Visit 2River now to read the 19.1 (Fall 2014) issue of The 2River View, with new poems by S. L. Alderton, Jose Angel Araguz, Philip Belcher, Grant Clauser, Heather Derr-Smith, Howie Good, Robert W. King, John McKernan, Mariene Muller, Lynne Potts, and Teresa Sutton; plus new art by Rebecca Meredith.
Visit 2River late next week to read the 19.1 (Fall 2014) issue of The 2River View, with new poems by S. L. Alderton, Jose Angel Araguz, Philip Belcher, Grant Clauser, Heather Derr-Smith, Howie Good, Robert W. King, John McKernan, Mariene Muller, Lynne Potts, and Teresa Sutton; plus new art by Rebecca Meredith. Meanwhile, enjoy this selection from the upcoming issue.
In the White Ocean Motel
at night our parents drink beer and boil
a tall pot of clams. “I hate clams,”
I hiss. I hate the clam gun, the bucket,
the beach at 5 a.m. I hate the gray
surf breaking beneath a burden
of rain. They laugh in the kitchen,
fog the window with steam. Three
teenagers sprawl across sandy beds,
the oldest preaching again what God
wants. God wants to save us. Save me
from go-karts, from fourteen,
from nothing good to eat or ever
happening. “The night is far spent,
the day is at hand.” When they all
fall asleep, I test God – “Lift this coat
to that bed.” The coat stays.
I cannot see I am moving.
Two lucky people will be receiving the actual postcard below from 2River.
On the cusp of summer comes the 18.4 (Summer 2014) issue of The 2River View, a cool current of new poems by Bradley J. Fest, Kathryn Haemmerle, April Krivensky, Kristin LaFollette, Michael Lauchlan, Gloria Monaghan, Darren Morris, Sherry O’Keefe, Jacqueline Dee Parker, Sally Van Doren, Kami Westhoff; and art by Heidi Daub.
I’ve mentioned that my Literary Publishing class last semester had to follow through with journal concept, which included a literary postcard, a broadside, and the journal itself. Earlier I posted the Chicklets postcard. Here’s the broadside, with text from a story by Natalie Upchurch, also a member of the class.
A literary postcard from Chicklets: A Lit Mag for Chicks. Kristina Dujmovic developed the journal concept in Literary Publishing at St. Louis Community College–Meramec.
Follow her journal at Chicklets.
It’s here: the 18.3 (Spring 2014) issue of The 2River View, with new poems by Bindu Bansinath, Kristin Bassett, J. L. Conrad, Craig Cotter, Francis Daulerio, Jim Elsaesser, David Faldet, Mark Kliewer, Natasha Moni, Anne Nance, and Bethany Price; and photography by Drew Campbell. Click over to 2River to read.
Coming soon! the 18.3 (Spring 2014) issue of The 2River View, with new poems by Bindu Bansinath, Kristin Bassett, J. L. Conrad, Craig Cotter, Francis Daulerio, Jim Elsaesser, David Faldet, Mark Kliewer, Natasha Moni, Anne Nance, and Bethany Price.
Muddy Bank 