We usually release our Spring issues in March, but life happened, and here we are in April. Somehow though, this feels like exactly the right time for these pieces to go out into the world together, with all their grief for lost loved ones and pointed social critique mixed with spring beauty and cosmic wonder. I needed to read these pieces again closely this week.
Issue 30 features creative work by Abbie Barker, Caroline Parkman Barr, David J. Bauman, Micah James Bauman, Bea Bolongaita, Nicole Callihan, Lisa Morin Carcia, Chiara Di Lello, Joanne Diaz, Elisabeth Adwin Edwards, Jessica Gigot, Erica Goss, Kevin Grauke, Sara Henning, Marci Rae Johnson, Jane Muschenetz, Bobby Parrott, Erin Pesut, Hayley Phillips, Jessica Nirvana Ram, Jason Reblando, Luci Shaw, Annette Sisson, Joannie Stangeland, Sarah Stockton, Taylor Supplee, and Danielle Weeks.
The pedagogy papers in this issue are timely and practical: Neil Connelly teaches students how to write the worst Mother’s Day poem ever and how to improve it with imagery, and Mary Gilliland shares her final assignment of the semester: Writing for Your Life.
This issue also features reviews of recent poetry collections by Melody S. Gee, Brittney Corrigan, Theresa Burns, and Ayesha Raees. Thanks to Mary Ansell, Michele Bombardier, Jacob Butlett, and Jennifer Saunders for taking us into these exciting new books! And special thanks to Casie Dodd for closing us out with a fun interview with former Oklahoma poet laureate Benjamin Myer!
Please make use of the Tip the Author links and feel free to share this issue far and wide. Thanks for reading!
Katie Manning
Editor-in-Chief
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