In the Current Issue 18
Dear Readers,
Issue 18 of The Shore takes on the world in all its wild weirdness. From raccoon skulls and click beetles to flies cussing and crabs pulling taffy, these poems are fearless. Even when they are about fear itself, they run straight at it. They question the current order of things, the meanings of relationships, the common and uncommon terrors we confront daily and bravely say: we are here; we are wounded; we are strong enough to speak.
Here is what the issue 18 contributors have been up to since Summer 2023:
Haley Winans has recently published poems in Rattle, Midway Journal, Watershed Review and Sundog.
Sara Femenella has recently published poems in Palette Poetry, Viewless Wings and Anti-Heroin Chic.
Dorsey Craft has recently published poems in Only Poems, Sixth Finch and Palette Poetry.
Lisa Lewis has recently published poems in North American Review, New Letters and Action, Spectacle.
William Littlejohn-Oram recently published two poems in Crab Creek Review.
Laura Apol’s newest poetry collection, Cauterized, was published with Michigan State University Press in 2024.
Matthew Gustafson recently published a poem in Eunoia Review.
Tracey Knapp has recently published poems in One Art and West Trestle Review.
Sandra Fees’ poetry collection, Wonderwork, was recently published with BlazeVOX Books. She also recently published poems in Iron Horse Literary Review and Cutleaf Journal and was the winner of Off Topic Publishing’s poetry contest.
Roman Bobek recently published poems in Beaver Magazine and HAD.
Jordan Walker won Prairie Schooner’s 2023 Summer Essay Contest and published nonfiction in Hayden’s Ferry Review.
Emily A Benton recently published poems in Bird Coat Quarterly.
Jeff Newberry recently published poems in Another New Calligraphy.
Christopher McCormick has recently published poems in Beaver Magazine and West Trade Review.
Katie Mora has recently published fiction in The Summerset Review, Orca and Blue Earth Review.
Ashish Kumar Singh has recently published poems in Frontier Poetry and Diode Poetry.
Allison Thung published two books, Reacquaint and Molar with Kith Books in 2024. She has a hybrid pamphlet forthcoming from Hem Press in 2025.
Fathia Quadri Eniola recently published poems in Strange Horizons, Ink Sweat & Tears and Torch Literary Arts.
Saba Husain’s book, Elegy for My Tongue, came out with Terrapin Books!
Matthew McDonald had poems appear in Red Ogre Review and Ballast Magazine.
Austin Segrest’s new book, Groom, was recently released by Unbound Edition Press. His poems have appeared widely in fine journals such as Virginia Quarterly Review and Cumberland River Review.
Matthew Murrey has had his work appear in many journals such as One, Rust and Moth and Rattle.
Amy DeBellis has had new writing appear in Hobart, The Shore and Blue Earth Review, among others.
Helena Mesa recently had poems published in Verse Daily, One Art and SWIMM Everyday.
Inkyoo Lee’s poems have recently come out in Wildness, Ghost City Review and The Inflectionist Review.
Phoebe Buckley is now pursuing and MA in Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths University of London.
Alexander Duringer has had poems appear in Four Way Review, Ghost City Review and Seventh Wave, among others.
Dan Schall had work appear in Anthropocene, Thimble Literary Magazine and Elysium Review.
Jamie Tews had writing published by Understory and Off Assignment.
Peggy Hammond’s poetry appeared in Roanoke Review and OLit.
Andrew Vogel had poems come out in journals such as Valparaiso Poetry Review and Cider Press Review.
Laurel Benjamin had poems appear in Spillwords, Taos Journal and Stone Poetry Quarterly.
Annette Sisson’s new book, Winter with Sharp Apples, came out with Terrapin Books. Her poems also appeared in journals such as Cumberland River Review and Lascaux Review.
Phil Goldstein has published widely in journals such as Sierra Nevada Review, Atlanta Review and South Dakota Review.
Lisa Low had poems appear in One Art and Does It Have Pockets.
Barbara Daniels’ poems appeared in Canary, Good River Review and As It Ought to Be.
Adam D Weeks had work appear in Cumberland River Review, Poet Lore and 45th Parallel.
David Eileen Winn has had poems published in Painted Bride Quarterly, Beaver Magazine and Permafrost, among many others.
Sarah B Cahalan had poems come out in Feral, Psaltery & Lyre and Ekstasis.
Andrew Spitzer earned his Master's in Architecture at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
Congratulations on all your wonderful achievements! We look forward to more from you in the future!
Best,
The Editors