THE BEAST IN THE GARDEN “Mountain lion tours Gourmet Ghetto” —Berkeleyside (headline), August 31, 2010 Pecking and pecking at the chicken-coop wire The chicken cannot hear the chicken-keeper; Eggs fall apart; their shells cannot hold; Loose embryos are spilled into the world, The bloody yolks are spilled, and everywhere Sustainable ingredients are spoiled;…
TABLE OF CONTENT
POETRY
- Cassidy McFadzean, AMERICAN HARPY
- Evelyn Lau, FLORIDA \ IGNITE
- Kyla Neufeld, RATATOSK
- Mary Jo Bang, THE SCURRYING WHITE MICE DISAPPEAR
- Peter Dale Scott, CHANSAW DHAMMA
- Michael J. Shepley, NOVEMBER’S END
- Adam Zachary, NO DIRECTION
- Sina Queyras, THE RIVAL
- Jim Fisher, THE BEAST IN THE GARDEN
- Aaron Kreuter, SHIFTING BASELINE SYNDROME
- Evan Hoskins, MARKS ON THE ICE
- kjmunro, SCHIZOPHRENIC
- Amanda Earl, BEDLAM SPRING
- Rocco de Giacomo, THERE’S NO PEACE AT MY CAMPFIRE \ LAST SEEN
- Miki Fukuda, BESTIARY
- Edward Dewar, A SCAR
- Richard Sanger, DON’T ASK
- Elana Wolff, CORD
- Anthony Labriola, UNTAMED HEART
- George Moore, ARS POETICA
- Andy Verboom, THE MEGAFAUN: FACT OR FICTION?
- Tina McLennan, HOW TO MAKE MONEY FROM HOME
- gary lundy, NUDITY IS A SIGN OF REGRESSION
FROM THE VALLUM CHAPBOOK SERIES
- Jan Zwicky, from STRING PRACTICE
- Yusuf Saadi, from SONNETS ON A NIGHT WITHOUT LOVE
INTERVIEW
ESSAY
- James W. Wood, Perspectives on New Poetry from Britain and Ireland
REVIEWS
- Julie Mannell, A Map of Violence: Jordan Abel’s INJUN and the Failures of the Western Library
- Bill Neumire, A review of Margo Wheathon’s THE UNLIT PATH BEHIND THE HOUSE \ A review of Dane Swan’s A MINGUS LULLABY
- Megan Callahan, A review of Laurie D. Graham’s SETTLER EDUCATION
ART
- Andrea Minini, Artworks from the PREDATORS AND PREYS and ANIMALS IN MOIRÉ series
ADDITIONAL DIGITAL CONTENT
POETRY
- Roy J. Adams, WILD WATERS
- Katherine Noone, WINTER WIND***
- Daniel J. Langton, STANLEY PARK
- Robert Priest, THE WEED THAT GROWS WILD***
- Andrew Topel, ANATOMY – ABSTRACT THROUGH 7 THE BALANCING ACT
INTERVIEW
- A nonpartisan Conversation with GEORGE ELLIOTT CLARKE
REVIEW
- Kian Vaziri-Tehrani, A Review of John Sibley Williams’ DISINHERITANCE