our final nominee, from issue 10.2 Lecture on Creation So here we gather and no one’s dead although we all will be and soon, and it’s sad that we miss people most right after we’ve seen them, not when many years have slid by, but I digress (Rate My Professor Dot Com says he does … Continue reading Pushcart nominee, Lecture on Creation, by Tod Marshall
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Pushcart nominee, On Apophasis and a Bee, by Karen An-hwei Lee
our fourth nominee, from issue 10.2 On Apophasis and a Bee A buttered roll and a dinner bee are not in this line. Orthography is a roll baked at a spelling contest. The spotlights on the spellers, I mean, burning at roll call. See, neither role-play nor dinner rolls. On apophasis, a translator … Continue reading Pushcart nominee, On Apophasis and a Bee, by Karen An-hwei Lee
Pushcart nominee, Herodias and Her Daughter, Salome, Report for Jury Duty, by Rebecca Lauren
our fifth nominee, from issue 10.2
Pushcart nominee: Seven Lessons from the Book of Sharks, by Rob Carney
our second nominee, from issue 10.1 Seven Lessons from the Book of Sharks Before mountains rose from the ocean so clouds had somewhere to arrive, before ice carved canyons and brought the valleys soil, before seeds taught Color to everything and Color turned Quiet into birds, before people and singing and feathers ornamenting dancers there … Continue reading Pushcart nominee: Seven Lessons from the Book of Sharks, by Rob Carney
Pushcart nominee: In Eastern Medicine, by Erin Rodoni
our first nominee, from issue 10.1: In Eastern Medicine milk is an extension of blood which we suckle with the tiny gulping mouth of heart. We covet iron rich leaves, crushed roses. We pull up carrots like teabags, steeped in earth, tilt back our heads to eat the rain. We want to be fortified with … Continue reading Pushcart nominee: In Eastern Medicine, by Erin Rodoni
A Few Words on Kelley White’s “Annunciation”
This is the first of our Pushcart nominations for 2011. Sometimes, as an editor, the drudgery of reading submissions can make one want to put one's eyes out. If I read for an hour, I'm usually angry by the end of it. I want writing to be sublime, I want it to rivet me, to … Continue reading A Few Words on Kelley White’s “Annunciation”
Pushcart Prize nominations
Rock & Sling is pleased to announce its nominations for the 2011 Pushcart Prize "To the Reverend Arnold Kenseth" by Ray Amorosi (issue 6.1) "Day After Christmas" by Cathy Bobb (issue 6.1) "Horoscope with a Perimeter of Concertina" by Jeffrey G. Dodd (issue 6.1) "Psalm 42" by Kent Leathem (issue 6.2) "There Are Always Pieces … Continue reading Pushcart Prize nominations
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