Essay in THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2018;
(cited in BAE 2015, 2016, 2020); PUSHCART poetry finalist

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Fall/Winter 2010

Pond Glyphs: Photography by William Betcher

Thanks for all your Contest Entries. We’ll treat them with respect. Our new April SPRING ISSUE is due out by April 21st! Stay tuned. In our FALL/WINTER ISSUE, the pieces range from James Cho’s story of a disturbed father/son relationship, to Steven Huff’s rollicking novel excerpt about two seedy crooks, to Cruz Medina’s story of rock music and prejudice, to Dzvinia Orlowsky’s haunting prose poem, to Robert’s Lietz’s experimental poem, to Jina Ortiz’s poetic Puerto Rican beauty queen, to two memoir excerpts–Millicent Monks’ about mental illness and Michael Steinberg’s about the marital cost of sports–to other equally fine pieces.

WITH THIS ISSUE, WE RENEW our commitment to our mission as a nonprofit. Over the last year, we have published writing by authors with many books and awards along with work by up-and-coming writers, and also work by writers on the margins–an Iraqi war vet, a prisoner on death row, a former documented migrant worker, and others. We have published writing by Africans and African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanics, and Caucasians. We promote diversity–ethnic, racial, political, and cultural.

THIS YEAR WE MADE NOMINATIONS for Best of the Web and the Pushcart Prizes. In the spring, we’ll again host our annual cash prize literary contest. We’ll also have a table at the 2011 AWP conference in Washington D.C. Check our Archives for previous issues. Read SOLSTICE and probe into the human condition. And please share your comments at the end.

–LEE HOPE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editors' Notes

  • Fall/Winter 2010-11 Editor’s Note
    by Lee Hope

Fiction

  • Pig-Wire
    by Richard Hazen
  • Earth Angel
    by Cruz Medina
  • The Corn Maze
    by James Cho
  • The Television Thieves: a novel excerpt
    by Steven Huff
  • Stockholm Syndrome
    by Benjamin Rybeck

Nonfiction

  • Chalk
    by Anthony D'Aries
  • From: Staying In The Game: a memoir excerpt
    by Michael Steinberg
  • Memoir of Three Islands: a memoir excerpt
    by Millicent Monks

Photography

  • Pond Glyphs
    by William Betcher

Poetry

  • Mind Gives Up an Attempt to Describe the Scent of New Paper
    by Leslie Ullman
  • Call it Limbo
    by Leslie Ullman
  • What Was Her Name?
    by Helena Minton
  • The Puerto Rican Bombshell
    by Jina Ortiz
  • Her Gift
    by Dzvinia Orlowsky
  • Smoke on the Water
    by Dzvinia Orlowsky
  • Iemanja
    by Chip Livingston
  • Postcards for Kenward
    by Chip Livingston
  • Grandpa from the Dead
    by May Nou Chang
  • Inner City Saint Paul
    by May Nou Chang
  • Coronation
    by Robert Lietz
  • Unfrozen
    by Denise Bergman


Contributors

avatar for Anthony D'AriesAnthony D'Aries
avatar for Benjamin RybeckBenjamin Rybeck
avatar for Chip LivingstonChip Livingston
avatar for Cruz MedinaCruz Medina
Avatar photoDenise Bergman
Avatar photoDzvinia Orlowsky
avatar for Helena MintonHelena Minton
avatar for James ChoJames Cho
avatar for Jina OrtizJina Ortiz
avatar for Leslie UllmanLeslie Ullman
avatar for May Nou ChangMay Nou Chang
Avatar photoMichael Steinberg
avatar for Millicent MonksMillicent Monks
avatar for Richard HazenRichard Hazen
avatar for Robert LietzRobert Lietz
Avatar photoSteven Huff
Avatar photoWilliam Betcher

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