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Wayne F. Burke
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 In "The genius as Leech" Wayne F. Burke gives us an elucidative portrait of Henry Miller: "To dismiss Miller and his work, as some have, because of his misogyny or pornography or the streak of Puritanism that discolors his sexuality, is like rejecting the sky because of a cloud." |
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Anuradha Lazarre
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 Anuradha Lazarre brings us this tale of grief and the publicization of loss. Taut phrases string together to create a work of affecting directness. |
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Mark Spitzer
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 Spitzer trashes, defines, and mouths-off in a review of what he considers an uncanonical work, The Outlaw Bible of American Essays. Take umbrage at the definite article, and enjoy Spitzer's diatribe against the poor cousin of an otherwise good series. |
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S.C. Hahn
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 S.C. Hahn observes words and seasons, turning them into elegant prose poems. Like his previous poems in PL, Hahn's new work is both taut and beautiful, juxtaposing pithy observations with ornate symbolism. |
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Tom Sheehan
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 After a period of site hacks and technological woes, PL inaugurates its first trouble-free month in some time with "The Emergence of Slow Purple" by Tom Sheehan. Adding to his body of witty and deceptively acute writing, "Slow Purple" is a fine addition to the PL canon. |
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Estill Pollock
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 "Ex Cathedra" is a meditation on Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire England. In this exceptional poem, Pollock manages both the "antique" and the modern flawlessly. (Photograph copyright David Packman.) |
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Shaindel Beers
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 The story of a snake in a maintenance team, Beers's writing turns on conceptions of class, love, and dignity. A great work of fiction from the poetry editor of Contrary. |
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Andy Bailey
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 Andy Bailey discusses the impact of pillory 2.0: web based criminal reports, accessible by all. Have these new web sites crossed the line between public reportage and permananent public prosecution without trial? The stumpedonline.com is reviewed along with Bailey's own funny and downright terrifying anecdotes. |
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J.P. McConalogue
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 J.P. McConalogue has written a group of poems notable for their concision and diamond-cut exactitude. Adding to his collection of poems at PL, we hope this writer goes far, and garners the attention he deserves. Included is a poem on the work of Lyubov Sirota, featured in Projected Letters. |
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Gerald L. Dodge
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 I have lived here for the past fifteen years eight of them alone save for Jason and Carruthers. They've endured as long as I have in this place, this house with its lovely garden and shaded trees and the road far enough removed that even in the worst time of the day the traffic is hardly audible. |
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Sidney Kidd
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 "Aren't we quaint — sitting around this stage prop of a country store with a leaky pickle barrel as our centerpiece? Reminds me of our love life — preserved in the crusty dill brine of seasons past." |
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Wayne F. Burke
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 Wayne F Burke brings to light a respected but unfairly neglected master of crime fiction, Chester Himes. Chester Himes was more than a crime-writer, however – his novels included an awareness of racial discrimination, focusing on the condition of blacks in America. An excellent introduction to a great author. |
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Rebekah Frumkin
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 "Christian Gimel was killed by a falling stand-up piano on the day The Dyke was painting the staircase in her apartment building. A chic couple was moving out of their apartment on Sheridan near the university for something closer to the city. As far as The Dyke knew, neither of them played. Christian Gimel, however, had been a virtuoso." |
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Mark Spitzer
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A Gartymology
 Garfish: Like "pike," the word "gar" comes from a long, skinny weapon; it's the Old English word for spear. Hence, "garfysshe" (Middle English) is an Anglo-Saxon spearfish, and the garfish is its direct descendant, hailing straight from the Cretaceous Period a hundred million years ago—the actual still-existing fish having evolved a whole lot less than its brief etymology. |
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