After a tailspin year, we’re sticking with the alphabet, which seems to be both a guide and a muse. It’s back to the beautiful basics, our ABCs. The pieces are arranged almost alphabetically, but for some variations when it seemed necessary or smart. So read from A-Z and see what the overall message is for the new year. And let us know what you find.
Poetry, Fiction, & Memoir | Soft cover | 106 Pages | $10
Contributors
Poetry:
Lisa Bellamy
“Woodchuck-a-phobia”
Marilyn Churchill
“Refugees” [read, above]
Gary Duehr
“American Gothic”
Ed Gold
“Loveship”
Clarinda Harriss
“Golden Shovels for Tom”
Michael Keshigian
“Midnight Introspection”
Nikia Leopold
“Mini-Mental”
Anita Mewherter
“The Diagnosis”
Nancy L. Meyer
“Lament for Netherhair”
Greg Moglia
“Cheeseburger and Fries”
Keli Osborn
“A Gesture Is a Signal”
Jack Powers
“Provincetown, 2010”
Donna Puccia
“Unraveling”
Bethany Reid
“All Things Done in the Body”
Rosanne Singer
“Horizontal Man: An Unsolved Murder in Baltimore”
Myra Sklarew
“Finding Your Way”
Jesse Arthur Stone
“A Quiet Presence” [read, above]
Robin Talbert
“The Way the World Should Be”
Mitchell Untch
“Quilt”
John L. Wright
“Bicycling”
Prose:
Bruce Allen Chamberlin
“The Baitcasting Reel”
Isobel Cunningham
“Spring Reprieve”
Paul James Edgar
“Roselawn”
Mary Lucille Hays
“Where You Go, I Will Go”
Sarah Lejeune
“Sophie’s Sweater”
Gloria O’Neil
“The Wedding Queen”
David Roth
“Dancing the Csàrdàs in the Laundromat” [read, above]
Mary Azrael, Kendra Kopelke, editors. Christine Drawl, managing editor. Pantea Amin Tofangchi, cover art and design.