The Amon Liner Poetry Prize Poem WE ARE ALL STARVED FOR TOUCH
On West Richardson Street,
kids threw rocks at the pavement
until they chipped, then threw the shards
at each other. Their momma called
them in for dinner, named the dish…
Featuring the Amon Liner Poetry Prize winner, James Daniels’s “We Are All Starved for Touch,” an Editor’s Note by Terry L. Kennedy, and new poetry, stories, and flash from Sean Cho A., Jake Bauer, Nathaniel Bellows, Mark Brazaitis, Sébastien Luc Butler, Lucas Cardona, Adrienne Celt, K.S. Dyal, Jason Gray, Mickie Kennedy, Sally Rosen Kindred, Kip Knott, Alejandro Lucero, Jennie Malboeuf, Cori McKenzie, Eric Paul, Lizzy Ke Polishan, Bryan D. Price, Colleen Kearney Rich, Flannery Maeve Rollins, Anna Sheffer, Hannah Treasure, Alex Tretbar, Audrey Toth, Ross White, Christopher Stetson Wilson, and Haolun Xu.
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On West Richardson Street,
kids threw rocks at the pavement
until they chipped, then threw the shards
at each other. Their momma called
them in for dinner, named the dish…
Everyone hated Tampa Tom. His friends hated him and his enemies hated him. His parents hated him and never called. His wife and his kids hated him and moved to the other side of town. His neighbors definitely hated him and hated his lousy lawn. They made fun of his old car and called him poor. His dog, too, hated him, and ran away frequently…
Read More »Dedicated to Fred Chappell (1936 – 2024), with a special tribute essay from Angela Davis-Gardner, and featuring the Robert Watson Literary Prize winners, Mark Spero’s “Pig Therapist” (poetry) and Daniel S.C. Sutter’s “Mantis” (fiction), as well as new work by Josh Bell, Elizabeth Fergason, Susan Finch, Jared Green, Benjamin S. Grossberg, Caitlyn Klum, Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach, Nik Moore, Ugochukwu Damian Okpara, Weijia Pan, Suphil Lee Park, Martha Paz-Soldan, Edmund Sandoval, Jacob Schepers, Max Seifert, Michael Waters, Leah Yacknin-Dawson, and C. Dale Young.
PurchaseFeaturing the Amon Liner Prize poem, Madeleine Poole’s “Pile of Maggots,” and new work by Allison Field Bell, Robert Carr, Stacie Cassarino, Jackie Chicalese, James Ciano, Sasha Debevec-McKenney, Corinne Dekkers, Chard deNiord, Gardner Dorton, Robert Evory, Arielle Hebert, John Hoppenthaler, Amanda K Horn, Nalea J. Ko, Beth Konkoski, AG Latham, Jeffrey H. MacLachlan, Michael Meyerhofer, Ania Mroczek, Mike Nees, John A. Nieves, Bruce Parsons, Chelsea Querner, Rachel Richardson, Robert Stone, Elizabeth Sylvia, Lloyd Wallace, Alice White, and Mimi Yang.
PurchaseFeaturing the Robert Watson Literary Prize winners, Luciana Arbus-Scandiffio’s “Have You Been to the Palisades” for poetry and Jordan Brown’s “Jenny Lynn & Buddy” for fiction, as well as work from Ian Cappelli, Justin Jude Carroll, Camille Carter, Mark Cox, Hannah Craig, Emma DePanise, David Dixon, Gregory Fraser, Mike Good, Bill Hollands, James Jabar, Mimi Manyin, Rose McLarney, Nicholas Molbert, J.S. Nunn, Phoebe Peter Oathout, Dan O’Brien, Lucas Daniel Peters, Ian Power-Luetscher, Dustin Lee Rutledge, Cameron Sanders, M.E. Silverman, Gabriel Spera, and Candace Walsh.
PurchaseThe journal’s inaugural issue featured work from students in the first years of the MFA Writing Program at Greensboro, including Kelly Cherry, Harry Humes, Thomas W. Molyneux, and Angela Davis. Students and faculty members printed the issue in the campus duplicating shop, then collated it by hand. Greensboro painter Betty Watson designed the logo that is still in use today.
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