Announcement: Publication of Spring/Summer 2013 VPR

I am pleased to announce publication of the 28^th issue of Valparaiso Poetry Review:

http://www.valpo.edu/vpr/

The Spring/Summer 2012-2013 issue (Volume XIV, Number 2) of VPR includes Jim Daniels as the featured poet. Readers will find in the contents a trio of new poems by Daniels. In addition, 32 other poets are represented in the new issue of VPR.

Contents:

Featured Poet: Jim Daniels

Additional Poets: Deborah Bogen, T. Alan Broughton, Jared Carter, Robin Chapman, Liz Clift, Alfred Corn, Nick Courtright, Paul Dickey, Susan Donnelly, Rebecca Dunham, William Ford, Rebecca Foust, Ethan Grant, John Hogan, Suzanne Marie Hopcroft, Ann Hostetler, Gwendolyn Jensen, Jeff Knorr, Laurie Lamon, John Linstrom, Cathy McArthur, Terry Minchow-Proffitt, Julie L. Moore, Kay Mullen, William Page, Nancy Pagh, Ann Robinson, Lex Runciman, Tania Runyan, Steven Sher, Alinia Sherman, Will Wells

Prose: Julie Bruck Reviewed by Paul David Adkins; Ann Fisher-Wirth Reviewed by Catherine Meeks; Cover Art Commentary on Richard Bauer by Gregg Hertzlieb; Recently Received and Recommended Books

"River in Winter": National Poetry Month

To celebrate National Poetry Month, Indiana Humanities is featuring a work by an Indiana poet each day in April. I am pleased to note that one of my new poems, "River in Winter," has been selected for inclusion and has been released today, April 23.

Photo of the Week: "Lake Dock at Sunset"

I remind all interested that my new photographs are available at a daily photo journal blog. I invite everyone to visit the blog for commentary about the photo and to click on the images there to examine them in high resolution or to magnify them for a detailed look.

Christina Cook: "Elegant Wreckage"

The VPR Poem of the Week is Christina Cook’s “Elegant Wreckage,” which appeared in the Spring/Summer 2011 issue (Volume XII, Number 2) of Valparaiso Poetry Review.

Christina Cook’s poems, translations, essays, and reviews have appeared or are forthcoming in a number of journals, most recently including The Dos Passos Review, Prairie Schooner, Hayden's Ferry Review, Harpur Palate, Packingtown Review, and Cave Wall. Cook is a contributing editor for Inertia Magazine, and she teaches writing at Colby-Sawyer College.

Tuesday of each week One Poet’s Notes highlights an excellent work by a poet selected from the issues of Valparaiso Poetry Review, except when other posts with news or updates preempt the usual appearance of this item, with the recommendation that readers revisit it.

Photo of the Week: "Gulls Along Lake Shore"

I remind all interested that my new photographs are available at a daily photo journal blog. I invite everyone to visit the blog for commentary about the photo and to click on the images there to examine them in high resolution or to magnify them for a detailed look.

Amanda Auchter: "Photograph, April 1956"

The VPR Poem of the Week is Amanda Auchter’s “Photograph, April 1956,” which appeared in the Fall/Winter 2005 issue (Volume X, Number 2) of Valparaiso Poetry Review.

 

 Amanda Auchter’s writing has appeared in Antietam Review, Blue Unicorn, The Homestead Review, Pennsylvania English, Willow Review, Writer's Journal, and others.  She is the author of The Wishing Tomb, winner of  the 2012 Perugia Press  Prize, The Glass Crib, winner of the 2010 Zone 3 Press First Book Award for Poetry, and the chapbook Light Under Skin.  She is the also recipient of the 2004 Howard Moss Poetry Prize. 

Tuesday of each week One Poet’s Notes highlights an excellent work by a poet selected from the issues of Valparaiso Poetry Review, except when other posts with news or updates preempt the usual appearance of this item, with the recommendation that readers revisit it. 

Photo of the Week: "Waiting for Warmer Weather"

I remind all interested that my new photographs are available at a daily photo journal blog. I invite everyone to visit the blog for commentary about the photo and to click on the images there to examine them in high resolution or to magnify them for a detailed look.

Barbara Crooker: "One Word"

The VPR Poem of the Week is Barbara Crooker’s “One Word,” which appeared in the Spring/Summer 2009 issue (Volume X, Number 2) of Valparaiso Poetry Review.

 

  Barbara Crooker’s poems have been published widely in magazines such as Beloit Poetry Journal, Christian Century, Christian Science Monitor, Denver Quarterly, Nimrod, Poetry International, Smartish Pace, and Tampa Review. She is the author of ten chapbooks, two of which won prizes in national competitions: Ordinary Life won the ByLine Chapbook competition in 2001 and Impressionism won the Grayson Books Chapbook competition in 2004. Her books of poetry include Radiance (2005), Line Dance (2008), and More (2010). 

Tuesday of each week One Poet’s Notes highlights an excellent work by a poet selected from the issues of Valparaiso Poetry Review, except when other posts with news or updates preempt the usual appearance of this item, with the recommendation that readers revisit it.