IN PREVIOUS ISSUES

Blackbird publishes new issues twice a year. The notion of an “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 to 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.

		Lynda Hull, v7n1 On January 31, 2008, a remarkable panel titled “A Tribute to the Poetry of Lynda Hull” was presented during the 2008 Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Annual Conference in New York City. The Blackbird presentation from v7n1 includes the remarks from the panel, poems, a book review, and a video of Hull reading her work.
		John Allman, v2n1, v4n1, v5n1, and v6n1 Previous Blackbird credits by John Allman include two groups of poems and two stories. As he shows in “Dear Sis,” published here in v7n2, Allman is particularly adept at disappearing into the voices that speak his poems and tell his stories. Allman’s work embraces film noir, romance fiction, and lives dead-ended in middle-aged solipsism all with sympathy and stylistic brio.
		Lee Smith, v5n2 Lee Smith is a master of narrative voice and storytelling. This archived reading has as its focus her novel On Agate Hill (Algonquin, 2006) and demonstrates how Smith’s own voice enriches her work and how much of her strength as an artist lies in her ability to inhabit other lives. Published with the reading is an introduction to Smith’s work by scholar Lucinda MacKethan.
		Camille Zakharia, v6n1 Elusive Homelands, contained two independent suites of Zakharia’s work: Elusive Homelands and Cultivate Your Garden. The first reflects on the common memory of separation from one’s family and culture and from those left behind, the second represents the stories of real-life immigrants and their families in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
		Claudia Emerson, v1n2, v2n1, and v7n1 A review of Pinion, the second collection by poet Claudia Emerson, along with an audio interview of Emerson, appeared in v1n2. Four poems that appeared in v2n1 were later included in Emerson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, Late Wife. Five new poems from her new collection Figure Studies appeared in v7n1. Emerson was named Poet Laureate of Virginia fall 2008.
		Norman Dubie, v1n2, v2n1, v2n2, and v7n1 We began publishing Norman Dubie’s book-length 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 the Crying Kanglings,” followed in v2n1 and v2n2, respectively. Five new Dubie poems appeared in v7n1.

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

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

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

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