Prick of the Spindle: An online journal of the literary arts: Volume 5.4

Table of Contents, Vol. 5.4

Fiction

Rebecca Andem
     What Would Rosa Do?
Thomas P. Balázs
     The Caves of Juarez
Ben Bellizzi
     Plunging
     Find Her
     What Might Be There
Lena Bertone
     Malandata
Alessandra Rebekkah Castellanos
     El Duende and the Persimmon Tree
Aimee Henkel
     Amadee Broussard
Mimi Herman
     Swimming Lessons
Rich Larson
     The Listening Game
R.C. Li
     Antonio
Roger Pincus
     Prisoner of the Pines
Stephen V. Ramey
     A Formidable Joy
Rod Rosenquist
     The Dead Fly Free
Alanna Schubach
     The Passenger
Bryan Shawn Wang
     On Engagement

Poetry

Alyse Bensel
     Museo Subacuático de Arte
Kristina Marie Darling
     Footnotes to a History of the Beloved
     A History of the Jewelry Box : Glossary of Terms
Donavon Davidson
     The Diving Bell
Nandini Dhar
     My Father's Finger
Brad Johnson
     Daphne Running
Tyrel Kessinger
     Doubtful
     Phalanges
Peter LaBerge
     Community
     Shores of Elgol
Gregory Lawless
     Note to Super Villain
Barry Napier
     A Brief Afterlife
John Palen
     Art
     All Nighter on the Snow Plow
     A Young Man Sees His First Picasso
Terry Parke
     Mother Mary of the Bathtub
Allen M. Weber
     On the day I should've proposed we marry
Margo Williams
     Birthing Table
Bill Yarrow
     Startle Reflex

Nonfiction

Brandi Homan
     Welcome to the Jungle
B. J. Jones
     Let All Who Have Breath Leave Me Alone
Tom Molanphy
     Killing Crows
Matthew Zanoni Müller
     Rockefeller Center
Vi Khi Nao
     On Flesh (or, Propulsion)
Laurie Reichart
     Watering the Flowers

Drama

Rosebud Ben-Oni
Drawn from Water: A One-Act Play
Alex Tamaki
Reaming

Reviews

Ghost by Gaylord Brewer
     Review by Kathleen Kirk
To Be at Music: Essays & Talks by Norma Cole
     Review by Cynthia Reeser
Paper Covers Rock & Triplicity: Poems in Threes by Chella Courington and Kristen McHenry
     Review by Barbara P. Lovenheim
Climate Reply by Trey Moody
     Review by Patricia Caspers
Four of a Kind by Mark Neely
     Review by Kathleen Kirk
Recipes for Endangered Species by Traci O'Connor
     Review by Byron Alexander Campbell
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
     Review by Cynthia Reeser
The Bugging Watch & Other Exhibits by Kim Gek Lin Short
     Review by Kristine Ong Muslim
Witness by Curtis Smith
     Review by John Pahle
Two Mini-Chapbooks by Helen Vitoria
     Review by C. L. Bledsoe
Gardens of Earthly Delight by George Williams
     Review by Chris Vola

Interviews

Writer Round-Up: Sunnyoutside Press Authors
Featuring Richard Krech, Micah Ling, Rebecca Schumejda, Brian McGettrick,
Hosho McCreesh, and Noel Sloboda
A Conversation with Kristine Ong Muslim, Writer Extraordinaire

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Prick of the Spindle announces the print edition! Issue 1 released late October 2011. Order here. Check out our guidelines and submit here.

Second annual Prick of the Spindle Poetry Open Competition open for submissions.
See guidelines here.

Congratulations to the 2011 Prick of the Spindle Pushcart Prize nominees:

Jennifer Juneau, "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"
Bob Ritchie, "Pedro Gets a Dog"
Josef Firmage, "The Boy in the Whale"
Phyllis Green, "Provisions"
Sahar Delijani, "Another Birth"
Matthew Harrison, "Yes to Ice Cream"

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Congratulations to Monique Hayes, whose play, "Echoes," was selected through Prick of the Spindle's Outreach Initiative for Youth Drama Competition for production through the Pensacola Little Theatre. See the press release and poster. Production was May 12 and May 13, 2011 for the world premiere in Pensacola, Florida.

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