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Able Muse, Winter 2020/21 (No. 28 - print edition): a review of poetry, prose & art
190Overview
This is the annual Able Muse Review (Print Edition) - Winter 2020/2021 issue, Number 28. This issue continues the tradition of masterfully crafted poetry, fiction, essays, art & photography, and book reviews that have become synonymous with the Able Muse-online and in print. After more than a decade of online publishing excellence, Able Muse print edition maintains the superlative standard of the work presented all these years in the online edition, and, the Able Muse Anthology (Able Muse Press, 2010).
Includes the winning stories and poems from the 2020 Able Muse contest (Able Muse Write Prize) winners and finalists.
". . . [ ABLE MUSE ] fills an important gap in understanding what is really happening in early twenty-first century American poetry."-Dana Gioia.
"Able Muse is refreshing to read for its selection of poetry that adheres to form . . . a quality magazine offering the reader informed and unexpected views on life."-NewPages.
CONTENTS:
WITH THE 2020 ABLE MUSE WRITE PRIZE FOR POETRY & FICTION -
Includes the winning story and poems from the contest winners and finalists
EDITORIAL - Alexander Pepple
FEATURED ART - An Exotic Theme
INTERNATIONAL FICTION SPECIAL FEATURE - L.M. Brown, John McLennon, Nageen Rather, Guadalupe Sexto, Treena Thibodeau
ESSAYS - N.S. Thompson, Christopher Rivas
BOOK REVIEWS - Travis Biddick, Luke Hathaway, Matthew Buckley Smith
POETRY - John Beaton, Bruce Bennett, Catharine Savage Brosman, Dan Campion, Richard Cecil, J.P. Celia, Terese Coe, Barbara Lydecker Crane, Anna M. Evans, David Galef, S.R. Graham, Julia Griffin, Elise Hempel, Vera Ignatowitsch, George Kalogeris, Garret Keizer, Quincy R. Lehr, Amit Majmudar, Eileen Malone, Tim McGrath, Susan McLean, Estill Pollock, Anne Delana Reeves, Rainer Maria Rilke, J.C. Scharl, David Southward, Wendy Videlock, Marly Youmans
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781773490731 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Able Muse Press |
| Publication date: | 02/02/2021 |
| Series: | Able Muse, Print Edition , #28 |
| Edition description: | Winter 2020/2021 Issue |
| Pages: | 190 |
| Product dimensions: | 7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x 0.40(d) |
Table of Contents
Alexander Pepple
Editorial / v
ESSAYS
N.S. Thompson
Beyond Criticism:
Poetry and COVID-19 / 25
Christopher Rivas
A Burn That Keeps on Burning / 55
BOOK REVIEWS
Matthew Buckley Smith
The Quality of Mercy
A Review of A.M. Juster, Wonder & Wrath / 37
Luke Hathaway
What We Do in Solitary
A Review of Amit Majmudar:
Godsong: A Verse Translation of the Bhagavad-Gita, with Commentary
What He Did in Solitary / 115
Travis Biddick
A Review of Ned Balbo:
The Cylburn Touch-Me-Nots
3 Nights of the Perseids / 128
FEATURED POET
Stephen Kampa
An Interview by Chelsea Woodard / 99
POEMS
Blackboard / 109
To an Enemy Whose Work Has Come
to Nothing / 111
Hard Candy: Limericks / 112
If My Life Were More Like
the Movies / 113
It's All a Game to the Devil / 114
FEATURED ART
The Exotic Theme
A Photographic Exhibit
from Artists Worldwide / 76
ARTWORK
African Elephant / 78
African Flamingoes / 79
Buddhist monks, Cambodia / 80
Essaouira, Morocco / 81
Exotic Headscarf / 82
Galapagos Island Giant Turtle / 83
Jaguar / 84
Kyoto, Japan / 85
Lamborghini Huracan / 86
Lima Region chia pudding / 87
Long-Tail Boats, Krabi, Thailand / 88
Mehndi / 89
Monkeys, Hampi, India / 90
Moonrise / 91
Rickshaw Travel / 92
Siargao Island, Philippines / 93
Squirrel Monkey / 94
Wahiba Desert, Oman / 95
White Peacock / 96
Yellow Tang / 97
POETRY
Richard Cecil
Old Saws Revisited / 1
Julia Griffin
Achillides / 2
Wendy Videlock
In the womb you will begin
to learn / 3
Garret Keizer
Black and White / 6
Amit Majmudar
Bone Dice / 7
Borrowing / 8
Quincy R. Lehr
The Place I Used to Live Forever / 20
Estill Pollock
Warwick Street / 22
David Galef
Art and Not Art / 30
Dan Campion
The Greystone / 31
Marly Youmans
Lament / 32
Terese Coe
Don Juan Narcissist / 42
J.P. Celia
The Neanderthal / 43
David Southward
Office Hours / 49
George Kalogeris
Terza Rima / 50
J.C. Scharl
The Trout / 51
Anne Delana Reeves
Sacrificed Girl: Mount Ampato,
Chile / 58
Elise Hempel
The Dead Man's Truck / 59
Anna M. Evans
Mammogram after the Death
of a Friend / 60
Bruce Bennett
Final Call / 69
Catharine Savage Brosman
Chrysanthemums / 70
Vera Ignatowitsch
Tending the Roses / 72
Barbara Lydecker Crane
The Empty Lap of Luxury / 73
Rainer Maria Rilke
(translated by Susan McLean)
Imaginary Life History / 123
2020 Write Prize for Poetry ▪ Winner
S.R. Graham
At the Moulin Rouge: The Dance / 124
2020 Write Prize for Poetry ▪ Finalists
Eileen Malone
Newly Auspicious / 4
Tim McGrath
Another Song to Celia / 24
John Beaton
Wolf's Clothing / 74
INTERNATIONAL FICTION SPECIAL FEATURE
Nageen Rather
A View from Kashmir / 9
Guadalupe Sexto
JP / 33
John McLennon
The Tea Dance / 44
Treena Thibodeau
Things to Do with a Body / 61
2020 Write Prize for Fiction ▪ Winner
L.M. Brown
Is That Edel? / 52
T R A N S L A T I O N N O T E S / 145
C O N T R I B U T O R N O T E S / 149
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