New Issue Preview #2

We're very happy to announce that the spring/summer 11 (vol. 8, no. 1) issue is now available! To celebrate we're offering a special deal for the second half of June! Sign up for a 1-year subscription and you'll receive the new issue for free. That's 3 issues instead of 2 for $21.95! It's a great deal, so head on over to our webstore.

As promised, we have the second preview of the new issue. Today's is an excerpt from Alice Bolin's poem.

Antiphon

Think of Buddy Holly by the light of Hanukkah candles.
Think of the doors we drag from the alley like Ach ja
die türen, die schönste türen. Photographs stashed in the breviary:
Mother crying after the house fire We lost the baby blankets.
Think the cavern is my brother. His ribs whistle a tin birdcage.
The movie shows us huddled in lamb-fleece pajamas,
Christmas Eve bunk beds pulsing us. The scene of the lovers:
a mouthful of hair, laundry room bicycle,
fever preserved in vinegar. The church bells are defined
as regret, as the shape of snow.

To read the rest of "Antiphon" as well as the other wonderful poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, pick up a copy of vol. 8, no. 1 or subscribe via our webstore!