SRPR, Spoon River Poetry Review, 48.2, Winter 2023

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48.2 2023 with the SRPR Illinois Poet Feature with poetry by Edgar Garcia, with an interview of the poet by Jose-Luis Moctezuma. Editors’ Prize winning poem “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Dead Fish” by Marissa Davis, selected by Jonah Mixon-Webster, as well as a runner-up poem by Ricardo de la Cruz II, and honorable mention poems by Linda Stern Zisquit, Bruce Bond, and Veronica Schorr. New poetry by Sarah A. Etlinger, Jonah Bornstein, Artur Grabowski translated by Charles S. Kraszewski, Sandra S. McRae, Ivy Schweitzer, and more! The SRPR Review Essay “Poetics of Entanglement: Recent Interventions in Gay Shame and Stigma” by Phil Spotswood, who reviews books by Aaron Smith (Stop Lying), Justin Phillip Reed (The Malevolent Volume), and Patrick Kindig (all the catholic gods). Cover art by Kitty F. Davies.Contents - 48.2 2023Jonah Mixon-Webster, Judge (Michigan)Urgency, Attention, Need: Judge’s Introduction to “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Dead Fish,” SRPR Editors' Prize Winner 2023First Place: Marissa Davis (New York) Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Dead FishRunner-Up: Ricardo de la Cruz II (Illinois)Between the World & MeHonorable Mention: Linda Stern Zisquit (Israel)WingHonorable Mention: Bruce Bond (Texas)Linda LomanHonorable Mention: Veronica Schorr (Arizona)Running AwaySarah A. Etlinger (Wisconsin)Esther in the Suburbs Is a Person WhoJonah Bornstein (Colorado)AlmondArtur Grabowski (Poland)Translated by Charles S. Kraszewski (Poland)Door in the windowUmbria—sub IoveHe hesitatesSandra S. McRae (Colorado)At the End of the WorldIvy Schweitzer (Vermont)PentimentoDo OverAbigail Byrd-Stapleton (Missouri)Sexual Dysfunction PoemInterludeHisako Koyama Teaches Me How to WaitScatterbrain II, In Which I am the One Ducking Under the FutonCynthia Parker-Ohene (California)americaEdgar Garcia (Illinois)Introducing the SRPR Illinois Poetfrom CantaresI. CrisisII. Green PlacesAncient landscapesVI. Conscientious ObjectorVIII.ManyIX.Gold extractionX.XVII.XXV.XXXIV.from Caravaggio.Edgar Garcia and Jose-Luis Moctezuma (Illinois)The SRPR Interview: Edgar GarciaRobin LaMer Rahija (Kentucky)Depression SexGaia BH1HysterectomyLynnell Edwards (Kentucky)Stump, Lake HouseJeff Friedman (New Hampshire)Angry MenThe Last of the TruthDad's Side of the FamilyDavid W. Pederson (Illinois)Waving at HeavenWhat's in a Flag?Andi Myles (Maryland)TransfiguredMarionette, Condition: FairPhil Spotswood (Illinois)The SRPR Review Essay: Poetics of Entanglement: Recent Interventions in Gay Shame and Stigma

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Pages 126
Language Eng
Publisher Spoon River Poetry Association
Published September, 2023
ISBN 221925583
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