Octopus 14 & Octopus Books Selections for 2011

1. Octopus 14 is online. This issue features 16 long poems from 16 poets, reviews & recoveries.

http://www.octopusmagazine.com

Poems by

J. Michael Martinez :: Jeff Alessandrelli :: Brandon Downing
Katie Peterson :: Andy Fitch :: Jesse Lichtenstein
Amy King :: Samuel Amadon :: Julie Doxsee
Molly Gaudry :: Michael Rerick :: Eileen R. Tabios
Dot Devota :: Claire Becker :: Jennifer Denrow
Zvonko Karanović transl. by Ana Božičević

Reviews

Not Blessed by Harold Abramowitz, reviewed by Janice Lee
Under the Quick by Molly Bendall, reviewed by Suzette Bishop
Sum of Every Lost Ship by Allison Titus, reviewed by David Carillo
Mr. Worthington's Beautiful Experiments on Splashes, reviewed by Sommer Browning

Recoveries

Applesauce by June Arnold, recovered by Gina Abelkop
The Girl with the Stone in Her Lap by Irene McKinney, recovered by Nick Ripatrazone
Where the Weather Suits My Clothes by John Godfrey, recovered by Bryan Beck
Trench Town Rock by Kamau Brathwaite’s
& Standing Wave by John Taggart, recovered by Susan Scarlata
The Journals by Paul Blackburn, recovered by Joseph Hall
The Anathemata by David Jones, recovered by Sara Nicholson


2. Octopus Books Selections for 2011

We received hundreds of amazing manuscripts this year. Each was read thoroughly & considered carefully. We selected three that we will publish in 2011:

Dear Jenny, We Are All Find by Jenny Zhang
The Black Forest by Christopher DeWeese
Conception by Rebecca Farivar

These manuscripts were finalists:

Off to the Nervous Museum by Claire Donato
The Next Monster by Julie Doxsee
I Write to You from the Sea by Laura Eve Engel
Everything Here is Ok by Sasha Fletcher
Power Ballad by Dan Hoy
Early Linoleum by Brenda Iijima
Kingdom of Throat-stuck Luck, by George Kalamaras
The Dottery by Kirsten Kaschock
Sign You Were Mistaken by Seth Landman
Heart of Palm by Linnea Ogden
Emergency by Caryl Pagel
Lid to the Shadow by Alexandria Peary
The Abilene Paradox by Craig Rebele
Bloom by Rob Schlegel
Parties, by S.E. Smith
Common Birds & Their Songs by Melinda Wilson

Thanks to all who submitted & trusted us with your work. It was an honor to read these manuscripts.