~ highlights and recommendations from recent issues of literary journals ~
by Mark Danowsky, Managing Editor for the Schuylkill Valley Journal
* Elizabeth Leo consulted on final selections for Lit Picks _ Vol. 2.
Leo is a Lecturer at West Virginia University. She has an M.F.A. from WVU and is former Poetry Editor for Cheat River Review.
Virginia Quarterly Review (Summer 2017)
Leila Chatti – “When I Tell My Father I Might Begin to Pray Again”
http://www.vqronline.org/poetry/2017/07/when-i-tell-my-father-i-might-begin-pray-again
You can watch a recording of the poet reading this poem for the Poets in Pajamas Reading Series:
https://www.facebook.com/poetsinpajamas/
The Adirondack Review (Summer 2017)
Terrance Owens – “The Myth of Moving on” & “The Fate Machine”
http://www.theadirondackreview.com/terranceowens.html
32 Poems (Issue 15, Number 1, Summer 2017)
Melanie Almeder – “Fog”
http://www.32poems.com/issues/melanie-almeder
Nimrod ("Leaving Home" issue)
Lee Collin Thomas – “Lodging”
https://nimrod.utulsa.edu/archive/leaving_home/Thomas.pdf
Beloit Poetry Journal (Vol. 67 No. 3)
David Ebenbach – "Holding Feathers"
http://www.bpj.org/poems/ebenbach_holdingfeathers.pdf#zoom=100
Valparaiso Poetry Review (Spring/Summer 2017: Volume XVIII, Number 2)
Gary Fincke – “The Malignancy of Stars”
http://www.valpo.edu/valparaiso-poetry-review/2017/05/22/gary-fincke-the-malignancy-of-stars/
Paterson Literary Review (#45 2017-2018)
Marge Piercy – “Without warning, a door”
http://www.patersonliteraryreview.com/poetry-2017/
The New Criterion (Vol. 35, No. 10 / June 2017)
George Green – “West Chester Poetry Conference”
https://www.newcriterion.com/issues/2017/6/west-chester-poetry-conference
The Adroit Journal (May 2017)
Natalie Shapero – “My Hair Is My Thing”
http://www.theadroitjournal.org/issue-twentyone-natalie-shapero-the-adroit-journal
Rob Macdonald – “Re. Hydration”
http://www.theadroitjournal.org/issue-twentyone-rob-macdonald-the-adroit-journal
Melancholy Hyperbole
Robert Wynne – “The Darkroom of the Body”
https://melancholyhyperbole.com/2016/07/16/the-darkroom-of-the-body/
Abyss & Apex
Tamara L. Panici – “Hybrid Identities”
http://www.abyssapexzine.com/2017/06/hybrid-identities/
Subprimal Poetry Art
Seth Jani – “Beginner’s Mind”
https://subprimal.com/issues/issue9/beginners-mind-by-seth-jani