MUDLARK LIST _________________________ MUDLARK No. 1 (1995) TWELVE OF ONE by Valerie Anthony and A DOZEN OF THE OTHER by David Swoyer Valerie Anthony is a playwright as well as a poet. She received an Individual Artist's Grant for playwriting from the Florida Arts Council, 1994. Her play, LAND OF THE DOUBLEWIDES, was produced at the Florida Studio Theatre in Sarasota, 1995. She is presently a University Fellow in the English Department at Florida State University. Anthony writes fiction too. From "Lash," one of her stories: "There is only her breath and mine now, hanging in the air. Saying things." The TWELVE Anthony poems, hanging in the air in MUDLARK No. 1, have that same doubled breathing in them. "Saying things." David Swoyer is a painter as well as a poet. His paintings hang in both private and museum collections. For twenty-five years he has been a museum curator and presently works in that capacity at the Museum of Arts and Sciences (MOAS) in Daytona Beach, Florida. Swoyer is a Viet Nam veteran, "whose disability has not made him independently wealthy but has given him a higher regard for excursions to Canada." From "A Glitch in the Parable," a poem Swoyer has not abandoned: "The time that remains depends / on the distance left to fall." The DOZEN poems Swoyer has abandoned in MUDLARK No. 1 have their language lives in that remaining time. MUDLARK No. 1 (1995) is archived in the files: mudlark.01A (Anthony) and mudlark.01B (Swoyer) __________________________________________________ MUDLARK No. 2 (1996) THE RAPE POEMS by Frances Driscoll Frances Driscoll's poems have been in MASSACHUSETTS REVIEW, NEGATIVE CAPABILITY, PLOUGHSHARES, and WILLOW SPRINGS, among other places. Gillian Conoley published "Island of the Raped Women" in VOLT and nominated it for a Pushcart Prize. It won and Bill Henderson included it in PUSHCART PRIZE ANTHOLOGY XIX (1995). "Wild Ribbons" originally appeared in VOLT, too, and "Difficult Word" in 13th MOON. Black River Press did a chapbook of Driscoll's poems, TALK TO ME, in 1987. She has an M.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; lives in Atlantic Beach, Florida; and, in a poem called "Subsidies," says: "Sometimes return is all anyone wants." MUDLARK No. 2 (1996) is archived in the file: mudlark.02 (Driscoll) __________________________________________________ MUDLARK No. 3 (1996) ARS POETICA (a 48-49 poem sequence) by Gerald Fleming Gerald Fleming's poems have appeared in THE AMERICAS REVIEW, FIVE FINGERS REVIEW, INDIANA REVIEW, THE LOWELL REVIEW, MICHIGAN QUARTERLY REVIEW, NEW LETTERS, PEQUOD, POET LORE, POETRY NOW, and PUERTO DEL SOL among other places. He is editor of BARNABE MOUNTAIN REVIEW, an annual literary magazine, published in December of each year. (Number One appeared in December 1995.) He has this to say about it: "Only five issues will be published, in a press run of exactly five hundred copies per issue. Perfect-bound, four-color cover, 200 pp., acid-free paper; half devoted to writers of notoriety, half to writers worthy of note. Poetry, prose poems, contemporary translations, short stories, essays (bright, unpedantic), open forms, lit crit if heavy on textual exposition/light on fustian. Seeking work of directness, presence, passion." Subscriptions are $10. Submissions are read from February through June of each year. Subscriptions, correspondence and submissions should be sent to: BARNABE MOUNTAIN REVIEW Box 529 Lagunitas, California 94938 MUDLARK No. 3 (1996) is archived in the file: mudlark.03 (Fleming) __________________________________________________ MUDLARK No. 4 (1996) A CONVERSATION WITH MARTIN HEIDEGGER by Van K. Brock [A translation of Van K. Brock's poem from English into German by Josef Pesch is available from MUDLARK on the World Wide Web at http://www.unf/edu/mudlark.] Van K. Brock has a BA from Emory University and graduate degrees from the University of Iowa and the Writers' Workshop. Since 1970, he has taught at Florida State University, where he is a Professor of English and a former director of the Writing Program. Brock's poetry includes UNSPEAKABLE STRANGERS (Anhinga Press), THE HARD ESSENTIAL LANDSCAPE (Contemporary Poetry Series, University Presses of Florida); several chapbooks; poems in journals--including THE AMERICAN VOICE, GEORGIA REVIEW, NEW ENGLAND REVIEW/BREADLOAF QUARTERLY, NEW YORKER, NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW, PLOUGHSHARES, SOUTHERN REVIEW, and YALE REVIEW; and in anthologies--including STRONG MEASURES: CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY IN TRADITIONAL FORMS, THE MADE THING: CONTEMPORARY SOUTHERN POETRY, BLOOD TO REMEMBER: POETS ON THE HOLOCAUST, and SWEET NOTHINGS: THE POETRY OF ROCK 'N' ROLL. Brock is the founder and former director of Anhinga Press, founder and former faculty sponsor of SUN DOG: A LITERARY ARTS JOURNAL, and founder and editor-in-chief of INTERNATIONAL QUARTERLY, a non-profit journal of art and writing in all genres and from all origins. Van K. Brock's most recent book, UNSPEAKABLE STRANGERS (1995), "is composed of several sequences of poems about or related to the Holocaust," and is available from: Anhinga Press P.O. Box 10595 Tallahassee, FL 32302 ISBN 0-938078-42-9 US $12.00 What others have said about UNSPEAKABLE STRANGERS: "They are alternately, and sometimes simultaneously, subjective and objective, and, I think, brilliant and yes, painful, but with the necessary pain, if we are to remain human. I've read other treatments of the same subject, but these, I think, are indispensable." --Judith Hemschemeyer "...very ambitious and I think quite successful. I like even what I would call their moral earnestness and the--at times--coolness with which it's delivered." --Donald Justice "These are very bold and powerful poems about [of course] practically the most difficult theme in the world. I read them with increasing admiration for both [the] mastery of imagery and control. Never once [do they] slip into the sentimental and that in itself is an achievement. But mainly I am impressed by the pervasive music, the requiem sound." --William Styron Individual subscriptions to INTERNATIONAL QUARTERLY are $30 for one year (four issues); $55 for two years (eight issues); and $75 for three years (12 issues). Library and institutional rates are $40 a year, $70 for two years, and $100 for three years. Add $5 per issue for air delivery. Payment is requested in U.S. currency. Sponsors and corporate memberships are $50 to $2500 and include a subscription. Send subscriptions, memberships, queries to: INTERNATIONAL QUARTERLY P.O. Box 10521 Tallahassee, FL 32302-0521 Tel (904) 224-5078 Fax (904) 224-5127 MUDLARK No. 4 (1996) is archived in the file: mudlark.04 (Brock) __________________________________________________ MUDLARK No. 5 (1997) FIVE FICTIONS by Joe Ahearn Joe Ahearn is co-editor of Rancho Loco Press, which will release BEST TEXAS WRITING 1996 in the spring of 1997. His criticism, translations, and poetry have appeared in a large number of periodicals, including THE QUARTERLY, FIVE AM, DALLAS REVIEW, SULPHUR RIVER LITERARY REVIEW, and others. Ahearn has been nominated for the 1996 Pushcart Prize. Poems are forthcoming in BOUILLABAISSE, RECURSIVE ANGEL, and SULPHUR RIVER LITERARY REVIEW. His work has also been collected in the limited-edition chapbook, KYOKO AT PLAY (Harvest Publications, 1994), and is forthcoming in the anthologies, CROSSCONNECT: WRITERS OF THE INFORMATION AGE (CrossConnect, 1997) and ANTI-BIBLE (Incarnate Muse Press, 1997). Ahearn lives in Dallas with his family, where he writes poetry, essays, and books about advanced software development. Ahearn can be reached on the Internet at joeah@mail.airmail.net. MUDLARK No. 5 (1997) is archived in the file: mudlark.05 (Ahearn) __________________________________________________ MUDLARK No. 6 (1997) ISLAND ROAD by Henry Gould Henry Gould co-edits the literary journal NEDGE. He is a founding member of the Poetry Mission, an RI-based arts association. He recently co-edited and published an anthology in honor of poet/translator Edwin Honig entitled A GLASS OF GREEN TEA - WITH HONIG (distributed by Fordham Univ. Press); his poems, essays and reviews have appeared or are forthcoming in: alea, apex of the M, ELECTRONIC POETRY REVIEW, FREE CUISENART, HAPPY GENIUS, LVNG, NEGATIONS, NEWPORT REVIEW, POETRY NEW YORK, PROVIDENCE JOURNAL, TALISMAN, TAPROOT REVIEWS, and WITZ. Chapbooks of his early poems were published by Hellcoal Press (WHERE THE SKIES ARE NOT CLOUDY ALL DAY, 1972) and Copper Beech Press (STONE, 1979). He lives in Providence, and welcomes questions and comments about ISLAND ROAD via email: Henry_Gould@brown.edu. MUDLARK No. 6 (1997) is archived in the file: mudlark.06 (Gould) __________________________________________________ MUDLARK No. 7 (1997) ONLY A FRIEND CAN KNOW by Mike O'Connor Poems and Translations on the Theme of _Chi-yin_ Mike O'Connor is a native of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington State. After many years farming in the Dungeness River Valley and logging and treeplanting in the Olympic Mountains, he traveled to Taiwan to begin more than a decade of Chinese studies and work as a journalist. He recently returned to the U.S. and resides with his wife, Ling-hui, in Port Townsend. O'Connor's books of original poems and translations include THE BASIN: LIFE IN A CHINESE PROVINCEand THE RAINSHADOW,both from Empty Bowl (Port Townsend, Washington); WHEN I FIND YOU AGAIN, IT WILL BE IN MOUNTAINSand COLORS OF DAYBREAK AND DUSK,selected poems of Chia Tao (779-843), both from Tangram (Berkeley, California). THE TIENANMEN SQUARE POEMS,O'Connor's translations of original Chinese poems from the 1989 Pro-Democracy Movement, have been published in CHICAGO REVIEW, BOMBAY GIN, INTERNATIONAL QUARTERLY,and THE CHINA TIMES,et cetera. His translation of the novel SETTING OUTby Taiwan writer Tung Nien will be published by Pleasure Boat Studio later this year. Queries and comments are welcome and can be sent to: Mike O'Connor 535 Reed Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 MUDLARK No. 7 (1997) is archived in the file: mudlark.07 (O'Connor) __________________________________________________ MUDLARK No. 8 (1998) A SOUND THE MOBILE MAKES IN WIND by Sheila E. Murphy Sheila E. Murphy's book manuscript LETTERS TO UNFINISHED J. was selected in this year's open poetry competition sponsored by Sun & Moon Press, and will be published by Sun & Moon. Dennis Phillips was the judge. Falling in LOVE FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU SYNTAX: SELECTED AND NEW POEMS has just been released by Potes & Poets Press. Recent works include A CLOVE OF GENDER (Stride Press, 1995). Murphy's work has been widely anthologized, most recently in FEVER DREAMS: CONTEMPORARY ARIZONA POETRY (The University of Arizona Press, 1997) and THE GERTRUDE STEIN AWARDS IN CONTEMPORARY POETRY (Sun & Moon Press, 1994, 1995). The Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series recently brought out an autobiography of Sheila E. Murphy, including photographs of Murphy with family and friends. Sheila Murphy co-founded with Beverly Carver and continues to coordinate the Scottsdale Center for the Arts Poetry Series, now in its eleventh season. Murphy is President of the management consulting firm Sheila Murphy Associates. Since 1976, she has made Phoenix, Arizona her home. Murphy can be reached by e-mail at Shemurph@aol.com. MUDLARK No. 8 (1997) is archived in the file: mudlark.08 (Murphy)