Winter 2012 VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 1 ISSN 1945-0559
Welcome to Off the Coast!
Our next deadline is March 1 for a special "Green" themed issue for Spring 2012 in collaboration with Unity College, Maine.
For guidelines click here.
The Winter 2012 issue, "What Draws the Eye" is going to print in a few days.
Featuring poems by Rhina Espaillat, Simon Perchik, Ruth Holzer, Jan D. Hodge, Pauk Hostovsky, Tom Lyford, and others.
Artwork and photos by Nancy Henry, Chuck Marecic, Genevieve Leet, Steve Cartwright, Stephen Ajadi, and Yaseen Anwer with cover images by Kailash Mittal and Brett Stout.
Coming soon...
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2011 Pushcart Prize Nominees
We are pleased to announce our nominees for the 2011 Pushcart Prize:
"The Rise and Fall" by David Wagoner
"The Would-Be Lepidopterist" by Lynn Hoffman
"The Heat of a Mother's Dance" by Frances Drabick
"Is it" by Russell Buker
"Exact Shade" by Melissa Carl
"For Elizabeth Bishop" by Timothy Dyson
The Fall issue, "Everything Here" is available now.
Featuring poems by Karie Friedman, Ray Skjelbred, Gayle Elen Harvey, Michel Young, Carolyn Gelland Frost, and J. Stephen Rhodes.
Artwork and photos by Cesar Augusto, Jean Schild, Ali Asghar Abedi, Sarah Katharina Kayß, Sherman Poultney, and Yaseen Anwer with cover image by Irene Koronas.
Books reviewed:
Turn of a Phrase: Pivotal Positions in Poetic Prose by Branch Isole
The Battlefield Guide by Rodger Martin
The Bodies Beneath the Table by W. D. Ehrhart
Within Reach by M.J. Iuppa
Maine in Four Seasons: 20 Poets Celebrate the Turning Year edited by Wesley McNair
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The Bangor Daily News reviewed the Summer Issue, Taming the Tides.
The small magazine tradition sails along Down East
By Dana Wilde, BDN Staff
Posted Oct. 16, 2011, at 2:59 p.m.
For the uninitiated, Off the Coast is one of Maine's many independently edited and produced small literary magazines, a publishing tradition that reaches several decades back into the 20th century. "Independent" means without affiliation to a college or university... more
The Summer issue, "Taming the Tides" is available now.
Featuring poems by Ruth Arnison, Jean Howard, Laura Sobbott Ross, David Wagoner, and translations of Rainer Maria Rilke by Len Krisak.
Artwork and photos by Eleonore Leonne Bennet, Betsy Headley, Chuck Marecic, Sarah Katharina Kayß, Sherman Poultney, and Yaseen Anwer with cover images by Meghan Agresto and Steve Lautermilch.
Books reviewed:
Vanitas by Jane McKinley
The Immaculate Conception Mothers' Club by David R. Surrette
Night Flight by Kenneth Frost
Under the Legislation of Stars: 62 New Hampshire Poets edited by Rick Agran, Hildred Crill, and Mark DeCarteret
Young of the Year by Sydney Lea
When Performers Swim, the Dice Are Cast by Judith Katz-Levine
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The Spring issue, "To Trap the Sun" is still available.
The issue features poems by James Doyle, Marcia Hurlow, Ruth Moon Kempher, Joanne Lowery, Andy Macera, Simon Perchik, Cornelia Veenendaal, and others.
Artwork and photos by Dawn Alman, Janet Barry, Karen Greenbaum-Maya, Kathleen Gunton, David Rachlin and Jouni Tossavainen with cover images by Joyce S. Brown and Chris Woods.
Books reviewed include:
Alice Ages and Ages by Sarah White
The Bolt-Cutters by Thomas R. Moore
Night of Pure Breathing by Gerald Fleming
Living Must Bury by Josie Sigler
Nostalgic Waves from Soweto: Poetic memories of the June 16th Uprising by Sol (Solrha) Rachilo
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Off the Coast Seeks Submissions of Poetry and Art/Graphics/Photos
Our next deadline for submissions is March 1 for a special "Green" theme issue in collaboration with Unity College, Maine.
Click here for guidelines.
- Off the Coast is now available at:
- Center for Maine Craft in Gardiner, ME
- Calais Bookshop, Calais, ME
- Gulf of Maine Books, Brunswick, ME
- Lewis Flower Shop, Eastport, ME
- The Commons, Eastport, ME
To purchase Off the Coast online, visit our Ordering Page.
Valerie Lawson & Michael Brown, Editors
