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Lolita Bar is at 266 Broome Street in the LES of Manhattan. For
directions,
visit http://www.lolitabar.net or call 212.966.7223.**


LIT *15/16 Contributors Include:

Poetry and Prose by Cynthia Arrieu-King, Kate Baldus, A K Beck, Mark
Bilbrey, Sommer Browning, Jennifer Bryan, Blake Butler, Tyler Carter,
Jeff Chang, Jamison T. Crabtree, Mónica de la Torre, Christopher Deweese,
Denise Duhamel, Brian Foley, Andrew Grace, Kate Hall, Casey Haymes, Chris
Hosea, Christine Hume, Kirsten Kaschock, Sean Kilpatrick, Amy Lemmon, dawn
lonsinger, Julianne Lynch, Anthony Madrid, Scott Miles, Ander Monson,
Linnea Ogden, Shelly Oria, Jeffrey Pethybridge, Marie Ponsot, Brett Price,
Justin Quarry, Kathleen Rooney, Catie Rosemurgy, Brian Russell, Michael
Schiavo,Roy William Scranton, Craig Morgan Teicher, Brendon Vayo and Dean Young…*

10 Years: An Editors’ Retrospective*, with an introduction by Nicole
Steinberg and Peter Bogart-Johnson, LIT co-editors, featuring work by
Mary Jo Bang, Erin Belieu, Mark Bibbins, Liz Brown, Jenna Cardinale,
Clifford Chase, Shanna Compton, Elaine Equi, Paul Feldman, Andy Fitch, Jonathan
Franzen, Caroline Knox, Wayne Koestenbum, Thomas David Lisk, Justin
Marks,Chris McCabe, Nancy Nalven, Kathleen Ossip, Angela Patrinos, Rebecca
Reilly,Joseph Salvatore, Maureen Thorson, Chris Tonelli and Matthew Ulland…*

Bars Across Sky Across Feeling: A Selection of German Poetry in Translation*,
curated by Liesel Tarquini, with work by Susan Bernofsky, E.H.
Bottenberg,Marica Bodrozic, Katy Derbyshire, Catherine Hales, Victoria Hill, Wendy
Ann Kopisch, Friederike Mayröcker, Alistair Noon, Veronika Reichl, Monika
Rinck,Silke Scheuermann, Lutz Seiler, Tzveta Sofronieva, Donna Stonecipher,
Matthias Traxler and Chantal Wright…

AND amazing art by Alana Celii and Anna Knoell!

For more info, visit us online at http://litmagazine.wordpress.com.

LIT launch party wrap- up and poem accepted

The LIT launch party was a good time. The funny thing about NS events is that the alcohol seems to either last forever or vanish in a blink- this party was one of them vanishing acts. First all the Brooklyn Lagers disappeared then all the cups and at one point I noticed a few people pouring white wine into empty soda cans. Wow! That's dedication or boredom at its best. Nonetheless it was good to catch Sampson Starkweather read and see so many people I don't know with copies of LIT in their hands. Have I told you how good ish 13 is going to be?

I saw Matthew Yeager (who I hadn't seen in ages) Malachi Black, Mark Bibbins, and met Peter Bogart Johnson's (current editor of LIT along with Nicole Steinberg, a good poet, and a very funny guy) wife, and then left the party with poets Daniel Meagers and Steve Roberts for a few more drinks. Both Steve and myself had work early the next morning so it ended up being a pleasant, yet early evening... sorry Dan!

Friday I got an acceptance email from Knock Journal (out of Seattle) that they will be publishing my "Birthday Poem" in their November issue- yeah for that! At sometime today I have to figure out where else I've submitted that poem so I can retract it- definitely my least favorite task- let's just say my submission spread sheet is a half-assed infrequently updated thing of a disaster!