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Issue Ten is Here

2020 October 4 by pdh513

Issue Ten is Here. It's a whopper of a double issue--290 pages and color images. I am busy sending out contributor copies, and Elder 7-10 can be purchased on line at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and other booksellers. Below is the Table of Contents for Issue Ten. Table of Contents Editor’s Note / 8 Fiction John Mort The First Day / 9 Steve … [Read more...] about Issue Ten is Here

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Book Review: The Pain Trader and Other Poems

2020 July 25 by pdh513

The Pain Trader and Other Poems. By James Fowler. (Golden Antelope Press, 2020, Pp. 77) Reviewed by Terrell Tebbetts James Fowler writes poems about his state and region, the little postage stamp of a world that he knows well. He succeeds when he offers apt descriptive and narrative portraits of characters and settings and then leads readers into new understandings of … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Pain Trader and Other Poems

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An Interview with Missouri State Poet Laureate, Karen Craigo

2020 June 22 by pdh513

An Interview with Missouri State Poet Laureate, Karen Craigo By Molly Bess Rector   The following interview was conducted via Slack on May 26, 2020 MBR: Hi Karen! How are you today? KC: I'm great! How are you? MBR: I'm doing well. It's gorgeous weather here—one of those porch-sitting days. KC: It's nice here, too, in a cloudy way. Perfect … [Read more...] about An Interview with Missouri State Poet Laureate, Karen Craigo

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Book Review: The Guestroom Novelist

2020 June 22 by pdh513

The Guestroom Novelist: A Donald Harington Miscellany. Edited by Brian Walters. (University of Arkansas Press, 2019, Pp. 319) Reviewed by Mark Spitzer In the interest of full disclosure, I should first mention that I am a University of Arkansas Press author and a die-hard convert to the Unorthodox Church of Donald Harington, who is my all-time favorite novelist. After … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Guestroom Novelist

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The First Day (Fiction)

2020 June 22 by pdh513

The First Day By John Mort I hadn’t driven that little Nissan for almost five years but it ran nice. My brother kept it for me while I was away. She took the big Ford SUV and it was a fine car, all right, but nothing I wanted. The little Nissan was economical and never caused any trouble. An hour after sunset I parked between two big trucks and walked slowly through … [Read more...] about The First Day (Fiction)

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