In the Current with Siobhan Jean-Charles Issue 14
Dear Reader,
Issue 14 is filled with surprise and danger. One of the first poems describes a counterfeit prophet. Another tells the story of a young boy stabbed in the heart by a fish, and later he is outpaced by the swiftness and intelligence of an octopus. Throughout the issue, a child stirs potions from rainwater and rose petals. Hunters are led into darkness, and magic is practiced safely when the adults are unaware.
Flourish Joshua was long listed for the 2022 Frontier OPEN Prize. He had recent poems in Tinderbox Poetry Journal, No Contact Mag, Isele Magazine and others.
Aron Wander was nominated for the Best of the Net.
James Kelly Quigley published poems in Dialogist and The Banyan Review.
KJ Li published a poem in Overheard Lit.
Meghan Sterling recently received three Pushcart nominations and published poems in Rappahannock Review, Ghost City Press, Subnivean Journal and others.
Alyx Chandler was nominated for Best of the Net. She recently had work in The Penn Review, Texas Review Press, Moon City Review and others.
Derek N Otsuji recently published poems in swamp pink, Cider Press Review, Rappahannock Review and others.
Robert Fanning recently published poems in diode poetry journal, 3Cents Magazine and Good River Review.
Siobhan Jean-Charles recently published poems in Tinderbox Poetry Journal, The Tusculum Review and Furrow Literary Magazine. She was once your social media manager and is now your blog editor.
Ariel Machell published poems in Barely South Review, The Inflectionist Review and Up The Staircase Quarterly.
V Batyko published work in New Orleans Review, Fugue Journal and Zone3.
Marcy Rae Henry was featured in the 2023 Best New Poets Anthology and published a chapbook titled We Are Primary Colors with Doublecross Press. She published poems in RHINO, Moon City Review and ONE ART: A Journal of Poetry, along with several other pieces of visual art, fiction and nonfiction.
Hannah Rifell published a poem in Blue Marble Review.
Anne Taylor has designed and hosted movement based poetry workshops.
Lily Beaumont was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and published poems in Sweet Tree Review, Halfway Down the Stairs and Willows Wept Review.
Jennifer Martelli was the 2022 winner of Riddled With Arrows Literary Journal’s Ars Poetica Prize. Recent work appeared in Painted Bride Quarterly, Atticus Review, Jet Fuel Review and others.
Lisa Trudeau published poems in The Inflectionist Review.
Kimberly Kralowec published poems in North American Review, American Literary Review, Parentheses Journal and others.
Laura Vitcova published a poem in The Orchards Poetry Journal.
John MacNeill Miller had work in Peatsmoke Journal and The Hopper.
Aaron Magloire published poems in diode poetry journal, Boston Review, Barnstorm Journal and others.
Abdulkareem Abdulkareem published poems in Waxwing, Southern Humanities Review, West Trade Review and elsewhere.
Molly Tenenbaum published a poem in Disquieting Muses Quarterly.
Joseph Housley published poems in Nashville Review and the Niagara Falls Project.
Kayla Rutledge has work published or forthcoming in Coffee People Zine, Citron Review and EDDA Journal.
Samuel Burt was the 2022 winner of the AWP’s Intro Journals Project. He published poems in Colorado Review, Portland Review, Beaver Magazine and elsewhere.
Chris Kingsley published poetry in Pine Trees.
James Owens published poetry in Still: The Journal.
Alexandre Ferrere published a poem in The Banyan Review.
Urvashi Bahuguna has poems published or forthcoming in Copper Nickel, The Adroit Journal, Gulf Coast and elsewhere.
Amanda Roth was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She had poems in Hayden’s Ferry Review, Portland Review, Thimble Literary Magazine and others.
Jory Mickelson published a microchapbook, titled Plunder with Ghost City Press (2023). They had poems in Poetry Northwest, Terrain.org, Josephine Quarterly Review and others.
Miceala Morano published poems in Up the Staircase Quarterly, Pidgeonholes Magazine, Healthline Zine and more.
Seth Leeper published poems in Prairie Schooner, Poet Lore, Denver Quarterly and others.
Michael Lauchlan published poems in Valparaiso Poetry Review, ONE ART: a journal of poetry and The Westchester Review.
Summer Smith published a poem in Third Wednesday.
Mary Lou Buschi published a book titled Blue Physics with Lily Poetry Review Press (2024). She published poems in Ploughshares, Sweet Lit, The Banyan Review and others.
Jack B Bedell had poems in Verse Daily, Broadkill Review, Beaver Magazine and others.
Adam Gianforcaro published a book titled Every Living Day with Thirty West Publishing House (2023). He published poems in The Offing, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Couplet Poetry and more.
Robert Beveridge published poems in JMWW, Antarctica Journal, WordCityLit and others.
You can find more of Roger McChargue’s photography on Instagram @r_mcrg.
Congratulations on all your accomplishments! We can’t wait to see what you do next.
Best,
Siobhan Jean-Charles