Beltway Poetry Quarterly announces it's summer volume. The Forebears Issue includes essays that celebrate individuals and locations important to their writing:
- a photo essay on DC AUTHOR'S HOUSES by Kim Roberts and Dan Vera
- Taquiena Boston and Vera J. Katz on OWEN DODSON
- M.A. Schaffner on AMBROSE BIERCE
- Grace Cavalieri on ANN DARR
- Olivia Barbee on GWENDOLYN BENNETT
- Kathi Morrison-Taylor on JOAQUIN MILLER
- Myra Sklarew on LEON-GONTRAN DAMAS
- Merrill Leffler on GABRIELLE EDGCOMB
- Elisavietta Ritchie on JOHN PAUKER
- Mark Opsasnick on JIM MORRISON and BEAT COFFEEHOUSES
This is the third issue in a series documenting the rich literary history of Washington, DC. Beltway Poetry Quarterly is also pleased to welcome a new summer intern, Alyssa Schimmel. Alyssa is serving as an editorial assistant, and has already updated one of the most popular sections of the Beltway Resource Bank, The Poet Links, which provides links to other web sites featuring individual area poets, past and current.
Finally, Beltway Poetry Quarterly annouces Maureen Thorson as co-editor of a new themed issue on the subject of museums. Poems on the theme are welcome from any poets currently living in DC, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia or Delaware. Entries will be read throughout the month of August. Full guidelines can be found on the journal's website.
Gaea Honeycutt
blog@weirdingword.com
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