Releasing in June, Rattle #44 is another entirely open issue. We simply chose our favorite 37 poems from the tens of thousands that had been submitted to us over the past year. It’s summer, and poetry has turned up the heat, it seems, with visits to strip clubs and topless swimming pools, and Kenny Tanemura’s brilliant “Ode to Short Shorts.” But it’s not all love and lust: These poems run the gamut of contemporary human experience, from churches to trust falls, suicide to salvation. The issue also features several long poems, including Lucas Crawford’s unforgettable indictment, “Your Fat Daughter Remembers What You Said.”
In the conversations section, Timothy Green discusses poetry and life in a lively conversation with California Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera.
Poetry
Nic Alea
Jose Angel Araguz
Andrew Bennett
Jacqueline Berger
Daniel Bohnhorst
Kim Bridgford
T.L. Burns
Marty Cain
David Cavanagh
J.P. Celia
Teresa Mei Chuc
Beth Copeland
Tim Craven
Lucas Crawford
J. Divina Erickson
Alan Fox
Troy Jollimore
Stephen Kampa
Sharon Kessler
Marianne Kunkel
Britt Luttrell
Michael Meyerhofer
Jeffrey Morgan
Z. Mueller
Kathleen Diane Nolan
JoLee G. Passerini
Robert Peake
Charlotte Pence
Amy Plettner
Doug Ramspeck
Sam Sax
Rebecca Schumejda
Janice D. Soderling
Taylor Supplee
Kenny Tanemura
Bruce Taylor
William Trowbridge
Paul Watsky
Releasing in June, Rattle #44 is another entirely open issue. We simply chose our favorite 37 poems from the tens of thousands that had been submitted to us over the past year. It’s summer, and poetry has turned up the heat, it seems, with visits to strip clubs and topless swimming pools, and Kenny Tanemura’s brilliant “Ode to Short Shorts.” But it’s not all love and lust: These poems run the gamut of contemporary human experience, from churches to trust falls, suicide to salvation. The issue also features several long poems, including Lucas Crawford’s unforgettable indictment, “Your Fat Daughter Remembers What You Said.”
In the conversations section, Timothy Green discusses poetry and life in a lively conversation with California Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera.
Poetry
Nic Alea
Jose Angel Araguz
Andrew Bennett
Jacqueline Berger
Daniel Bohnhorst
Kim Bridgford
T.L. Burns
Marty Cain
David Cavanagh
J.P. Celia
Teresa Mei Chuc
Beth Copeland
Tim Craven
Lucas Crawford
J. Divina Erickson
Alan Fox
Troy Jollimore
Stephen Kampa
Sharon Kessler
Marianne Kunkel
Britt Luttrell
Michael Meyerhofer
Jeffrey Morgan
Z. Mueller
Kathleen Diane Nolan
JoLee G. Passerini
Robert Peake
Charlotte Pence
Amy Plettner
Doug Ramspeck
Sam Sax
Rebecca Schumejda
Janice D. Soderling
Taylor Supplee
Kenny Tanemura
Bruce Taylor
William Trowbridge
Paul Watsky