I am pleased to announce publication of the Spring/Summer 2009 issue (Vol. X, No. 2) of Valparaiso Poetry Review. As in past years, release of the Spring/Summer issue of VPR coincides with the opening day of baseball season. In addition, the new issue available today represents the completion of ten years of publication for Valparaiso Poetry Review.
Contents include the following:
I am grateful for all the ongoing support Valparaiso Poetry Review has received from contributors and readers during the past decade of publication. I look forward to much more fine poetry and critical commentary in future issues that I believe readers will find entertaining, engaging, and enlightening.
In fact, I take this opportunity to also invite visitors to check the “One Poet’s Notes” sidebar for new information added today about an upcoming special 10th anniversary issue of Valparaiso Poetry Review, which will be released in October of 2009 and will begin a new decade of publication by celebrating the initial appearance of VPR with its first issue published in October of 1999.
Contents include the following:
Featured Poet: Ingrid Wendt
Additional Poets: Pam Bernard, Christopher Cessac, Barbara Crooker, Christin Cuccio, Susan Elbe, Gary Fincke, Ann Fisher-Wirth, William Ford, Ellen Goldstein, Penny Harter, Norbert Krapf, Michael Meyerhofer, Kay Mullen, James Owens, Allan Peterson, Doug Ramspeck, Susan Rich, Suzanne Roberts, David Rothman, F. Daniel Rzicznek, Joanne Stangeland, Jeanine Stevens, Terese Svoboda, Alison Townsend
Poetry Collaborative: “Frequencies,” a half-crown of sonnets by Judith Barrington, Ann Fisher-Wirth, Julie Kane, Julia Lisella, D’Arcy Randall, Kathrine Varnes, Lesley Wheeler
Interview: Barbara Crooker interviews Ingrid Wendt
Essays: Edward Byrne on Robert Lowell’s Life Studies, Ingrid Wendt on “Turning to Poems”
Poets Reviewed: Gwen Hart, Norbert Krapf, Philip Metres, Susan Settlemyre Williams
Cover Art Commentary: Gregg Hertzlieb on Abraham Rattner
I am grateful for all the ongoing support Valparaiso Poetry Review has received from contributors and readers during the past decade of publication. I look forward to much more fine poetry and critical commentary in future issues that I believe readers will find entertaining, engaging, and enlightening.
In fact, I take this opportunity to also invite visitors to check the “One Poet’s Notes” sidebar for new information added today about an upcoming special 10th anniversary issue of Valparaiso Poetry Review, which will be released in October of 2009 and will begin a new decade of publication by celebrating the initial appearance of VPR with its first issue published in October of 1999.
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