Saturday, April 2, 2011

The Spring 2011 issue of the Apple Valley Review

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The Spring 2011 issue of the journal features fiction by Glen Pourciau, Gregory J. Wolos, and Kevin Carey; poetry and prose poetry by Ryan Ragan, Michelle Valois, Nick Ripatrazone, Neil McCarthy, Tamara Grippi, Karen Skolfield, Danielle Hanson, Regina Faunes, Svetlana Cârstean (translated from the Romanian by Adam J. Sorkin and Claudia Serea), Linda Benninghoff, and Tammy Ho Lai-Ming; and artwork by Sarah Walko (photographed by Christopher Keohane).

The Apple Valley Review is a semiannual online literary journal. The current issue, previous issues, subscription information, and complete submission guidelines are available at www.applevalleyreview.com.

Friday, April 1, 2011

Happy poetry month!

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Mention poetry, and people tend to divide into two camps: the ones who have a well-worn copy of The Bell Jar on the bookshelf and an opinion about Billy Collins's place in the literary canon, and the ones who still remember Mrs. So-and-so, the English teacher from hell, and her fixation on Emily Dickinson or her impossible test questions about the meaning of some poem or other.

"A Few Painless Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month" is continued here.