. Dale Young

Nonfiction: Craig Beaven | Walter Bennett | Michaux Dempster | Ross Losapio | Emilia Phillips | Matthew Phipps | Robert Rubin | Julie Marie Wade | Susan Settlemyre Williams

Gallery: Tom Condon | George Ferrandi | Michael Hafftka | Bernard Martin | Manhatta Suite | Kelly Younger


Volume 12, Number 2 | Fall 2013

Poetry: Susan Aizenberg | Lacy Barker| Sandra Beasley | Sidney Burris | Wyn Cooper | R.H.W. Dillard | Norman Dubie | John W. Evans | John Hoppenthaler | L.S. Klatt | Larry Levis | Norman Lock | Aditi Machado | Edward Mayes | Michael McGriff | Christopher Munde | B.A. Newmark | Michael C. Peterson | Catherine Pierce | Rebekah Remington | Iliana Rocha | Sara Sams | Maya Sarishvili | Corinna McClanahan Schroeder | Diane Seuss | Leah Soderberg | Mathias Svalina | Alexandra Teague | Brian Teare | Allison Titus | Amy Tudor | Jeanne Murray Walker | Yang Jian | Rebekah Zhuraw

Fiction: Adrian Dorris | Alfredo Franco | Anne Germanacos | Julie Hensley | Katherine Hubbard | Manuel Martinez | Eric Tanyavutti | Eric Thompson

Nonfiction: Constance Adler | Caitlin Doyle | Edward Hower | Anna Journey | Lena Moses-Schmitt | Matthew Phipps | Laura Van Prooyen | Susan Settlemyre Williams | David Wojahn

Gallery: Cabell Library Levis Collection | Dan O’Brien | Kristen Radtke | Peter Schertz | Mark Strand | Julian Street


Volume 12, Number 1 | Spring 2013

Poetry: Jeff Baker | Roy Bentley | Alice Bolin | Bruce Bond | Dexter L. Booth | Ellen Caswell | Victoria Chang | Lisa J. Cihlar | Claudia Cortese | Dana Crum | Claudia Emerson | Joshua Gottlieb-Miller | Carrie Green | Susan Grimm | Judy Halebsky | Sean Patrick Hill | Cynthia Marie Hoffman | Kristin Marie Kostick | Dana Levin | Willie Lin | Clay Matthews | Sebastian Matthews | Karen Meadows | Miguel Murphy | Stanley Plumly | Corey Van Landingham | Ellen Bryant Voigt | David Wagoner | Lisa Williams | Chelsea Woodard

Fiction: Michael Croley | Elizabeth Denton | Thomas DeSanto| David Huddle | Lawrence Judson Reynolds | Peter Taylor | Justin Torres

Nonfiction: Casey Clabough | Ben Cleary | Leia Darwish | Michaux Dempster | Jehanne Dubrow | Brian Henry | Claire Keyes | Ross Losapio | Lena Moses-Schmitt | Emilia Phillips | Eleanor Ross Taylor | Daniel Cross Turner | Susan Settlemyre Williams

Gallery: Harvey K. Littleton | Ella Fuller Maitland | Sir Fredrick Pollock | Howard Risatti | David Rush


Volume 11, Number 2 | Fall 2012

Poetry: Michael Broek | Norman Dubie | Tarfia Faizullah | Margaret Gibson | Juliana Gray | T.R. Hummer | Richard Jackson | Anna Journey | Josh Kalscheur | Jesse Lee Kercheval | Katherine Larson | Larry Levis | Kyla Marshell | Hugh Martin | Hope Maxwell Snyder | Robert Ricardo Reese | Steve Scafidi | Tori Sharpe | Katie Jean Shinkle | Ron Smith | Alison Stine | Jasmine Dreame Wagner | Matthew Zapruder | Matthew Zingg

Fiction: Dillon Droege | Naira Kuzmich | Mary Medlin | Katy Resch | Liara Tamani | Elizabeth Weld

Nonfiction: Nicky Beer | Christopher Buckley | Hal Crowther | Sandra Beasley | Ross Losapio | Catherine MacDonald | Lynda Fleet Perry | Emilia Phillips | David Roby | Laura Van Prooyen | Susan Settlemyre Williams

Gallery: Art 180 | Dylan Karges | Larry Levis | Phil May | John Ravenal | David Roby


Volume 11, Number 1 | Spring 2012

Poetry: Andrew Allport | O. Ayes | Mary Biddinger | Scott Cairns | Jamison Crabtree | Cynthia Cruz | Leia Darwish | Alex Dimitrov | Karen Donovan | Gavin Flood | Karin Gottshall | Chris Haven | Mark Irwin | Roxane Beth Johnson | Saeed Jones | George Kalamaras | Andrew Kozma | Charles Martin | Brianna Noll | Natalie Peeterse | Saara Myrene Raappana | Nadine Sabra Meyer | Will Schutt | Lauren Goodwin Slaughter | Eleanor Ross Taylor | Daneen Wardrop | Caki Wilkinson | Phillip B. Williams | Terri Witek

Fiction: Mike Antosia | Tanaz Bhathena | Renée Branum | Greg Glazner | David Gordon | Alexander Lumans | Susan Nitida | R.T. Smith

Nonfiction: Brian Henry | Mark Jarman | Richard Katrovas | Peyton Marshall | Aleš Šteger | Michaux Dempster | Katelyn Kiley | Emilia Phillips | David Roderick

Gallery: Walter Hart Blumental | Brian Bouldrey & John Bresland | Elizabeth King | Richard B. Woodward


Volume 10, Number 2 | Fall 2011

Poetry: Amy Beeder | Malachi Black | Traci Brimhall | Charlie Clark | Erica Dawson | Adam Day | Keith Ekiss | Anita Felicelli | Rebecca Morgan Frank | Steve Gehrke | Bob Hicok | Mark Jarman | Douglas S. Jones | Matthew Kaler | Joy Katz | Arlene Kim | Nick Lantz | Larry Levis | Matthew Little | Alessandra Lynch | Jamaal May | Nadine Sabra Meyer | Matthew Nienow | Diane Seuss | Lisa Russ Spaar | H.L. Spelman | Leon Weinmann | Erica Wright

Fiction: Belle Boggs | Bryn Chancellor | Katherine Conner | Clifford Garstang | Wesley Gibson | Adrianne Harun | Sarah Layden | Hannah Wood

Nonfiction: Elaine Neil Orr | Martha Silano | Sean Siobhan | Tom Sleigh | Sandra Beasley | Avery Beckendorf | Michaux Dempster | Gregory Kimbrell | Ross Losapio | Randy Marshall | Emilia Phillips | Robert Vivian | Susan Settlemyre Williams

Gallery: Steven Glass & Howard Risatti | Larry Levis | John Ravenal | David Roby


Volume 10, Number 1 | Spring 2011

Poetry: John Allman | Simeon Berry | Abraham Burickson | John Casteen | Brittany Cavallaro | Jennifer Chang | Victoria Chang | Chad Davidson | Norman Dubie | Jehanne Dubrow | Susan Elbe | Kristi Garboushian | Pamela Garvey | Derrick Harriell | Lilah Hegnauer | Rick Hilles | Cynthia Hogue | Adam Houle | Jenny Johnson | Eve Jones | David Keplinger | Keith Monstesano | Donald Morrill | Paul Nemser | Catherine Pierce | Dana Roeser | Lucinda Roy | Maggie Schwed | Austin Segrest | Yu Shibuya | Dave Smith | Jeremy Spohr | Janet Sylvester | Tomas Tranströmer

Fiction: Kelly Cherry | Adrian Dorris | Darrin Doyle | Julie Hensley | Chris Leo | Victor Lodato | Aurelie Sheehan | Steve Yarbrough

Nonfiction: David Wojahn | Jean Valentine | Gregory Kimbrell | Randy Marshall | Emilia Phillips | Laura Van Prooyen

Gallery: Victor Lodato | Jeff Porter | Yasmine Rana | Robyn Schiff & Nick Twemlow | U.S. Federal Civil Defense Administration


Volume 9, Number 2 | Fall 2010

Poetry: Bruce Bond | Christopher Buckley | Peter Campion | Kate Daniels | Patrice de La Tour du Pin | Aleš Debeljak | Nava EtShalom | Philippe Jaccottet | David Dodd Lee | Larry Levis | Elizabeth Seydel Morgan | Collier Nogues | Tomaž Šalamun | Jeannine Savard | Peggy Shumaker | Mathias Svalina | Stefi Weisburd | Cori A. Winrock | David Wojahn

Gulf Poets Suite: Fowziyah Abu-Khalid | Nujoom Al Ghanem | Ashjan Al Hendi | Soad Al Kuwari | Reem Al Lawati | Ghalya Al Said | Abdallah Al Saikhan | Abdullah Al Salem | Fawzia Al Sindi | Khalid Albudoor | Mohammad Almoghrabi | Souad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah | Qassim Haddad | Adel Khozam | Saadia Mufarreh | Nimah Ismail Nawwab

Fiction: Casey Clabough | Neil Grimmett | L. Lee Lowe | Rachel Maizes | Nicola Mason | Jamie Quatro | Paul Silverman | Wendy Wimmer

Nonfiction: Nicky Beer | Peter Campion | Matt Donovan | James Hoch | Anna Journey | Charles Martin | Sandra Beasley | Natalie Sypolt | Amy Unsworth | Susan Settlemyre Williams

Gallery: Richard Carlyon | Lalla Essaydi | Sebastian Matthews | John Ravenal | Yasmine Rana


Volume 9, Number 1 | May 2010

Poetry: Dilruba Ahmed | Drew Blanchard | Carol Ann Davis | Claudia Emerson | Melody S. Gee | Paul Gibbons | Margaret Gibson | Kathleen Graber | Philip Gross | Jenn Habel | Henry Hart | James Hoch | Andrew Hudgins | T.R. Hummer | Joel F. Johnson | W. Todd Kaneko | Kelli Anne Noftle | Biljana D. Obradović | Miriam O’Neal | Joanna Pearson | Allan Peterson | Jamie Quatro | Liana Quill | Bethany Reid | Sara Quinn Rivara | David Roderick | Katelyn Romaine | Natalie Shapero | Ron Smith | Catherine Staples | Leon Weinmann | Lesley Wheeler | Desmond Kon Yishǒu-Zhetian

Fiction: Jocelyn Cullity | Curt Eriksen | Matthew Healy | Agymah Kamau | Zachary Mason | Airin Miller | Al Sim | Deb Olin Unferth

Nonfiction: Hal Crowther | R.H.W. Dillard | Sarah Vap | Kimberly L. Becker | Avery Beckendorf | Michaux Dempster | Randy Marshall | Gregory Kimbrell | Maggie Schwed | Grant White | Susan Settlemyre Williams

Gallery: Jessica Lang | Ben Jurgensen | Deb Olin Unferth & Scott Bateman | Video Essay Suite: Jessica Bardsley & Penny Lane, John Bresland, Carl Diehl, Marilyn Freeman, Claudia Rankine & John Lucas, John Scott | Irene Ziegler

Audio/Video/Flash: Video Essay Suite: Jessica Bardsley & Penny Lane, John Bresland, Carl Diehl, Marilyn Freeman, Claudia Rankine & John Lucas, John Scott | Terrance Hayes | Bret Lott

Volume 8, Number 2 | November 2009

Poetry: Sherman Alexie | M.L. Brown | Christopher Burawa | Kevin Cantwell | A. V. Christie | Peter Cooley | Lisa Fay Coutley | Julie Danho | Chard deNiord | Leah Dunham | Katie Ford | Jennifer H. Fortin | Danielle Hanson | Ruth Ellen Kocher | Larry Levis | Sandy Longhorn | Dawn Lonsinger | Darren Morris | Elisabeth Murawski | Rodney Nelson | William Olsen | Alison Pelegrin | Paisley Rekdal | Catie Rosemurgy | Maureen Seaton | Nabaneeta Dev Sen | Peter Shippy | R. T. Smith | Sofia M. Starnes | Shirley Stephenson | Gerald Stern | Laura Van Prooyen | Katrina Vandenberg | Ron Winkler | Carolyne Wright | Jake Adam York

Fiction: Madison Smartt Bell | Michelle Brafman | Adrian Dorris | Marcela Fuentes | David Lynn | Airin Miller

Nonfiction: Shanley Jacobs | Larry Levis | Randy Marshall | Ron Slate | Laura Van Prooyen | Sarah Vap | Grant White | Susan Settlemyre Williams

Gallery: Anne Browder | Alan Bigelow | David Caudle

Audio/Video/Flash: Alan Bigelow | Anne Browder | Katie Ford | Ron Winkler


Volume 8, Number 1 | May 2009

Poetry: Nick Admussen | Maureen Alsop | Nicky Beer | Kara Candito | Victoria Chang | Ann Fisher-Wirth | Julie Funderburk | Heather June Gibbons | Anna Journey | Philip Levine | Catherine MacDonald | Erika Meitner | Mary Petrosky | Wyatt Prunty | Jessica Ratigan | Rita Mae Reese | Joshua Rivkin | Metta Sáma | Diane Seuss | Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet | Jean Valentine | Jasmine Dreame Wagner

Fiction: Alexis Apfelbaum | Claire Bateman | Thomas Cooper | Marina Antropow Cramer | Michael Croley | Taylur Thu Hien Ngo | Christine Schutt

Nonfiction: Jehanne Dubrow | Mary Lee Allen | Sandra Beasley | Craig Beaven | Catherine MacDonald | Matthew Myers | Patty Paine | Jesse Ulmer | Grant White | Susan Settlemyre Williams

Gallery: Myron Helfgott | Emily Smith | G.K. Wuori

Audio/Video/Flash: Chris Abani | Nicky Beer | Kara Candito | Richard Carlyon | Thomas Cooper | Claudia Emerson | Anna Journey | Taylur Thu Hien Ngo | Megan O’Rourke | Jean Valentine


Volume 7, Number 2 | November 2008

Poetry: Betty Adcock | M.C. Allan | Andrew Allport | Adam Chiles | Ramola D | Jennifer Kwon Dobbs | Matt Donovan | Todd Fredson | Henry Hart | Jeanne Larsen | Patrick Lawler | Larry Levis | Louise Mathias | Khaled Mattawa | Irene McKinney | Iman Mersal | Edie Rhoads | Ron Smith | Gerald Stern | Allison Titus | Sarah Vap | Bruce Weigl | Jonathan Weinert | Joe Wilkins | Terri Witek

Fiction: John Allman | Forrest Anderson | David Huddle | K. Kirk | Lee Smith | Jessalyn Wakefield

Nonfiction: Constance Adler | Christopher Buckley | Larry Levis | Chapbook Omnibus Review | Mary Lee Allen | Randy Marshall | Catherine MacDonald | Karla Huston | Matthew Myers | Michele Poulos | David Roderick | Ron Slate | Carol Houck Smith | Susan Settlemyre Williams

Gallery: Ebtisam Abdul Aziz | Manal Al Dowayan | Tarek Al Ghoussein | Levis Found Portraits | Madeline McGehee | John Ravenal | David Roby

Audio/Video/Flash: Ebtisam Abdul Aziz | David Baker | Manal Al Dowayan | Matt Donovan | Tarek Al Ghoussein | Larry Levis | Madeline McGehee | Tomaž Šalamun | Carol Houck Smith | Gerald Stern | Charles Wright | Patrick Vickers

Volume 7, Number 1 | May 2008

Poetry: Susan Aizenberg | Jeffrey Bahr | Sandra Beasley | Agatha Beins | Bruce Bond | Ash Bowen | Abraham Burickson | Peter Campion | Judith Cofer | Wyn Cooper | Norma Dubie | Jehanne Dubrow | Rishma Dunlop | Claudia Emerson | Jaimee Hill | Lynda Hull | David Keplinger | James Thomas Miller | Joshua Poteat | Tomaž Šalamun | Elizabeth Scanlon | Eleanor Ross Taylor | Fritz Ward | Ryo Yamaguchi

Fiction: Liam Callanan | George Garrett | Molly Giles | Miroslav Penkov | Peter Taylor

Nonfiction: Elizabeth Alexander | Sandra Beasley | Craig Beaven | John Casey | Kelly Cherry | Mark Doty | Mary Flinn | Mary Gordon | David Jauss | David Lynn | Catherine MacDonald | Brenda Shaughnessy | Susan Settlemyre Williams | David Wojahn

Gallery: Sami Ben Larbi | Terry Gibson | John Ravenal

Audio/Video/Flash: Elizabeth Alexander | Mark Doty | Mary Gordon | Lynda Hull | David Jauss | Sami Ben Larbi | Brenda Shaughnessy | David Wojahn | Patrick Vickers

Volume 6, Number 2 | November 1, 2007

Poetry: Chris Abani | Victoria Chang | Michael Chitwood | Keith Ekiss | Gibson Fay-LeBlanc | Beth Ann Fennelly | Raza Ali Hasan | James Hoch | Cyan James | Julia Johnson | Larry Levis | Khaled Mattawa | Timothy O’Keefe | Catherine Pierce | Jon Pineda | John Poch | Austin Segrest | Louie Skipper | Ron Smith | Robert Thomas | Joshua Weiner | Lesley Wheeler | Charles Wright

Fiction: Zane Kotker | Jill McCorkle | Amey Miller | Richard Schmitt | Sruthi
Thekkiam | Laura Madeline Wiseman

Nonfiction: Mary Lee Allen | Rebecca Black | Michael Collier | Margaret Gibson | Catherine MacDonald | William Olsen & David Wojahn | Allison Seay | Ron Slate | Susan Settlemyre Williams

Gallery: Margrét Blöndal | Gerald Donato | Yasmine Rana | John Ravenal

Audio Interviews/Reading: Rebecca Black | Margrét Blöndal | Michael Collier | Gregory Donovan | Beth Ann Fennelly | Larry Levis | Khaled Mattawa | Terry Oggel | Janet Peery | Joshua Weiner | David Wojahn


Volume 6, Number 1 | May 1, 2007

Poetry: Renee Ashley | Paula Bohince | Ronda Broatch | Paula Cisewski | Nicole Cooley | Leigh Anne Couch | Mary Cresswell | Catherine Daly | Kathy Davis | Adam Day | Beth Ann Fennelly | Ann Fisher-Wirth | Twilight Greenaway | Danielle
Hanson | Henry Hart | David Huddle | Kevin McFadden | Maggie Schwed | Diane Seuss | Dana Littlepage Smith | Maggie Smith | Michael Snediker

Fiction: John Allman | Kavita Dorai | Anne Germanacos | Michael Griffith | Richard Jespers | Michael Kardos | William Henry lewis | Court Merrigan | Amey Miller

Nonfiction: Laura Browder | Hal Crowther | Margaret Gibson | Robert D.
Richardson | Ron Slate | Ron Smith | Ellen Bryant Voigt | Anna Journey | Michele Poulos | Amy Unsworth

Gallery: Dan O’Brien | Kevin Hamilton | AJ Liberto | John Ravenal | Camille Zakharia

Audio Interviews/Reading: Laura Browder | Beth Ann Fennelly | Kevin Hamilton | Robert D. Richardson | Ellen Bryant Voigt | Ann Fisher-Wirth | Camille Zakharia


Volume 5, Number 2
| November 1, 2006

Poetry: Jeff Baker | Rebecca Black | Elizabeth Bradfield | Robin Ekiss | Susan Elbe | Leonard Gontarek | Carolyn Guinzio | Anne Haines | Douglas S. Jones | Sally Rosen Kindred | David Dodd Lee | Larry Levis | Sandy Longhorn | Robert Lopez | Tomás Q. Morín | Valerie Nieman | Bryan Penberthy | Sam Pereira | Sylvia Plath | Paisley Rekdal | Rachel Richardson | Alan Shapiro | Ron Slate | Terese Svoboda | Laura Van Prooyen | Mark Yakich | Jake Adam York

Fiction: Liliana V. Blum | Becky Bradway | Caitlin Horrocks | Josip Novakovich | Peter Orner | Genanne Walsh | Ahmad Saidullah

Nonfiction: David Baker | Stephen Dunn | Robert Richardson | Susan Settlemyre Williams | Anna Journey | Jennifer Merrifield | Tina Barr | Craig Beaven | Michaux Demptster | Ann Glenn | Jesse Ulmer

Gallery: Shigeo Kawashima | Laura Lark | Liza Lentini | John Ravenal

Audio Interviews/Reading: Dan Albergotti | Larry Levis | Cecily Parks | Ron Slate | Lee Smith | Mark Yakich


Volume 5, Number 1 | May 1, 2006

Poetry: John Allman | Becca Barniskis | Sandra Beasley | Jennifer Chang | R.H.W. Dillard | Jehanne Dubrow | Margaret Gibson | Lorene Lamothe | Elizabeth Seydel Morgan | Christine Perrin | Catherine Pierce | Ed Skoog | Alison Stine | Sarah Vap | Martin Walls | Terri Witek

Fiction: Lorraine Adams | Kathy Flann | Anne Germanacos | R. T. Smith | Misty Urban | Scott Yarbrough

Nonfiction: Rodney Jones | Ron Smith | Mary Lee Allen | Jennifer Merrifield | Susan Settlemyre Williams

Gallery: Richard Carlyon | Benjamin S. Jones | Karina Peisajovich | Sheri Reynolds | William Jay Smith

Audio Interviews/Reading: Lorraine Adams | Aimee Bender | Liam Callanan | Richard Carlyon | Tony D’Souza | Rodney Jones | Sheri Reynolds | Ron Smith | Natasha Trethewey


Volume 4, Number 2 | November 1, 2005

Poetry: Dilruba Ahmed | Dan Albergotti | Craig Beaven | Elinor Benedict | Linda Bierds | Victoria Chang | Daniel Coudriet | Michelle Detorie | Rebecca Dunham | Nancy Taylor Everett | Richard Garcia | Steve Gehrke | Douglas Goetsch | James Hoch | Lesley Jenike | Larry Levis | Ada Limón | Dave Lucas | Karyna McGlynn | Allan Peterson | Spencer Reece | David Roderick | Peter Jay Shippy | Christine Stewart | Susan Terris | Emily Warn | Emily Watson | Carolyne Wright | Dave Zoby

Fiction: Stephany Brown | Dana Cann | Cary Holladay | Christopher Orlet | Janet Peery | Suzanne Rivecca

Nonfiction: Tom Andrews | Marian Crotty | Ron Smith | Susan Settlemyre Williams | David Wojahn

Gallery: Adaptation Syndrome | Richard Carlyon | George Ferrandi | Daisy Foote | George Garrett | Larry Levis | Yasmine Rana

Audio Interviews/Readings: Dan Albergotti | Craig Beaven | Richard Carlyon | Daniel Coudriet | Hal Crowther | Tom De Haven | Allison Joseph | Larry Levis | Ada Limón | Elizabeth McCracken and Ann Patchett | Karyna McGlynn | Spencer Reece
David Roderick


Volume 4, Number 1 | May 1, 2005

Poetry: Beth Bachmann | Susanna Childress | William E. Dudley | Tess Gallagher | Rodney Jones | Jennifer L. Knox | Robert Krut | Linda Malnack | Sarah Manguso | Jeredith Merrin | Cecily Parks | Alison Pelegrin | John Poch | Jody Rambo | F. Daniel Rzicznek | Jeannine Savard | Ravi Shankar | Adam J. Sorkin | Brian Teare | Matthew Thorburn | Liliana Ursu | Rachel Jamison Webster

Fiction: John Allman | Michael Croley | Jennifer Dickinson | Jeremy Griffin | Neil Grimmett

Nonfiction: Mary Lee Allen | Michaux Dempster | Anna Journey | Mark Strand | David Wojahn

Gallery: Sarah Bednarek | John Bresland | Clay McLeod Chapman

Audio Interviews/Readings: Richard Bausch | John Bresland | Ron Carlson | Victoria Chang | Michael Croley | Allison Joseph | William Matthews with David Wojahn and James Harms | Cecily Parks | Paisley Rekdal | Ravi Shankar | Alan Shapiro | Terese Svoboda | Liliana Ursu by Ileana Popa | Terri Witek | Jake Adam York | Dean Young


Volume 3, Number 2 | November 1, 2004

Poetry: Susan Aizenberg | Talvikki Ansel | Brian Barker | Larry Bradley | Victoria Chang | David Daniel | Mary Dixon | Lisa Gluskin | Danielle Hanson | James Himelsbach | Peter Klein | Jeanne Larsen | Shara Lessley | Larry Levis | Alexander Long | Karen Maceira | Sean Nevin | Hugh Steinberg | Laura-Gray Street | Ellen Bryant Voigt | Jake Adam York

Fiction: Heather Burt | Michael Byers | Bryn Chancellor | Angela Davis-Gardner | Richard McCann | Charles Rose

Nonfiction: Marjorie Agosín | Craig Beaven | Edward Byrne | Philip Levine | William Matthews | Susan S. Williams | David Wojahn

Gallery: Wendy Ewald | June Guralnick | Pivot Points

Audio Interviews/Readings: Marjorie Agosín | Sally Bowring | Michael Byers | David Daniel | Gregory Donovan | Philip Levine | Larry Levis | William Matthews with David Wojahn and James Harms | Richard McCann | Elizabeth Seydel Morgan | Joshua Poteat | Dave Smith | Laura-Gray Street | Ellen Bryant Voigt


Volume 3, Number 1 | May 1, 2004

Poetry: Rick Barot | Rita Chin | Beth Ann Fennelly | Cathryn Hankla | Norbert Hirschhorn | Art Homer | Joy Katz | April Lindner | Peggy Shumaker | Knute Skinner | Mathias Svalina | Chase Twichell | Marlys West | Charles Wright | C. Dale Young

Fiction: Kate Hill Cantrill | George Garrett | William Luvaas | Jon Pineda | R. T. Smith

Nonfiction: Pam Durban | Christian Horlick | Randy Marshall | Clara Silverstein | Susan S. Williams

Gallery: Patrick Cribben | Mark Harris | John Newman | Peter Schjeldahl

Audio Interviews/Readings: Rick Barot | Erica Dawson | Wesley Gibson | Juliana Gray | Jon Pineda | Peter Schjeldahl | Mathias Svalina | Chase Twichell | Kevin Wilson | Charles Wright


Volume 2, Number 2 | November 1, 2003

Poetry: Susan Aizenberg | Erica Dawson | Norman Dubie | Juliana Gray | T. R. Hummer | Christian Kiefer | Melissa Koosmann | Larry Levis | Louise Mathias | Kate Northrop | Kathleen Peirce | Allan Peterson | Reginald Shepherd | Lisa Russ Spaar | Gerald Stern | Amy Tudor | G. C. Waldrep | Tony Whedon

Fiction: Colleen Curran | Terese Svoboda | Patricia Wagner | Kevin Wilson | Isabel Zuber

Nonfiction: Craig Beaven | T. R. Hummer | Dave Smith | Troy Teegarden | Susan S. Williams

Gallery: David Freed | Dan O’Brien | Richard Roth

Audio Interviews/Readings: Susan Aizenberg | Rick Barot | Colleen Curran | Samuel R. Delany | Andrew Hudgins | T. R. Hummer | Larry Levis | Patricia Wagner | Isabel Zuber


Volume 2, Number 1 | May 1, 2003

Poetry: John Allman | Sheila Black | Geoffrey Brock | Norman Dubie | Denise Duhamel | Cornelius Eady | Claudia Emerson | Jason Golos | Laura Johnson | Christine Boyka Kluge | Erin Lambert | Gary Leising | Miguel Murphy | Natalie Peeterse | Joshua Poteat | Paisley Rekdal | A. E. Stallings | Tim Suermondt | Terri Witek

Fiction: Becky Hagenston | Julia Johnson | Melissa Pritchard | Sandi D. Terry

Nonfiction: R.H.W. Dillard | Craig Beaven | Dennis Danvers | Edward Falco | Susan Garrett

Gallery: Chris Burnside | Donald Kuspit | Sheila Pepe

Audio Interviews/Readings: Chris Burnside | R.H.W. Dillard | Cornelius Eady | Virginia Holman | Julia Johnson | Erin Lambert | Joshua Poteat


Volume 1, Number 2 | November 1, 2002

Poetry: B. H. Boston | Kevin Boyle | Leigh Ann Couch | Norman Dubie | Lynn Emanuel | Corrinne Clegg Hales | Henry Hart | Rodney Jack | Gerry LaFemina | Larry Levis | Richard McCann | Elizabeth Seydel Morgan | Elisabeth Murawski | Eric Pankey | Stanley Plumly | Victoria Redel | John Rybicki | Jane Satterfield | Steve Scafidi | Margot Schilpp | Clara Silverstein | D. James Smith | Ron Smith | Terese Svoboda | Ross Taylor

Fiction: Rick DeMarinis | Leon Rooke | Christine Schutt | J. David Stevens

Nonfiction: Mark Jarman | Larry Levis | Randy Marshall | Leonard Rogoff | Susan Settlemyre Williams

Gallery: Myron Helfgott | Douglas Jones | Song-yi Kim

Audio Interviews/Readings: Leigh Anne Couch | Lynn Emanuel | Claudia Emerson | Myron Helfgott | Mark Jarman | Douglas Jones | Larry Levis | Elizabeth Seydel Morgan | Steve Scafidi | Clara Silverstein | Ron Smith


Volume 1, Number 1 | April 15, 2002

Poetry: Michael Chitwood | Margaret Gibson | Beckian Fritz Goldberg | Rachel Hadas | John Hoppenthaler | Mark Jarman | Philip Levine | E. Ethelbert Miller | Marilyn Nelson translating Inge Pederson | Peggy Shumaker | R.T. Smith | David St. John | Eleanor Ross Taylor | Henry Taylor

Fiction: Carrie Brown | John Dufresne | George Garrett | Manuel Martinez | Lily Tuck

Nonfiction: Hal Crowther | Elizabeth King

Gallery: Romulus Linney | Richard Carlyon

Audio Interviews/Readings: Carrie Brown | Richard Carlyon | Hal Crowther | George Garrett | Margaret Gibson | Mark Jarman | Romulus Linney | Marilyn Nelson | Wyatt Prunty | Peggy Shumaker | Eleanor Ross Taylor | Henry Taylor