07/01/2024
The July issue (vol. 277) of our 23-year-old literary and cultural arts journal is now live on the Internet.
Featured Poet: We are honoured to have multi-award-winning poet Mark Lipman as our July Feature. Mark is the newly appointed US National Beat Poet Laureate 2024-2025. He graces our pages with three of his best.
Contributors to our Poetry section: CJ Rakay, Kate Kingston, Michael Escoubas, Andrea Potos, Vaughn Neeld, Scott Shaffer, Karen O’Leary, Geoffrey Heptonstall, and Yingcai.
Prose Poem: Colleen McManus Hein.
Our Poetry Prompt section: Michael Escoubas, Sharmagne Leland-St John-Sylbert, Marcel Aime Duclos, Mark Fleisher, Jane Lang, Gay Williford, Lenora Rain-Lee Good, and Vaughn Neeld
Contributors to our Ekphrastic section: Sharmagne Leland-St. John, Michael Escoubas, Paulette D. Turco Vaughn Neeld, MFrost Delaney, Marcel Aime Duclos, Kathy Lohrum Cotton, Carole Mertz, Elayne Clift, Aime E. Duclos, and Gay Williford.
Ekphrastic Prompt challenge for the August issue:
http://quillandparchment.com/.../Jul.../EPromptJuly2024.html
Submission deadline: July 15
Poetry Prompt challenge for the August issue:
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/July2024/PPJuly.html
Submission deadline: July 15
Book Reviews: European Editor Neil Leadbetter reviews, “A Time for Such a Word,” by Michael W. Thomas. Michael Escoubas reviews, “Slow Wreckage,” by Barbara Crooker; “The Low Country Shvitz,” by Rick Lupert; and “Pink Moon,” by Tina Barr.
New Book Releases: “Altadena Poetry Review: Anthology 2024”; Editor, Peter J. Harris, Publisher: Golden Foothills Press. “From this Side of the Window,” by Patricia E. DeJong, Publisher: Praying Mantis Press. “Haiku and Senryu: A Book of Short Shorts,” by Jacob erin-cilberto; Publisher: Praying Mantis Press. “Vital Signs,” by Deborah P Kolodji; Publisher: Cuttlefish Books.
Recipes: From the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John, “Mango Salsa and Sambal Oelek; from the kitchens of Dena Bremer and Sharmagne Leland-St. John, “Crunchy Chicken and Mango Salad.” Bonus: Oldies but Goodies! Three summer dip recipes you might have missed from previous issues. “Sharmagne’s Homemade Chip Dip,” “Papaya Salsa,” and “Guacamole and Caviar Dip.”
July’s Featured Artist is neo-impressionist /pointallist painter Robert Perez. His bio appears at the end of this month’s journal. Be sure to read it and consider making a purchase.
Our July issue came together through the expertise of Editor-in-Chief, Sharmagne Leland-St. John, Web Mistress Extraordinaire, Sara Wadington, and never-tiring editors, Gail Dunda, Michael Escoubas, Neil Leadbeater, and Victor Riehl.
IMPORTANT: Please forward the ENTIRE link to friends and fellow poets, not just your submission by itself.
Won’t you please peek?
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/July2024/vol277.html
