Issue No. 31, Fall 2020

The Poetry Reading She is their guest speaker and will drink martinis until the club runs out of gin, and then she’ll switch to vodka. Nobody will listen to her recitation, which is just as well, but her evening will be a success. She’ll leave with the man in the blue cap but dream of the woman in the green dress. Gene McCormick Contributors:

Introduction to Issue 31 A Tribute to Joan Colby Carl Alessi James Babbs Rose Mary Boehm J.J. Campbell Alan Catlin Sudasi J. Clement Juliet Cook & Martin Willitts Jr. Robert Cooperman Mickey J. Corrigan Ken Craft Barbara Daniels Jakima Davis Milton P. Ehrlich Scott Ferry Stan Galloway Tony Gloeggler Howie Good John Grey Raymond P. Hammond Max Heinegg Ted Jonathan Kyle Laws Jack e Lorts Betsy Mars Joan Mazza

Lorrie Ness Ayaz Daryl Nielsen Simon Perchik Jawanza Phoenix Adrienne Pilon Dan Provost Maree Reedman Kevin Ridgeway Dave Roskos Sarah Russell Carla Sarett Carla Schwartz Nancy Scott Dorsia Smith Silva David Spicer D.E. Steward Robert Strickland David J. Thompson Bunkong Tuon A.D. Winans Mark Young Reviews: Books Received and Acknowledged Charles Rossiter Review by Phyllis Klein Jennifer Juneau Review by Charles Rammelkamp