Able Muse, Winter 2017 (No. 24 - print edition): a review of poetry, prose & art

by Alexander Pepple (Editor), Jacqueline Osherow

Overview

This is the seminannual Able Muse Review (Print Edition) - Winter 2017 issue, Number 24. This issue continues the tradition of masterfully crafted poetry, fiction, essays, art & photography, and book reviews that have become synonymous with the Able Muse-online and in print. After more than a decade of online publishing excellence, Able Muse print edition maintains the superlative standard of the work presented all these years in the online edition, and, the Able Muse Anthology (Able Muse Press, 2010).

". . . [ ABLE MUSE ] fills an important gap in understanding what is really happening in early twenty-first century American poetry." - Dana Gioia.

CONTENTS:

WITH THE 2017 ABLE MUSE WRITE PRIZE FOR POETRY & FICTION -
Includes the winning story and poems from the contest winners and finalists.

EDITORIAL - Alexander Pepple.

FEATURED ART - An "Eat" theme.

FEATURED POET - Jacqueline Osherow;
(Interviewed by Malachi Black).

FICTION - Tim Frank, Leslie Jill Patterson.

ESSAYS - Rachel Hadas, Sam Aaron Morgan.

BOOK REVIEWS - Brooke Clark.

POETRY - Hailey Leithauser, Gail White, Scott Ruescher, Stephen Kampa, Catherine Chandler, Kathryn Locey, Jean L. Kreiling, Chris Fahrenthold, D. R. Goodman, Alexander Pushkin, Jay Rogoff, Terese Coe, Heinrich Heine, Timothy Murphy, Ann M. Thompson, Rob Wright.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781773490083
Publisher:	Able Muse Press
Publication date:	12/29/2017
Series:	Able Muse, Print Edition , #24
Edition description:	24th Winter 2017 Issue ed.
Pages:	148
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x 0.32(d)

Table of Contents

Alexander Pepple

Editorial / v

ESSAYS

Sam Aaron Morgan

K’gari / 14

Rachel Hadas

White Polka Dots / 86

Philotimo in the Beauty Parlor / 89

Humble Herb is Rival to Prozac / 91

FEATURED POET

Jacqueline Osherow

An Interview by Malachi Black / 57

POEMS

Backyard Meteor / 66

The Stork in the Heavens, Revisited / 70

Spring Arrives Late to Salt Lake City / 76

Autumn, Berlin / 77

FEATURED ARTIST

An “Eat” Theme

A Photographic Exhibit

From Artists Worldwide / 30

ARTWORK

Grazing Zebra / 31

Lemur Nibbling / 32

Hungry Gorilla / 33

Boy on Ice Cream / 34

Kangaroo and Baby / 35

Pony-ing Up a Carrot / 36

For the Dog / 37

Baby Food / 38

Barbary Ape on Carrot / 39

Handy Gorilla / 40

Vervet Monkey on Peanut / 41

Scarlet Macaw on Nut / 42

Seagull on Bread / 43

Rhino and Baby on Grass / 44

Chicken Feeds / 45

Amur Tiger Feeding / 46

Australian Magpie on Bug / 47

Pet Rat / 48

Owl Butterfly on Orange / 49

Ducks in a Row / 50

FICTION

Tim Frank

Bipolar Coach Trip / 51

2017 Write Prize for Fiction ▪ Winner

Leslie Jill Patterson

Target / 79

POETRY

Chris Fahrenthold

Winter Storm / 1

Alexander Pushkin

(translated by Chris Fahrenthold)

A Rake Progresses / 2

Jay Rogoff

Temptation / 3

Hailey Leithauser

Sex After Death / 5

Sin-Eater Worm / 7

Ouroboros / 9

Terese Coe

Vegan Cuisine 101 / 10

Heinrich Heine

(translated by Terese Coe)

The Tea / 11

Timothy Murphy

Three Arrows / 18

Stephen Kampa

God’s Mnemonic / 19

Total Discount, Total Savings / 20

Little, Late / 21

Gail White

True Endings / 23

More Marginal Mammals / 24

And a Marginal Bird / 25

Catherine Chandler

Shakespeare’s Sisters / 26

Kathryn Locey

Tornadocane / 82

Jean L. Kreiling

The Watchers / 83

2017 Write Prize for Poetry ▪ Winner

D. R. Goodman

Fall Rewinding / 29

2017 Write Prize for Poetry ▪ Finalists

Ann M. Thompson

The Bath / 12

Rob Wright

She asked if I could talk about my

past, so I replied, / 85

Scott Ruescher

The Orchard / 93

T R A N S L A T I O N N O T E S / 107

C O N T R I B U T O R N O T E S / 115

I N D E X / 123

Editorial Reviews

"Able Muse is refreshing to read for its selection of poetry that adheres to form . . . a quality magazine offering the reader informed and unexpected views on life." - NewPages.

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