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Poetry:

The Road and the Sky: This Spring's collection includes work by Joel Allegretti, Max Blecher (Valery Oisteanu and Nadia Brunstein, trans), Laurel Blossom, Philip Dacey, Stephanie Dickinson, Allen C. Fischer, Joanne Grumet, Pamela Hart, Kate Irving, Dean Kostos, Richard Levine, Nicole Martinez, Philip Miller, Michael Morical, Richard Pearse, Ellen Peckham, Bertha Rogers, Carl Rosenstock, Anna Soo-Hoo, Susan Tepper, Matthew J. Spireng, Melinda Thomsen, George Wallace, Barry Wallenstein, Chocolate Waters, Estha Weiner, Martin Willets, Jr., and Rob Wright

 

Twelve:

Lust Series, Stephanie Dickinson

 

Big City, Little:

Having Almost Forgotten Why I Was Here, Jared Smith

 

Interview:

A discussion with Maya Pindyck by Kristina Marie Darling

 

Fiction:

Richard Pearse, Compromise, I Tell My Flock

Sarah White, For Want of Fish

Richard Thieme, Northward into the Night

 

Essays:

Patrick Henry, The Conscience of Vienna

 

Articles:

Max Blecher (1909-1938): A Centenary Remembrance by Valery Oisteanu

 

Reviews:

Peering Through Perfect Dark: New Poems by Susan Maurer, reviewed by George Wallace

Psyche's Weathers by Cynthia Atkins, reviewed by Philip Miller

 

Bookshelf:

New Additions:

Thrum, Joel Allegretti

That Country's Soul, Richard Levine

 

CDs:

Matthew Ryan: Dear Lover

 

Events:


Monday, June 14th, 6:00 pm

BigCityLit Reading
Host: Nick Johnson
The Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia Street
(b/t Bleecker & West 4th)
$7 admission includes one drink

Featuring: work by Joel Allegretti, Allen C. Fischer, Joanne Grumet, Pamela Hart, Kate Irving, Dean Kostos, Richard Levine, Philip Miller, Ellen Peckham, Bertha Rogers, Carl Rosenstock, Anna Soo-Hoo, Susan Tepper, Melinda Thomsen, Barry Wallenstein, Chocolate Waters, Estha Weiner and Rob Wright

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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