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MacQueen’s Quinterly: Knock-your-socks-off Art and Literature
Contents: Issue 9: August 2021 |
Featured Artist |
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Fiction
Flash (501–1,000 words) Micro (up to 500 words) |
Faction Announcements Bio Notes Nonfiction Visual Arts | Poetic & Hybrid Forms Ekphrastic Works Haibun Haiga Poems: Micro Poetry: Lineated Prose Poems Tanka Prose |
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Content Warning: MacQueen’s Quinterly (aka MacQ) contains an eclectic range of literary and artistic works, many of which are suitable only for mature adults. However, an “[R]” after titles below simply indicates reprinted works (or, more accurately, republished works, since MacQ publishes online and not in print). Unless otherwise noted, all works published in this journal are copyrighted by their respective authors and artists, and may NOT be reproduced without written permission from individual copyright holders. Thank you for respecting copyrights. Works by an individual may appear under multiple genres below. For a complete list of works by each person, see Index of Contributors. |
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Announcements |
| Clare MacQueen | Editor’s Choice Award |
| ◊ | Statistics |
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Ekphrastic Works |
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| Cynthia Anderson | The Sculptor and His Muse, by Rodin [poem, lineated] |
| Cherie Hunter Day | Crumb Lords [prose poem], after an untitled photograph by John Levy |
| Margaret Dornaus | Le Rêve [haibun], after a painting by Henri Rousseau |
| Lorette C. Luzajic | Clean [R] [flash fiction], after erasure artwork by Robert Rauschenberg |
| ◊ | Night Sax in Mexico City [R] [prose poem], after one of her paintings |
| ◊ | The Glass Swan [R] [prose poem], after sculpture by Auguste Rodin |
| ◊ | The Shawarma King [R] [prose poem], after a painting by Harumi Kiyota |
| Robbi Nester | Death Happens: Alex Atala [R] [poem, lineated], after episodes of Chef’s Table |
| Kimmo Rosenthal | Monet and Combray [essay], after a painting by Monet |
| Gary S. Rosin | Cemetery and Moon [micro-poem: cherita], after a photograph by Chuck Kimmerle |
| ◊ | The Burning Dandelion [micro-poem: cherita], after a photograph by Hallgrimur P. Helgason |
| ◊ | Traffic Control [micro-poem], after playwright Claire Willet and sculptor Cameron Hockenson |
| Marianne Szlyk | Respite in the City of Fog [poem, lineated], after paintings by Hung-Ju Kan |
| Charles D. Tarlton | Chestnut Trees in Blossom [prose poem], after Van Gogh’s painting |
| Jonathan Yungkans | See Featured Artist below. |
| Note: If you’re interested in submitting ekphrastic works to us, wonderful! We hope you’ll take a few minutes to read our tips in KYSO Flash, Ephective Ekphrastics: A Guide for Verbalizing Art, which include additional examples of what we’re looking to publish here in MacQueen’s Quinterly as well. | |
| Note: An “[R]” above indicates republished work (aka reprint). | |
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Featured Artist |
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| Jonathan Yungkans | Woodcuts [poem, lineated], after artworks by Amano Kunihiro, A.W. Wijkniet, and Andrew Waddington |
| Jonathan Yungkans | Three Book-Spine Poems [with photos]: |
| ◊ | “oblivion banjo” [R] [haiku] |
| ◊ | “Eventually One Dreams the Real Thing” [R] |
| ◊ | “Visible Signs” [R] |
| Jonathan Yungkans | Four Cherita [micro-poems + poet’s commentary]: |
| ◊ | “I stopped remembering my dreams years ago.” |
| ◊ | “Wind spins a fig’s dry, yellowing leaves” |
| ◊ | “Crows perched to watch one another’s backs” |
| ◊ | “steel rails hum” [R] |
| Jonathan Yungkans | Three B&W Photographs: |
| ◊ | At the Edge of Myself #2 [R] |
| ◊ | Clouds and Downtown Los Angeles Skyline [R] |
| ◊ | Morning Raven [R] |
| Note: An “[R]” above indicates republished work (aka reprint). | |
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Fiction: Flash and Micro* |
| Roberta Beary | A Study in Contrasts in County Mayo [micro] |
| John Brantingham | Finnegan’s (Fiancée Goes McArthur Park on His Birthday) Cake [flash] |
| ◊ | The Big Fish [micro] |
| Jennifer Clark | In the opinion of this operative, this town steams with lewdness [micro] |
| Robert L. Dean, Jr. | Napalm Girl and the Boy Next Door [flash] |
| Elizabeth Kerlikowske | At Tabor Hill [flash] |
| Bob Lucky | Why I Started Lifting Weights [micro] |
| Lorette C. Luzajic | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Lynn Mundell | The Shelter [micro] |
| Meg Pokrass and Jeff Friedman | Three Micro Stories: |
| ◊ | “The Grana Padano House of Wedgwood” |
| ◊ | “The Not So Invisible Ex” |
| ◊ | “Mistaking One Cheese for Another” |
| Charles D. Tarlton | Harvest Time [micro] |
| *Note: At MacQ, Flash Fiction = 501-1,000 words, and Micro-Fiction, no more than 500 words. These word counts do include titles! | |
| Note: An “[R]” above indicates republished work (aka reprint). | |
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Haibun [prose + haiku] |
| Debbi Antebi | Rules |
| Cherie Hunter Day | Pantone Unveils Its Color of the Year |
| Margaret Dornaus | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Kat Lehmann | Riding Into Shore |
| Bob Lucky | Beachside Café Observations |
| Rich Youmans | Through the Looking Glass |
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Haiga [poetry + visual art] |
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| Jana Craighead Smith and Gary S. Rosin |
Untitled Haiga [photograph of Mallard + haiku] |
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Nonfiction |
| Peter Jastermsky | “Love Thing”: The Allure of the Split Sequence [craft essay] |
| Clare MacQueen | Two Must-Read Books by The Queen of Ekphrasis [commentary] |
| Bill Mohr | EROTIC: New & Selected by Alexis Rhone Fancher [R] [book review] |
| Kimmo Rosenthal | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Note: An “[R]” above indicates republished work (aka reprint). | |
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Poems: Micro* |
| Cynthia Anderson | Two Cherita: |
| ◊ | “a long silence” |
| ◊ | “quantum night” |
| Peter Jastermsky | Love Thing [split sequence] |
| Peter Jastermsky | See also his craft essay under Nonfiction above. |
| Gary S. Rosin | Summer Solstice [cherita] |
| Gary S. Rosin | See also Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Christine Villa and Hemapriya Chellappan | On the Brink [split sequence] |
| Christine Villa and Peter Jastermsky | Inheritance [split sequence] |
| Jonathan Yungkans | See Featured Artist above. |
| *Note: Beginning with Issue 7 of MacQ, micro-poems are no longer than 51 words each as counted by Mac Pages (which is the approximate equivalent of 280 characters, i.e., the Twitter limit), with each word containing an average of 5.5 characters. The limit of 51 words includes punctuation, spaces between words, and the title if the micro-poem has one. Haiku, senryu, and tanka, for example, do not have titles. | |
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Poetry: Lineated |
| Roy J. Beckemeyer | Shores |
| ◊ | Symphony Below the Threshold of Hearing |
| Carrie Close | Ode to my breasts |
| Robert L. Dean, Jr. | This Floating Life |
| Scott Ferry | strawberry yogurt and watermelon for breakfast |
| ◊ | the air conditioner |
| Tresha Faye Haefner | Flock of Seasons |
| ◊ | The Earth and Everything in It |
| Peter Jastermsky | A Desert Year |
| Bob Lucky | Swan Song |
| Diane Lee Moomey | Platform Heels |
| ◊ | Flashback |
| Richard Nester | Making Peach Cobbler for the First Time |
| Robbi Nester | Hot [climate crisis] |
| Robbi Nester | See also Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Brian Rihlmann | Laughing at Shadows |
| ◊ | This Heavy Hollow |
| Brian Rihlmann | Two Poems: |
| ◊ | “An Extra Breath” [R] |
| ◊ | “Things I’ll Remember” [R] |
| Marianne Szlyk | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Diane Thiel | Counting Two [R] |
| ◊ | Quilt [R] |
| ◊ | Three Seasons [R] |
| Jonathan Yungkans | See Featured Artist above. |
| Note: An “[R]” above indicates republished work (aka reprint). | |
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Prose Poems |
| Guy Biederman | Matsuda Morning [R] |
| James Claffey | Two Prose Poems: |
| ◊ | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb #1 |
| ◊ | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb #5 |
| Jennifer Clark | A Pleasant Incident |
| Cherie Hunter Day | The Seeds at Svalbard |
| Cherie Hunter Day | See also Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Jeff Friedman | Father and Son |
| ◊ | Ram in the Thicket |
| Elizabeth Kerlikowske | Into the Oak |
| ◊ | Tribute to Mary Hatch |
| Lorette C. Luzajic | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Jill Doster Marcusse | Cheese Sampler |
| Charles D. Tarlton | Two Prose Poems: |
| ◊ | “#18 [Diffuse]” |
| ◊ | “#8 [Fish Crows]” |
| Charles D. Tarlton | See also Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Note: An “[R]” above indicates republished work (aka reprint). | |
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Tanka Prose |
| Claire Everett | Seeking You |
| Charles D. Tarlton | Ask the Wind |
| ◊ | Two Reflections From The Sublime and the Beautiful |
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Visual Arts |
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| Hallgrimur P. Helgason | See entry for Gary S. Rosin under Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Lorette C. Luzajic | See her entry Night Sax in Mexico City under Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Scott Murkin | Three Art Quilts (plus Artist’s Commentary): |
| ◊ | Crosswise II [R] |
| ◊ | Interstices VIII [R] |
| ◊ | La Villa [R] |
| Auguste Rodin | See entries for Cynthia Anderson and Lorette C. Luzajic under Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Jana Craighead Smith and Gary S. Rosin |
See Haiga above. |
| Andrew Waddington | For his woodblock print Raven, see the first entry under Featured Artist above. |
| Jonathan Yungkans | See Featured Artist above. |
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