In the Current with Siobhan Jean-Charles Issue Twelve

Dear Reader,

Issue 12 of The Shore was released in Winter 2021 and it’s filled with parts. A gun that shapes a pair of hands, a cold mouth, teeth in a drawer, spindly knees, feet on a staircase. These poems create a whole that’s longing for warmth in winter, they will pull you in and refuse to let go.

Shannon K Winston has been twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Her work has recently appeared in Sweet Lit, Cider Press Review, Parentheses Journal and elsewhere.

Marlo Starr published poems in BOAAT, Ghost City Press and Napkin Poetry Review. 

Lynne Ellis won the ​​2021 Perkoff Prize. They recently had work in Barzakh, Moving Parts Press and Pontoon Poetry.

Kyle Vaughn recently published his book Calamity Gospel, and had work recently published in The Journal, The Museum of Americana and Juke Joint.

Eunice Lee received her PhD from the University of California, Berkeley and her work recently appeared in Honey Literary.

Lauren K Carlson had poems appear in Terrain.org and The Inflectionist Review.

Fatima Jafar published a chapbook with Bottlecap Press titled, Being There. Her recent work appeared in The Aleph Review, Eunoia Review and Wasafiri Magazine.

Taiwo Hassan was nominated for Best of the Net, and published a chapbook with River Glass Books titled, Birds Don’t Fly for Pleasure. His poetry appeared in ANMLY, The Lumiere Review, Olney Magazine and elsewhere.

Stefanie Kirby was nominated for Best of the Net and published poems in The Offing, Portland Review, Passages North and elsewhere.

Charles Hensler published work in West Trade Review, Rust & Moth, ONE ART and elsewhere.

Simon Perchik was widely published in journals such as The New Yorker, The Poetry Foundation, North American Review and many more. He passed away in 2022, may he rest in peace.

Stephen Ruffus was a semifinalist for the 2022 Morgenthau Prize. He published poems in Third Wednesday, JMWW and Stone Poetry Quarterly. 

Kathryn Knight Sonntag had work appear in Colorado Review, Four Way Review, Wayfare Magazine and elsewhere.

Amy Williams published poems in Rust & Moth and ONE ART.

Meghan Kemp-Gee had work appear in ANMLY, Frontier, JMWW and elsewhere.

Matthew Murrey published poems in Bear Review, Redheaded Stepchild Magazine and The Dodge.

David Dodd Lee published poems in Verse Daily, The National Poetry Review, Rattle and more.

Lorrie Ness had work appear in Rappahannock Review, The Inflectionist Review, Eunoia Review and elsewhere.

Julia Schorr graduated with her Bachelor’s from Salisbury University and published work in The Allegheny Review.

Jake Bailey published poems in Allium, Guesthouse Lit and The Carolina Quarterly.

Katie Kemple published poems in Rattle, Rust & Moth, Valparaiso Review and more.

CC Russell published work in No Contact Mag.

Adam Deutsch published work in East Jasmine Review, Jarfly Magazine and Broken Lens Journal.

Nick Visconti has work in Palette Poetry, Gulf Coast, Painted Bride Quarterly and elsewhere. 

Andrea Krause has poetry in Third Wednesday, Eunoia Review, The Inflectionist Review and elsewhere.

Sam Moe earned her PhD from Illinois State University. She won Invisible City’s Blurred Genre Contest in 2022, and published her second chapbook, Grief Birds. She also published work in Beaver Magazine, The Museum of Americana and The Hyacinth Review.

Patrick Wright published poems in Sweet Lit, Rough Diamond Poetry, Leon Literary Review and elsewhere.

Brittney Corrigan published a poetry collection, Solastalgia with Jackleg Press. She published poems in North American Review, Verse Daily, Tupelo Quarterly and more.

Alex C Eisenberg published poems in I Sing the Salmon Home Anthology and River Heron Review.

Liane Tyrrel published work in The Offing, Roanoke Review, Poetry Northwest and elsewhere.

Lindsay Stewart published her debut chapbook, House(hold) with Eggtooth Editions. She has recently published work in The Pinch, Nashville Review, Red Wheelbarrow and more.

Natalie Marino was nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Her work appeared in Eastern Iowa Review, Sweet Lit, Rust & Moth and elsewhere.

Mary Morris released the poetry collection Late Self Portraits with Wheelbarrow Books. She published work in North American Review and Blue Mountain Review.

Rhienna Renée Guedry released a collection with Cooper Dillon Books titled Root Rot and published work in Maudlin House.

James Miller published work in Identity Theory.

Terry Ann Wright published work in The Hyacinth Review.

Roy White published work in On the Seawall.

William James released If I Forget Thee Lowcountry.

Mary Rose Manspeaker had work in Brooklyn Poets and Poetry Northwest.

Kelly Grace Thomas was a semi-finalist for the 2022 Pablo Neruda Prize in Poetry. She published poems in Tupelo Quarterly, ONE ART and diode poetry.

Daniel Biegelson published poems in Superstition Review, The Journal and The Glacier Journal. 

Michael Quattrone published work in Poet Lore, Harpur Palate and EcoTheo Review.

Abu Bakr Sadiq won the 2023 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets for his collection, Leaked Footages. He is the winner of the 2022 IGNYTE award for Best Speculative Poetry.  He published poems in Palette Poetry, Poetry Online and Boston Review.

Shannon Ryan received her Bachelor’s from Salisbury University. You can find more of their work on their website.

Congratulations on your achievements! We cannot wait to see what you do next.

All my best,

Siobhan Jean-Charles