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An undeniably human exploration without romanticizing the past, or turning it into a spectacle, My Southern Childhood is whittled in pure Americana, "the" universal southern memoir for the post-millennium. A master poet, Pris Campbell achieves that universality through carefully chosen details of a child's life in a small southern town during the 40s and 50s.

Poems by members of This So Called Life, a writing workshop. Contributing Editors: C. E. Laine and Kathy Kubik, with poetry by Sherry Deanne Adams, Andrew Analore, Aaron Brauer, Pris Campbell, Corvin, David Curtis, David Durham, Deidre Elizabeth, Jason Fraley, Fulicasenia, Todd Heldt, Robert Kidd, Donna Hill, Poppy Hullings, Lisa Michelle Maloney, McGrittle, Dorothy Doyle Mienko, Mothdust, Nathan Novikoff, Nyktipolos, Rae Pater, Kari Rabarison, Redkat, J. Reed-Meeks, Heidi L. Nordberg, Sirrus Poe, Christopher R. Robbins, Don Schaeffer, D. K. Sterling, Melanie M. Stevenson, B. A. Stites, The Lost Lost Boy, Valerie Thomas, Paul Trombley, and Wintersong.

The 51st issue includes new artists, poetry, portraits and the Fixation of the Month.

Pris Campbell has taken her lyrical skills into the realm of Tanka and owns it. Over 13 centuries old, this Japanese form, often referred to as "small songs," are poetry of thought, feeling and personal reflection. Using symbolic, metaphorical and imaginative language, the author explores the passion, love and ultimate loss of a never-forgotten first love shaped and affected by the Vietnam War. These poems are courageous, honest and sensual and pay homage not only to her first-love, but her last, and in between, the sanctuary of the family. The poet's love of the sea is woven throughout the book. As the title suggests, "Squall Line on the Horizon" reflects a poet who bravely addresses the past as a means to understanding the present, with eyes firmly kept on the horizon.

Featuring new and past contributors plus the LEGENDS collaborations.

Sequen to Their Shadows Trail Them Home

"In these poems, a lifetime passes for Sara and Norman, a lifetime of great joy and great sadness, of longing and resignation that wanting isn't always enough"--Foreword.