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Fall/Winter 2009-10

Poetry

tom oristaglio
scott summers
cindy childress
tom rechtin
james b. nicola
debra rymer
doug draime
corey mesler
rebecca schumejda
chris crittenden
arlene ang
joey nicoletti
brad johnson
lorie allred
elizabeth kay
alexander russo
nissa lee
kenneth gurney
jessi lee gaylord
keith brighouse

Flash

ajay vishwanathan
ethel rohan
william "cully" bryant

Featured Artists
julie steiner

Steiner Interview
by Alex Nodopaka

Editors

Jennifer VanBuren
Jai Britton
Alex Nodopaka
Patrick Carrington

Mannequin Envy in memory of poet and artist Douglas Gamrath

Mark Cunningham

Bald Eagle

Telly Savalas or Isaac Hayes I’m not, though men on both sides of my family tend to be bald by thirty. I’m not even to the comb-over stage. The next-to-last woman (four years ago) clenched and hissed when I had to use two fingers to reach in and find the shucked condom: her first time. I should take lessons from the masters: Allen Ginsberg cleaned up with a haircut that makes Larry of The Three Stooges look debonair. That was in the sixties, though, and Allen was gay. The last woman (two years ago; I was number 27) hooked her left foot around my right calf and I tried not to get thrown. I could try the shaved-head, sit-pecking-a-laptop-in-a-coffee-shop look, but I can’t even afford a Hustler, let alone a laptop. America, I have $6.73, and you can’t have a dime.

I have poems in recent issues of Alice Blue and Dusie, and chapbooks on the Mudlark site (2002) and the Right Hand Pointing site (2006). Tarpaulin Sky Press will be bringing out a book tentatively titled Body Language, which will be a sort of diptych containing two separate collections, one titled Body (on parts of the body) and one titled Primer (on numbers and letters).

"Fueled" by Jennifer Balkan

Mannequin Envy no longer accepting submissions of poetry, art or flash fiction.

One final issue will be published in the spring. This will be an editor and reader's choice issue. Peruse the archives and send us your favorites!