What are you reading during Hurricane Sandy? | Drexel Publishing ...

Hurricane Sandy?s massive wallop on the Mid-Atlantic States begins today. I don?t expect to? have power (in my neighborhood we lose power if someone sneezes too hard) , so it?s reading by candlelight for me. I?ll be enjoying a few things, but I?m really excited about the 11th issue of New Ohio Review. The theme is collaboration. I don?t get a chance to read journals as often as I like, but this one was a birthday present to myself because it looked so extraordinary.

Why did I order this issue a few weeks ago? Because of what?s happening inside: Tony Hoagland has a piece of drama (theatre drama, not office drama). Hoagland is most known for poetry, so I?m really interested in reading this. The issue has poems from Denise Duhamel, Jim Daniels, Billy Collins,? and many others. The features section has several collaborative pieces including one by Duhamel and Amy Lemmon, and another by Ron Padgett with writing from Allen Ginsberg and Kenneth Koch.? I?m also looking forward to reading work by writers I don?t know (in several genres).

New writers, new work from established writers, the craft of blending different voices through a common theme ? this is why I love reading journals. It?s like hearing good music performed live: as you make your way through the issue, consider that the pieces you?re experiencing got their world-debut in this place, at this time ? and you have a piece of that. Someday Duhamel?s ?Old Love Poems? on page 16 will appear in a book, and eventually it might be all over the Web, but in these pages is how Duhamel first shared it with the world. Pretty cool, if you ask me. If you?re interested in finding a journal you like, visit newpages.com.

And you?re reading during Hurricane Sandy?

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Marshall Warfield teaches writing courses at Drexel University and serves on the editorial board of the great literary magazine, Painted Bride Quarterly. He has taught two courses on poetry writing for Main Line School Night. During the school year he has run one-shot workshops for poetry and flash fiction. He also tutors. His most recent work was an interactive art/writing exhibit entitled Resonance: Speaking for the Arts.

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