The Cascadia Subduction Zone, Vol. 2, 2

The new issue of The Cascadia Subduction Zone, Vol. 2, #2, is out! This one, in honor of National Poetry Month, is a special issue on poetry, including essays about poetry and writing poetry by Liz Henry and Mark Rich, thoughtful reviews of books of poetry By Eileen Gunn, Liz Bourke, Rachel Swirsky, and others, and-- of course!-- poetry.

Here's the table of contents:

Essays
Undines, Vampires, Statues, and Space...Women’s Poetry
by Liz Henry

Writing, Race, and Poetry
by Mark Rich

Poems
Crow at Solstice by Mark Rich
Said in Tones of Conversation by Mark Rich
Bird-Winged by Michele Bannister
East Coast Summer by Emily Jiang
The Problem of Two Bodies by Michele Bannister

Grandmother Magma
Promised Lands: Poems from the Sovereign of Dishpan Sonnets by JT Stewart
reviewed by Eileen Gunn

Reviews
The Moment of Change edited by Rose Lemberg
reviewed by Rachel Swirsky
He Do the Gay Man in Different Voices by Stephen Mills
reviewed by Evan J. Peterson
Suspended Somewhere Between: A Book of Verse by Akbar Ahmed
reviewed by Liz Bourke
A Mayse-Bikhl by Sonia Taaffe
reviewed by Amal El-Mohtar
When the Only Light is Fire by Saeed Jones
reviewed by Sheree Renée Thomas

Featured Artist
Terri Windling

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