CONNECTICUT
REVIEW FALL 05 PREVIEW
The
fall issue of Connecticut Review will be back from the printer in a few
weeks. Now is the time to subscribe to this national literary journal
published by the Connecticut State University System.
In the past few years CT Review has won awards from the Council of
Editors of Learned Journals and National Public Radio; pieces published
in the magazine have won Pushcart Prizes and appeared Best American
Short Stories, Best American Essays, and Best American Poetry.
Here are some snapshots of what's inside the Fall 2005 issue.
o Jim Kacian, editor of an influential haiku journal takes readers on a
round-the-world
haiku tour and introduces them to practitioners of this ancient form
from Serbia to New Zealand. There are, naturally, many haiku themselves
in his account.
o Poet and novelist Richard Moore offers an hilarious look at America's
lethal addiction to
our material productivity, what he calls our "killer economy."
At one point Moore opines,
"There is so much to do now because now there is nothing to
do."
o The world of medieval mystics, particularly female mystics, has been
shrouded in
mystery. Lydia Peterson exposes it to light with her translation of a
13th century account of the "The Life of Elisabeth." The
document provides a stunningly intimate look at the trance states,
bleeding hands, and self-abuse experienced by this obscure peasant girl
in a small town in Belgium.
o In the poem "English 101" Hyan Charara explores challenges
faced by college teachers
trying to connect with students who lack basic knowledge. "Do I
always have to refer to
Hollywood," the narrator asks. "Class," he goes on,
"here's the story. Shakespeare composed sonnets for Gwyneth Paltrow."
o Couplets of innocent child-like meter cascades the reader toward a
heart-wrenching and
unexpected experience of grief in "An AIDS Alphabet," one of
several new poems CT Review is publishing in this issue by well-known
poet, and Connecticut resident, Dick Allen.
o Sant Khalsa's black and white photograph is reminiscent of Shelly's
"Ozymandias." Two
leg-like concrete pillars support a massive lintel with the name
"Bloom School" inscribed
across it. On the desolate Kansas prairie these are all that remain of
the vanished building and vanished lives that B.H. Fairchild
memorializes in the accompanying poem: "My wife and I made love
here last night," Fairchild writes, "I manage kitchenware at
Wal-MartŠ"
o Prof. George P. Landow of Brown University is considered a
"hypertext guru." Founder and webmaster of the Victorian Web
and the Cyberspace and Hypertext web, he pioneered new forms for the
digital classroom and digital scholarship. Jeffrey F. L. Partridge
interviews Landow about the past and future story of hypertext.
o Is it harder to lose your own grip on reality or watch as a parent
slips away? In Walter Cummins' fiction "Hiding Place" we enter
the dark and scary world of a young boy forced to cope with his mother's
mental deterioration as she succumbs to multiple personality disorder.
o Painter Cindy Tavernise shows a child's teddy bear lying in folds of
cloth on a sofa.
Lifelike, cast off, and inanimate, "Sparkle" subtly captures
the sadness and promise of
growing up.
o Peggy Stewart's photograph, "Alice," found on another page
of our art gallery, makes
the reader think twice about the relationship of imagination to reality.
That's just some of what's in this 212 page issue.
Subscriptions to the semi-annual journal can be ordered by sending
a check to Connecticut Review, Connecticut State University System,
39 Woodland St., Hartford, CT 06105-2337. The annual rate is $24;
for 2 years, $40. Connecticut Review is also sold at local bookstores.
Order forms are available @ www.ctyoungwriters.org
Send manuscripts to:
John Briggs, Senior Editor
Connecticut Review
Connecticut State University System
39 Woodland Street
Hartford, CT 06105-2337
WRITERS
IN THE ATTIC:
Connecticut Review Radio Show On The Creative Process
Connecticut
Review, the nationally-renowned literary journal, is developing a radio
show on the creative process entitled Writers In The Attic.
Meredith Clermont-Ferrand, an editor for Connecticut Review and
Professor at Eastern Connecticut State University, will be the host.
Guests will include poets and writers who will discuss their work and
the work of others. The show will also feature readings, reviews, panel
discussions and commentary. Taping for the show will begin in January.
It will be broadcast initially by campus radio stations at Eastern and
other CSU campuses. Feeds and excerpts will be available for wider
distribution.
For more information, contact Andy Thibault, Consulting Editor, at
860-567-8492 or tntcomm82@cs.com
Connecticut Review has been published since 1967 by the Connecticut
State University System. The journal and the work published in it have
received awards from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals,
National Public Radio, Best American Poetry, Best American Short Story
and The Pushcart Prize. The CSU System serves more than 35,000 students,
making it the largest public university system in Connecticut. A total
of 166 academic programs are offered throughout the system, and more
than 5,000 degrees are awarded annually.
The Fall 2004 edition of Connecticut Review, featuring work by
Connecticut Poet Laureate Marilyn Nelson, Rhode Island Poet Laureate Tom
Chandler and Vietnamese poet Lam Thi My Da, is now on sale at bookstores
including The Bookworm in West Hartford, The Rainy Faye Bookstore
&Gallery in Bridgeport and The Hickory Stick Bookshop in Washington
Depot. This 208-page edition also includes essays, interviews, fiction,
translations, color artwork and the winning entries from the 2004 Sunken
Garden Poetry Festival Competition.
Subscriptions to the semi-annual journal can be ordered by sending a
check to Connecticut Review, Connecticut State University System, 39
Woodland St., Hartford, CT 06105-2337. The annual rate is $24; for 2 years,
$40.
Click
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Connecticut
Review Appoints Thibault Consulting Editor
For
additional information: Prof. John Briggs, Editor, Connecticut Review,
203-837-9043
DANBURY, November 4, 2004 -- Connecticut Review, the
nationally recognized literary journal, has appointed author and arts
advocate Andy Thibault as a consulting editor.
The semi-annual journal has been published since 1967 by the Connecticut
State University System. The journal and the work published in it have
received awards from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals,
National Public Radio, Best American Poetry, Best American Short Story
and The Pushcart Prize.
Thibault will work with professors at the four CSU campuses - in
Danbury, New Haven, Willimantic and New Britain - to develop training
programs for secondary school teachers and young writers. He will also
produce programming for radio shows featuring poets and writers
associated with Connecticut Review, and coordinate public appearances
for those poets and writers.
"We are lucky to have Andy working with us. He exudes a formidable
enthusiasm and canniness for advancing the cause of the arts," said
Professor John Briggs, editor of Connecticut Review , a CSU
Distinguished Professor, and head of the professional writing program at
Western Connecticut State University in Danbury.
Thibault has worked with the CSU System since 2000 as chairman of the
IMPAC-Connecticut State University Young Writers Trust. The
public-private partnership has given a total of $100,000 to young
writers and presented many seminars and workshops for teachers and young
writers.
The CSU System serves more than 35,000 students, making it the largest
public university system in Connecticut. A total of 166 academic
programs are offered throughout the system, and more than 5,000 degrees
are awarded annually.
Thibault, 51, lives in Litchfield with his wife and children. He is the
author of books including Law & Justice In Everyday Life,
The12-Minute MBA For Lawyers and The History of the Connecticut State
Police . He is Adjunct Professor of Journalism at the University of
Hartford, a columnist for Law Tribune Newspapers and managing partner of
Murzin-Thibault Investigative Group LLC. He serves on the advisory board
of the Connecticut Center for the Book and is a member of the
Connecticut Library Association.
He formerly served as vice chairman of the Litchfield Board of
Education, treasurer for the Oliver Wolcott Library and as a board
member of the Connecticut Commission on the Arts.
John
Briggs, Ph.D.
CSU Distinguished Professor
Senior Editor, Connecticut Review
Professor, Professional Writing Coordinator
Department of English Language
Comparative Literature and Writing
Western Connecticut State University
Danbury, CT 06810
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ALSO FROM:
Michael J. London
Office: 203-261-1549
Cell 203-556-5123
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