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Fall 2008
Susan Slaviero
Christine Swint
Meg Pokrass
Jeff Klooger
Paul Fisher
Jeff Calhoun
C.E. Chaffin
Holly Day
Paul Fisher
Nathan Graziano
Jennifer Jabaily
Jeff Klooger
Joanne Lowery
Karen Neuberg
Meg Pokrass
Doug Ramspeck
Bill Roberts
Shoshauna Shy
Susan Slaviero
Gerald So
Janice D. Soderling
Paul Stevens
Joshua Michael Stewart
Laura Grace Weldon
Teresa White
Robert Stastny
Christine Swint
Winter P. Williams
Jennifer VanBuren
Jai Britton
Patrick Carrington
Alex Nodopaka
Mannequin Envy in memory of poet and artist Douglas Gamrath
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Note from the editor:
This issue, I have selected five "must reads" out of the outstanding poems and pieces of flash fiction we have published. I recommend these because they most tightly embrace the spirit of Mannequin Envy. Susan Slaviero, Christine Swint, Meg Pokrass, Jeff Klooger and Paul Fisher
Starting with the winter issue, we will be making some changes to the way we publish Mannequin Envy. We will still publish approximately twenty poets and four flash fiction writers and feature one or two artists, but we will be minimalizing our web presence. The entire issue will be available for download as a PDF and will also be available to purchase in print. We will still feature selections of poetry and fiction online, but feel that it makes good sense to allow people to hold something in their hands while reading. We will also have a "kindle" friendly download available.
We will publish online and in print three times a year, Fall, Winter and Spring with the summertime reserved for our families.
I apologize for the delay in this publication. I have been very busy this year with a new baby and getting a new non-profit agency off the ground. We are doing great so far with our first big grant and a lot of public awareness campaigns. I will include a link once I get that website finished! This has been an exciting and important election year and I did what I could to help get the right person in the White House (and the state house too!)
I also intend to produce a second Mannequin Envy Anthology with the poems and fiction published online over the past two years that have passed since our first anthology. This will be available as soon as I can get it together.
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Mannequin Envy is published in memory of Douglas Gamrath
dark kitchen
a 5/8 moon so brilliant
as to cast an eared shadow
of my hand
into stainless steel sink
occasional drips and calcium
build up to greet me
the nerve of minerals
their audacity, stalacticity
warm blood flows for needles
not a drop spilled to the down
side imitation, imitation marble
fit for drawing room
skidding the smooth, my main job
pushing water uphill, laughing
pulling onto my lap
the heat of bunny love
oh my stars, my Luna
my all in a row planet pals
a choir of cool chords
ooooo be bopbop celestial
A gem from the archives, Fall 2006
My uncle talks about himself
like he's a
pair of loafers
worn at the sole,
trusted as far as
the mailbox.
Gerald So
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Submission Call:
We will be reading submissions for our winter issue between Jan 1- February 15. You can submit work at any time during the year.
Adult Content Warning:
Material in this issue may be considered inappropriate for minors. If you are not 18, please get your parents to check out our site and decide if it is okay for you to come in.
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