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Manayunk Art Center located at 419 Green Lane (rear) presents “ Four Foothills Press Poets:  Karen Bashkirew, Michael Czarnecki, Peter Krok and Lou McKee” on Sunday September 7, 3:00 to 5:30 PM.  $4 Donation requested. Light Refreshments available. That afternoon there will also be an art show Opening at the MAC from noon to 3:00 PM.
 
Michael Czarnecki is the publisher of FootHills Publishing and his book Never Stop Asking for Poems has just published.  The three other poets in the afternoon also have books recently published by FootHills:  Louis McKee -  Still Life ; Karen Bashkirew – Sanctuary; and Peter Krok  -  Looking for An Eye.  The poets will read from their work  Czarnecki will talk about publishing and what he looks for in selecting a manuscript.
 
Copies of the their books will be available. Peter Krok, the Humanities Director of the MAC, hosts and coordinates the Sunday series, which is now in its nineteeth year.  A $4.00 donation is requested.  Light refreshments will be served.
 
              For information about the program please call Peter Krok,   Humanities Director of the Manayunk Art Center, at 215-482-3363.

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Editor's Note

Welcome from Tree Riesener, SVJ LIT Editor

Welcome to the inaugural issue of  SVJ LIT, the online editon of the Schuylkill Valley Journal.  The SVJ has issued 25 volumes since its inception by Founding Editor Jim Marinell.  Jim’s brainchild has been carried on and nurtured by the present Editor, Peter Krok.  Now we have added this online version.  In this issue, we are featuring selections from our Fall 2007 magazine.  However, SVJ LIT will grow and develop as any newborn child does.  In the future, we plan on bringing you selections from previous issues as well as content only to be found online.  At the present time, we are not accepting submissions especially aimed at SVJ LIT nor are we accepting online submissions.  We will be using material from our regular submissions and solicited material.  If you are interested in submitting to both the print and online editions, please use the following addresses:

 

Kelley Jean White, Poetry Editor

c/o Peter Krok

Schuylkill Valley Journal

240 Golf Hills Road

Havertown, PA 1083

 

Fran Metzman, Fiction Editor

Schuylkill Valley Journal

1900 JF Kennedy Boulevard/301

Philadelphia, PA 19103

 

Nonfiction should be addressed to:

 

Peter Krok

Schuylkill Valley Journal

240 Golf Hills Road

Havertown, PA 19083

The Schuylkill Valley Journal publishes poetry, short stories and critical essays.  Both the SVJ and SVJ LIT come out twice a year, in the spring and in the fall.

Who We Are

All the staff members of the print and online journal work together to bring their choices of fiction, non-fiction and poetry to you.

 

SVJ LIT (Online edition of the Schuylkill Valley Journal)
Editor:  Tree Riesener
Information Architect:  Mark Wilhelm

Schuylkill Valley Journal (Print Edition)
Founding Editor:  Jim Marinell
Editor:  Peter Krok
Managing Editor:  Bill Wunder
Poetry Editor:  Kelley Jean White*
Associate Poetry Editors:  George Fleck, Ray Greenblatt, Michael Morell, Bill Van Buskirk
Fiction Editor:  Fran Metzman
Film Critic:  Joseph Hauser
Production Editor:  Elisha Darville
Graphic Designer:  Peter Campbell

 

*This is Kelley's last edition as Poetry Editor. As of this issue, Bill Wunder will become our Poetry Editor and Camille Norvaisas will be Assistant Poetry Editor. In our Fall 2008 issue, the poems will be an Editor's Choice, Kelley's final gift to the SVJ and our readers.