This issue features fiction by Emily Hall, Nick Gregorio, and Maria Alvarez among others; poetry by Robert Wood Lynn, Rogan Kelly, Kimberly Ann Priest and many more.; Creative Nonfiction by Hayley Notter, Lily Levin, and Katherine Grasso; Cover art and art insert by Nika Novich; Interviews with Maria Alavrez, Robert Wood Lynn, and Nika Novich
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West Trade Review Visual Poetics: Latest Video Poem
"Mama Snake Love Sound on Vinyl" by Lauren Endicott
We're excited to present the premiere of the next video poem in our Visual Poetics Series, "Mama Snake Love Sound on Vinyl," written and read by Lauren Endicott. Video edited by Sarah Edmonds. West Trade Review Visual Poetics developed by Ken Harmon.
Endicott's poem appears in the winter 2022 collection of Online Exclusives.
We'd like to read poems that explore the relationship between place/environment/nature and gender, sexual identity, race, ethnicity, disability, and/or social class.
Poets are encouraged to "go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write," as Rilke urged. Simply creatively explore these ideas and intersectional spaces to find what emerges.
"Violence and Domestication in Judas Goat by Gabrielle Bates"
by Allisa Cherry
"Judas Goat is symphonic in its weaving of religion, sex, the animal kingdom, gendered expectations, the Deep South, a broken covenant between a mother and daughter, and, ultimately, love and marriage."