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Fall 2010

 

ISSN 1542-3123

 

Time back, country parts gave names to ways we act:
Power, the sun. Moon, mystery. Stars, arrays of hope.
Clouds, doubt. Mist, evasion. Rain, relief
For thirst in throats, and the land's need to grow.
—Patrick Henry, "Metaphorisms"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, June 4th, 1:00 to 3:00 pm

BigCityLit Reading
Contributors to the 2011 Spring Issue
Host: Guest-Editor Martin Mitchell
The Bloomingdale branch
of the NYPL
150 West 100th Street
(b/t Amsterdam & Columbus)
Free admission

Featuring work by Mary Legato Brownell, Gretl Claggett, Margot Farrington,
Lesleigh Forsyth, David M. Katz, Gerry LaFemina, Lynn McGee, Charles Pierre,
M.A. Schaffner and Wendy Sloan

In Memoriam
Philip Miller (1943-2011)

Philip Winn Miller, teacher, poet, husband and father, age 67, of Mt. Union, Pennsylvania, passed peacefully early Monday morning, February 14, 2011, at home with his family. Read more

Phil Miller was the kind of literary figure who'd walk into a restaurant thinking not about the menu but how he could rearrange the tables and chairs for a poetry reading. Read more

Saturday, December 4th, 1:00 to 4:00 pm

BigCityLit Reading
Contributors to the 2010 Fall Issue
Host: Nick Johnson
The Bloomingdale branch
of the NYPL
150 West 100th Street
(b/t Amsterdam & Columbus)
Free admission

Featuring: work by Cynthia Atkins, Patricia Brody, Marion Brown,
Patricia Eakins, Allen C. Fischer, David Francis, Wilda Gallagher,
Joanne Grumet, Caroline Holme, Kate Irving, Dean Kostos,
Richard Levine, Brant Lyon, Quitman Marshall, Stephen Massimilla,
Philip Miller, Karen Neuberg, eve packer, Lynn Patmalnee, Jo Pitkin,
Ron Price, Hilary Sideris, Barry Wallenstein, Carolyn Whittle and Michael T. Young

 

Call for submissions: Spring 2011

(Note: List is not restrictive nor preclusive of other themes.)
Epigrams; Moving/Motion; Dust; Corridors; Insects; Cemeteries; Smoking; Infanticide; Surrealism; Timepieces; Kites; Suicide; 'Lovesick'; Hands and Gloves; Wells; Windmills; and Small Town Wherewithal.  (Bolding indicates features which are scheduled to appear very soon.)

Consult Submissions for guidelines, Masthead for editorial policy.
Please query first on articles over 750 words.
Email: editors@nycBigCityLit.com.

 

In This Issue: Fall 2010

Poetry:

Local Intimacies: This Fall's collection includes work by CThis Fall's collection includes work by William L. Alton, Cynthia Atkins, Patricia Brody, Evelyn Duncan, Graham Duncan, Robert Klein Engler, Allen C. Fischer, David Francis, Wilda Gallagher, JoAnne Growney, Joanne Grumet, Patrick Henry, R. Nemo Hill, Caroline Holme, Kate Irving, Helen Ivory, Dean Kostos, Richard Levine, Brant Lyon, Quitman Marshall, Stephen Massimilla, Philip Miller, Karen Neuberg, eve packer, Lynn Patmalnee, Jo Pitkin, Ron Price, Ryan, Hilary Sideris, Ian C. Smith, Raleigh Thompson, Barry Wallenstein, and Michael T. Young

 

Twelve:

Work by Marion Brown

 

Big City, Little:

The Best Cigarette, Rebecca Lucente

 

Interview:

Notes of a New York Son: Eric Darton Interview by Susan Tepper

 

Fiction:

Carolyn Whittle, On Shinnecock Beach

Patricia Eakins, The Children's Army

 

Essays:

Patrick Henry, Prague Springs Gates Open

Valery Oisteanu, Paul Delvaux: Sleepwalker or Daydreamer?

 

Articles:

My Helpmate by Talia Carner

 

Reviews:

Burning of the Three Fires by Jeanne Marie Beaumont, reviewed by Kryssa Schemmerling

Grassroots: Poems by Jared Smith, reviewed by George Wallace

Mosquito Operas: New and Selected Short Poems, by Philip Dacy, reviewed by Jared Smith

Tony's World by Barry Wallenstein, reviewed by Steve Koenig

 

Bookshelf:

New Additions:

Burning of the Three Fires, Jean Beaumont

 

CDs:

Lance Whalen: Civil Twilight

 

Events:

Saturday, December 4th, 1:00 to 4:00 pm

BigCityLit Reading
Contributors to the 2010 Fall Issue
Host: Nick Johnson
The Bloomingdale branch
of the NYPL
150 West 100th Street
(b/t Amsterdam & Columbus)
Free admission

Featuring: work by Cynthia Atkins, Patricia Brody, Marion Brown,
Patricia Eakins, Allen C. Fischer, David Francis, Wilda Gallagher,
Joanne Grumet, Caroline Holme, Kate Irving, Dean Kostos,
Richard Levine, Brant Lyon, Quitman Marshall, Stephen Massimilla,
Philip Miller, Karen Neuberg, eve packer, Lynn Patmalnee, Jo Pitkin,
Ron Price, Hilary Sideris, Barry Wallenstein, Carolyn Whittle and Michael T. Young

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Letters:

Big City Lit welcomes letters from its readers. Address correspondence to Editors@nycBigCityLit.com

 

Print Series:

All Print Series Suspended

 

Contests:

For the present, all Contests suspended.

 

Masthead Notes:

As we say good-bye to those no longer with us, we are pleased to announce new contributing editors Martin Mitchell, George Wallace and Barry Wallenstein; regular contributor Allen C. Fischer; and Associate Editor Elena Kondracki.

 

Contributing Editors:

Martin Mitchell, Barry Wallenstein, James Ragan, Patrick Henry (UK), Diana Manister, Philip Miller, Margo Berdeshevsky, George Wallace, Larissa Shmailo, Brant Lyon