Poiesis Review #6: A Literary Journal by 40 Authors

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This is the first issue of Poiesis Review that contains fiction and creative nonfiction right alongside the poetry you’ve always loved. We’ve expanded the journal to contain prose, and now this beast of a journal sits pretty at 200 pages of writing by some of the best writers in the independent press today.

Poiesis Review is one of the only literary journals in existence that features a blend of today’s up-and-coming promising rookies alongside the staples and legends of the last few decades in the literary underground. Nowhere else will you find such a smattering of the writers’ spectrum or such a truly accurate cross-section of all walks of the literary world—what five-time Pushcart Prize nominee and Wisconsin Regional Writers Association Award winner Charles P. Ries called “young blood running with old blood.”

The Featured Writers in this issue are Norman Mailer Award finalist Nathan Graziano; Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate, two-time NEA Fellowship recipient, and Pushcart Prize nominee Sean Brendan-Brown; and multiple Pushcart Prize nominee and three-time PEN grant recipient Doug Draime. Their work is showcased beside 37 other artists and over 100 pieces of writing, including two of Alternating Current Press’ six 2013 Pushcart Prize nominations, the two grand-prize winners and four honorable-mention winners of our 2013 Luminaire Award for Best Poetry and Best Prose, and stunning cover and back cover art by the tremendously talented Terry Fan.

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Luminaire Poetry Winners

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2013 Luminaire Poetry Award Winners
1st Place: “No Sad Songs in the House of the Sun” by Shauna Osborn
2nd Place: “Influences of Light” by Charles P. Ries
3rd Place: “Another Birthday” by Sean Brendan-Brown

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Luminaire Prose Winners

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2013 Luminaire Prose Award Winners
1st Place: “Vandals” by Nathan Graziano
2nd Place: “Near to Him” by Charles P. Ries
3rd Place: “Our Place” by Neil Serven

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Authors

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• Leah Angstman
• Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal
• Sean Brendan-Brown
• Harry Calhoun
• Paula Cary
• Alan Catlin
• CEE
• Christina Elaine Collins
• K. M. Dersley
• Doug Draime
• Aleathia Drehmer
• Michael Estabrook
• Terry Fan
• Jason Fisk
• Lawrence Gladeview
• Nathan Graziano
• George Held
• Kevin M. Hibshman
• Justin Hyde
• Merilyn Jackson
• Patrick Kindig
• Angela Consolo Mankiewicz
• Hosho McCreesh
• Frankie Metro
• Shauna Osborn
• David S. Pointer
• D. A. Pratt
• Misti Rainwater-Lites
• Charles P. Ries
• Christopher Robbins
• Robert James Russell
• Janette Schafer
• Angie Jeffreys Schomp
• Robert Schuler
• Neil Serven
• Denis Sheehan
• Jane Stuart
• William Taylor, Jr.
• Travis Turner
• Paula Anne Yup

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Praise

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“Poiesis Review is an important collection of the best and brightest writers of the small press. Frankly, it just doesn’t make sense not to own a copy. Dare I say it might be the only small press journal you need? Every issue is an event not to be missed.”
—J. Lewis Fleming,
author of Why Is My Lemon Tea Red?

“Poiesis Review proves that there are wonderful editors left in the world. This journal has genuine heart and concern for its writers and the promotion of their work. That makes a big difference to me when I’m deciding which journals to promote and where to send my dollars.”
—Julie Buffaloe-Yoder,
author of Price Reduced Again

“Inside are some of the finest contemporary small press writers plying their trade in the independent scene today.”
—Doug Holder,
editor at Ibbetson Street Press and author of Last Night at the Wursthaus

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Other Poiesis Review Issues

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Also by Kevin M. Hibshman

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Also by Harry Calhoun

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Also by Leah Angstman, Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal, Alan Catlin, Nathan Graziano, George Held, Kevin M. Hibshman, & David S. Pointer

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Also by CEE, Michael Estabrook, Jason Fisk, Charles P. Ries, Robert Schuler, Denis Sheehan, & Paula Anne Yup

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Also by Charles P. Ries

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Also by CEE

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Also by Leah Angstman, Sean Brendan-Brown, Alan Catlin, Christina Elaine Collins, Angie Jeffreys Schomp, & David S. Pointer

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Also by Leah Angstman & Alan Catlin

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Also by CEE & Charles P. Ries

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Also by David S. Pointer

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Also by Leah Angstman

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• Poetry | Fiction | Nonfiction | Journal
• 110 Pieces by 40 Authors
• 5½” x 8½” Perfectbound Trade Paperback
• Cream Paper, 200 Pages
• Paperback ISBN-13: 978-0615927862
• Paperback ISBN-10: 0615927866
• Ebook ISBN-13: Coming Soon
• Ebook ISBN-10: Coming Soon
• LCCN: Not Registered
• First Edition: May 14, 2013
• Short URL: acpbook.link/poiesis6
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Cover design by Leah Angstman with front cover and back cover artwork by Terry Fan.

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