Issue 61, 2005
Buy a Classic Edition
The original issue from our storage.

A very limited supply of copies remain for only certain back issues. Please write to i n f o @ n y q . o r g to inquire about availability and pricing. Serious inquiries only - please.
Buy a Reprint Edition Order From Amazon.com
A digitally reproduced edition of the classic: same content, terrific quality.
Various prices. Click on your favorite store.
Classic v. Reprint Help
Craft Interview:W. D. Snodgrass
Editorial:Language in Poetry
Articles, Features, and Photos:
Articles, Features, and Photos:
The Present State of American Poetry: "Three Rooms" by Justin Marks

POET TITLE
W.D. Snodgrass   A PRESENCE
  RUFFED GROUSE
  THE LAWS OF CUNT
Charles Bukowski   THE LADIES MAN
Denis Johnson   [IF I WAS ON ACID]
  [THE SUN GONE]
Douglas Treem   DENNIS WILSON
Antler   HOW TO EXPLAIN THE WAR
David Lehman   ON A LINE FROM THE FOLLOWING STORY
  SF
Gary Goude   JILL
Lyn Lifshin   APPLE BOUGHS, DRIPPING CHERRY
Amanda J. Bradley   LISTEN
Donald Lev   A SQUARE SPACE
Sascha Feinstein   COLETRANE'S "INDIA"
Mookie Katigbak   MAKING LOVE
Timothy Liu   INTIMATIONS OF IMMORALITY
Deirdre Dore   THE DOGS OF AUGUST KLEINZAHLER
Tony Quagliano   EARLY ONSET
Kevin Pilkington   LOVE STORY
Ira Joe Fisher   INTRUSION
Jared Smith   THE INTENSITY OF LIGHT
Richard Kostelanetz   WITHIN "RICHARD KOSTELANETZ"
William Baer   THERESA
Hawa Allan   TERRORISM
Cynthia Atkins   BIRTHDAY POEM
Tom Baas   FREEWILL
Philip Cioffari   MOTEL MOVIES
Peter Arcese   BLOOD POEM
Phillip Henry Christopher   YULETIDE WHISKEY JOINT
Ron Thomas   TRAVELER
Ted Jonathan   THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER
Jim Reese   TEN PENNY HIGH
Alyssa Purdy   YELLOW MORNING
Gail Gertrude Miller   MOODY'S OIL
Ian Johnson   SOME ? ?
Angelo Verga   A SHORT HISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY
Shelley Stenhouse   A LOT OF TALKING IN A LOT OF BEDS
Douglas Goetsch   YOUR TOWN
Sanford Fraser   SIDEWALK DOLL
Tony Gloeggler   FAITH
  SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL
Bill Zavatsky   DAY BY DAY
Michael Cirelli   WARDROBE
Ray Collins   IN BELFAST TOWN
Emily Brungo   LOVE IS A PUPPY FROM PURGATORY
Sommer Browning   SEA MONKEYS
Paul Hicks   FAT KATHY
Daniel Connor   DEATH OF A CLOWN
Miljenko Horvat   (FOR 9/11)
Donovan Hufnagle   86 THE MUSTARD
Jennifer Gresham   ON THE DECISION NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN
Reginald Sinclair Lewis   WHEN YOU GROW OLD
Justin Marks   CARBONATE PRECIPITATION ON SAND
Tom Lombardo   WHEN
Iris Lee   YOU HAVE BEEN HERE
Scott Odom   LOVE
Nancy Carol Moody   ZORSE
Carol Purdy   BILL
William Meyer, Jr.   REACHING FOR HER BRA
Joanne Joseph   EUGENE MC CARTHY, HOW COULD YOU?!
Eric Seddon   A GLIMPSE OF THE JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET
Kristen Tracy   NINETY MILLION YEARS AGO
Stephen Sundin   OSTEOBLAST
John Tagliabue   SOME OF OUR DESIRES
Melinda Thomsen   REMEMBERING A LETTER
Rynn Williams   BIRTH DAY
Fred Yannantuono   CHANTICLEER
Craig Sernotti   DOCTOR SQUEEZED
Virgil Suarez   FUCKED UP SONATA
Chris Tonelli   LAMENT
Yoon Sik Kim   WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Michael Pegausch   CIGARETTE #12
Denis Johnson   [I AM NO LONGER PASSIONATE]
  [I KEEP WAKING]
August Kleinzahler   SINCE YOU DIDN'T PHONE
  SNOW IN NORTH JERSEY
Franz Wright   CHILD PLAYING
  THE NEXT HOME