Able Muse, Winter 2019 (No. 27 - print edition)

This is the annual Able Muse Review (Print Edition) - Winter 2019 issue, Number 27. This issue continues the tradition of masterfully crafted poetry, fiction, essays, art & photography, and book reviews that have become synonymous with the Able Muse-online and in print. After more than a decade of online publishing excellence, Able Muse print edition maintains the superlative standard of the work presented all these years in the online edition, and, the Able Muse Anthology (Able Muse Press, 2010).

Includes the tribute to Timothy Murphy special feature and the winning stories and poems from the 2019 Able Muse contest (Able Muse Write Prize) winners and finalists.

". . . [ ABLE MUSE ] fills an important gap in understanding what is really happening in early twenty-first century American poetry."-Dana Gioia.

"Able Muse is refreshing to read for its selection of poetry that adheres to form . . . a quality magazine offering the reader informed and unexpected views on life."-NewPages.

CONTENTS:

WITH THE 2019 ABLE MUSE WRITE PRIZE FOR POETRY & FICTION – 

Includes the winning story and poems from the contest winners and finalists

EDITORIAL – Alexander Pepple

GUEST EDITORIAL – Richard Wakefield

FEATURED ART – A Hunt Theme

TRIBUTE TO TIMOTHY MURPHY FEATURE:

Tribute GUEST-EDITOR: Richard Wakefield

Tribute Poetry: A.E. Stallings, Timothy Steele, Rhina P. Espaillat, John Ridland, Amit Majmudar, Wendy Videlock, Bruce Bennett, Len Krisak, Catherine Chandler, Terese Coe, Mary Meriam, Andrew Frisardi, Richard Meyer, John Beaton

Tribute Essay: Dana Gioia

FICTION – Erin Russell

ESSAYS – Edward Lee, Tony Whedon

BOOK REVIEWS – Brooke Clark, Travis Biddick

POETRY – Hailey Leithauser, John Philip Drury, Len Krisak, James Matthew Wilson, Suzanne Noguere, Alfred Nicol, Katie Hartsock, David MacRae Landon, Amy Bagan, Barry Abrams, Miriam O'Neal, Beth Paulson, Daniel Galef