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.

		Contratulations to Natasha Trethewey, winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for Native Guard (Houghton Mifflin, 2006). Streaming audio of her reading at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia, February 2006, appeared in Blackbird Vol. 5, No.1. A Reading by Natasha Trethewey
		In our second issue, November 2002, we began the serial publication of Norman Dubie’s book-length poem, The Spirit Tablets at Goa Lake, with “Book of the Jewel Worm.” The other two sections, “Book of the Jaspers” and “The Book of the Crying Kanglings,” appeared in May and November 2003 respectively. This Buddhist-inspired futurist poem is narrated by an amateur mathematician in 2277. Norman Dubie, November 2002, May 2003 and November 2003
		Also in November 2002, we published Susan Settlemyre Williams’s review of Pinion, the second collection by poet Claudia Emerson, along with an audio interview of Emerson. In May 2003 we published four poems that were later included in Emerson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, Late Wife.   Claudia Emerson, November 2002   and May 2003
		In May 2005 we published two essays by John Bresland. “Les Cruel Shoes” is an essay in video set in the streets of Paris, “the most popular tourist destination on Earth,” and “Harley Momma” is a radio essay which reveals a son's reaction when he discovers his 57-year-old mother is preparing to “take a Fat Boy cross country.” John Bresland, May 2005

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