Because She’s Awesome.
My dear friend Stacie Leatherman–whose poem "Making the Bed" was included in Conte 3.1 last summer–has the very first poem in the latest issue of Crazyhorse:
Unfortunately you can’t read "Flotsam" online (yet), but it’s certainly worth the price of admission. Or, if you’re really cheap, your local bookstore or university library should carry Crazyhorse. It’s kind of a big deal. Stacie also has new work forthcoming in The Florida Review, and her manuscript Stranger Air was a semi-finalist for Black Lawrence Press’ 2008 Hudson Prize.
It’s only a matter of time before her first collection hits the shelves.
I may not be blogging in the correct spot, so no disrespect to Stacie Leatherman
But I just wanted to say how much I liked both Rapture, by Jonterri Gadson…….(for its length and complexity and effective way of dealing about race and childhood …..and Cemetary Lane, by Kent Nielsen…(for the pity, short dealing with fear of death, and again about childhood.)
I was glad to come across Conte, thanks to Poets and Writers…
Comment by Melissa Shook — September 1, 2008 @ 3:17 pm