Monday, July 07, 2008
Forebears Issue of Beltway Poetry, new for summer!
from the fabulous Kim Roberts:
Beltway Poetry Quarterly announces a new issue!
Volume 9, Number 3, Summer 2008
http://www.beltwaypoetry.com
The Forebears Issue includes essays that celebrate individuals and locations important to their writing:
a photo essay on DC AUTHOR'S HOUSES by Kim Roberts and Dan Vera
Taquiena Boston and Vera J. Katz on OWEN DODSON
M.A. Schaffner on AMBROSE BIERCE
Grace Cavalieri on ANN DARR
Olivia Barbee on GWENDOLYN BENNETT
Kathi Morrison-Taylor on JOAQUIN MILLER
Myra Sklarew on LEON-GONTRAN DAMAS
Merrill Leffler on GABRIELLE EDGCOMB
Elisavietta Ritchie on JOHN PAUKER
Mark Opsasnick on JIM MORRISON and BEAT COFFEEHOUSES
We hope you enjoy! This issue is the third in a series documenting the rich literary history of Washington, DC. Read it here: http://www.beltwaypoetry.com
Beltway Poetry Quarterly is also pleased to welcome our new summer intern, Alyssa Schimmel. Alyssa is serving as an editorial assistant, and has already updated one of our most popular sections of the Beltway Resource Bank, which provides links to other web sites featuring individual area poets, past and current. The Poet Links list can be found here: http://washingtonart.com/beltway/poetlinks.html
Finally, we are happy to announce that Maureen Thorson has agreed to co-edit a new themed issue of the journal, on the subject of museums. We invite poems on the theme from any poets currently living in DC, MD, VA, WV, or DE, and will be reading entries throughout the month of August. Full guidelines can be found here: http://washingtonart.com/beltway/about1.html
Beltway Poetry Quarterly announces a new issue!
Volume 9, Number 3, Summer 2008
http://www.beltwaypoetry.com
The Forebears Issue includes essays that celebrate individuals and locations important to their writing:
a photo essay on DC AUTHOR'S HOUSES by Kim Roberts and Dan Vera
Taquiena Boston and Vera J. Katz on OWEN DODSON
M.A. Schaffner on AMBROSE BIERCE
Grace Cavalieri on ANN DARR
Olivia Barbee on GWENDOLYN BENNETT
Kathi Morrison-Taylor on JOAQUIN MILLER
Myra Sklarew on LEON-GONTRAN DAMAS
Merrill Leffler on GABRIELLE EDGCOMB
Elisavietta Ritchie on JOHN PAUKER
Mark Opsasnick on JIM MORRISON and BEAT COFFEEHOUSES
We hope you enjoy! This issue is the third in a series documenting the rich literary history of Washington, DC. Read it here: http://www.beltwaypoetry.com
Beltway Poetry Quarterly is also pleased to welcome our new summer intern, Alyssa Schimmel. Alyssa is serving as an editorial assistant, and has already updated one of our most popular sections of the Beltway Resource Bank, which provides links to other web sites featuring individual area poets, past and current. The Poet Links list can be found here: http://washingtonart.com/beltway/poetlinks.html
Finally, we are happy to announce that Maureen Thorson has agreed to co-edit a new themed issue of the journal, on the subject of museums. We invite poems on the theme from any poets currently living in DC, MD, VA, WV, or DE, and will be reading entries throughout the month of August. Full guidelines can be found here: http://washingtonart.com/beltway/about1.html
