Poetry:

Rushes East Above Us: This Spring's collection includes work by Patricia Carragon, Allen C. Fischer, Deborah Flanagan, John Grey, Joanne Grumet, Patrick Henry, Ann Lauinger, Linda Lerner, Richard Levine, Charlotte Mandel, Philip Miller, Michael Morical, Mark Nickels, D. Nurkse, Eve Packer, Ron Price, Jacob Scheier, Kryssa Schemmerling, Peter Schwartz, Maggie Schwed, Hugh Seidman, Jared Smith, Kristen Spears, Angelo Verga, Barry Wallenstein and Rob Wright.

 

Twelve:

Angelo Verga, PRAISE FOR WHAT REMAINS

 

Big City, Little:

City to a Small Person, Kristen Spears

 

Fiction:

Mad Diamond, the first chapter from Jill Hoffman's novel, Stoned

Margo Berdeshevsky, Room

 

Essays:

Renamed and Deleted, by Natasha Lvovich

The Barber of Timbuktu, the third extract from Patrick Henry's autobiography, A Life Ad-Lib

 

Articles:

War Jokes Wanted: No Laughing Matter, by Marc Levy and Susan Erony

 

Reviews:

Martin Mitchell on Philip Appleman's Darwin's Ark

Donald Lev, The Darkness Above, reviewed by Jared Smith

Diana Manister on Janet Hamill's Body of Water

Elaine Sexton's Causeway, reviewed by Alison Woods

More Than a Memory: Reflections on Vietnam, reviewed by Susan Moger

 

Bookshelf:

New Additions:

Word Comix, Charlie Smith

The Russian Tortoise, Gardner McFall

 

CDs:

even

Music and Spoken Word:

Frank Tedesso: Untitled (Fallen Leaves)

 

Events:

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009, 6:00 pm

BigCityLit Reading
The Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia Street
(b/t Bleecker & West 4th)
Cover $7 (includes one house drink)

Featuring poets from the Spring 2009 issue, including Patricia Carragon, Allen C. Fischer, Deborah Flanagan, Joanne Grumet,
Ann Lauinger, Linda Lerner, Charlotte Mandel, Mark Nickels, D. Nurkse, eve packer, Ron Price, Kryssa Schemmerling, Peter Schwartz, Maggie Schwed, Barry Wallenstein, Rob Wright and Angelo Verga

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Letters:

Big City Lit welcomes letters from its readers. Address correspondence to Editors@nycBigCityLit.com

 

Print Series:

All Print Series Suspended

 

Contests:

For the present, all Contests suspended.

 

Masthead Notes:

As we say good-bye to those no longer with us, we are pleased to announce new contributing editors Martin Mitchell, George Wallace and Barry Wallenstein; regular contributor Allen C. Fischer; and Associate Editor Elena Kondracki.

 

Contributing Editors:

Martin Mitchell, Barry Wallenstein, James Ragan, Patrick Henry (UK), Diana Manister, Philip Miller, Margo Berdeshevsky, George Wallace, Larissa Shmailo, Brant Lyon