Illumen

Illumen is a print magazine of speculative poetry co-edited by Tyree Campbell and Karen L. Newman. It is published biannually by Sam's Dot Publishing, on 1 April and 1 October, in chapbook format. It contains speculative poetry, illustrations, articles, and reviews.

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Issue 17
Illumen begins its ninth year with multiple Nebula winner Mary Turzillo as the featured poet. Richard Fay presents an overall view of speculative poetry from past through present to its future. Shelly Bryant reviews "Genesis" by Frederick Turner. Contributors include Megan Arkenberg, s.c. virtes, Lyn Gardner, Sandi Leibowitz, Gary Every, Rone Wisten, Keith Sikora, and a host of others. Come celebrate the ninth year with us.
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Issue 16
The featured poet for this issue is Marge Simon, whose poems are accompanied by art by Sandy DeLuca. Edward Cox reviews work by Kendall Evans, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, and Lyn C. A. Gardner. And there are familiar and new voices, as always, all under a new cover art by Joshua Gage.
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Issue 15
Issue #15 of Illumen is ready for reading. The featured poet this time is Rhode Islander John Grey. There's also an excellent article by Shelly Bryant titled "Reading Poetry: The Basics," in which she goes over the poetry reading and comprehension process. This issue includes some fine new voices: Faith Breisblatt, Laura Bender, and Michael S. Morris, to name three. Come check them out . . .
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Issue 14
The Spring 2011 Illumen presents Mike Allen of Mythic Delirium as the Featured Poet. Mike is a kind of synthesis of David Kopaska-Merkel, Kendall Evans, s.c. virtes, and Emily Dickinson. Oh, and this issue of Illumen features an article by Ann K. Schwader, whose collection Wild Hunt of the Stars is on the final ballot for the Stoker Award. The article relates the poetry of Dickinson to science fiction poetry. Come see how Schwader does that.
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Issue 13
Featuring a cover by the delectable Alicia Ansbaugh, and presenting featured poet Sarah Lindsay, this issue of Illumen kicks poetic butt. In what has become a regular feature of SDP magazines, in Illumen's "Meet The Writers" you'll get to know James S. Dorr, a name with which of you most are familiar. Other names you'll note in this issue include Rebecca James, Edward Cox, Megan Arkenberg, Kendall Evans, Phoebe Wilcox, F. J. Bergmann, and lots of others.
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Issue 12
This issue of Illumen marks the completion of the sixth year of this publication. What started off as a full-sized magazine and morphed into a perfect bound digest has proved itself with staying power, and the Spring 2010 issue serves to underscore that. The featured poet in this issue is Robert Borski, who also happens to be the subject of an interview by Karen L. Newman, who along with Edward Cox contributed a pair of reviews for this issue. You'll see some of the usual suspects, including Bruce Boston, David Kopaska-Merkel, Stephen Williams, and K. S. Hardy, and some new voices, including Vanessa Watters, E. C. Jones, and Adrianne Odasso, and many more. Patrick Kennedy's art is featured on the cover. He lives in Nebraska, if that helps.
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Issue 9
Featured Poet is Jennifer Crow. This issue also includes work by JoSelle Vanderhooft, Bruce Boston, Elizabeth Swados, Lyzette Wanzer, Matthew Lee Bain, Janie Hofmann, Robin Mayhall, Dorine Ratulangie, Peter Roberts, and many more. Plus two reviews by Edward Cox.
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Issue 8
poems
Erin Hoffman: The Flight of Alecto
Miriam Jones: Power
Terrie Leigh Relf: Callisto's Vow
F. J. Bergmann: Impressionism
Terrie Leigh Relf: Migraines
J. C. Runolfson: Curio
Patrick Scaffido: A Town in Sepia
Bruce Boston: Revenge of the Dead Wizard
James S. Dorr: É mile's Ghosts
Sandy Hiss: Purgatory
Lee Clark Zumpe: Imagine
Karen L. Newman: Fractal Patterns
Carol Parnell: Dear Robert Silverberg
Marcie Lynn Tentchoff: Sand Castles
Anthony Bernstein: Bruno's Judge
Kimberly Ann Creighton: Welcome to my world
Sara Jezik: Shard
Michael Lee Johnson: Face on a Bus
LB Sedlacek: Uncloaked
Melissa Lammers: Possession
Greg Schwartz: footprints in the snow
Pam Clements: Dream of Blue Cats
Sarah Stasik: Time Birthing
E. P. Fisher: Reptilian Stems the Chimera
Sandy Hiss: Guardian
s.c. virtes: final word
Tom O'Connor: Ms. Orange Socks
Richard H. Fay: scifaiku
Richard H. Fay: The Haunted Isle
Dorine Ratulangie: They Sing
T. R. Click: The Necromancer's Daughter
Donna Johnson: Speaking of Black Holes
Ronda Scheerer: the haunting
Andrew Adams: Do-Re-Mi
Juan Manuel Perez: God Love The Insane
Robert E. Porter: Arabesques
David Michael Wolach: Reply to Robert Chalmers, Author of The Conscious Mind
Terrie Leigh Relf: Don't Turn Around
featured poet: JoSelle Vanderhooft
Brother and Sister
Spindle-Curse
The Monster's Daughter
articles
Gary William Crawford: Some Observations on Gothic Poetry
Daniel C. Smith Reviews: Sometimes While Dreaming, by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff
Scott Virtes: Remember the Ancient Mariner
Marcie Lynn Tentchoff: Poetry and the Magic of the Sea
illustrations
Marge B. Simon: É mile's Ghosts
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Issue7
special feature
Tom Galusha: The People Who Had No History an illustrated haibun [with 7ARS]
poems
Jaime Lee Moyer: Gazebo
Eric Hermanson: Word on the Street
Ashley Crownover: Monument
Drew Morse: First Light of Mars
K. S. Hardy: Cold Stars
JoSelle Vanderhooft: Witch and Princess
L. N. Allen: Umber
Bruce Boston: Interrogation at City Gate
Jennifer Crow: Shattered
Eric Marin & Deborah P. Kolodji: A Cold Day in Hell
Danny Adams: The New Arrival's Examination
Mary Alexandra Agner: My Hero
Melissa Lammers: Saille
Amber May: Fresh Strawberries
Phillip A. Ellis: Green Fields
Bruce Boston: Tale of the Crone Goddess
Sarah Wagner: Warrior Queen
Roibeá rd Uí -neí ll: Lunar Walkabout
Daniel C. Smith: Wanderer
Terrie Leigh Relf: The world could very well end with a sigh
William R. Ford Jr: Haunted Pennsylvania Hill Top Meadow
Holly Day: Autumnal Hymn
Marge B. Simon: The Walnut Tree
Michael Ceraolo: Purple Haze
K. S. Hardy: The Dream of the Shadow
CP Campbell: Clear Blue Skies
irving: Echoes from Far Away
Gary Every: El Dorado
J. Bruce Fuller: scifaiku
Steven Shields: Revenant Song
Sharon Irwin: History
Marcie Lynn Tentchoff: The Song of the Dragon-Prowed Ships
Marge B. Simon: Time Ever After
Chella Courington: At the Maximum Security Prison for Men
Robert E. Porter: Port Of Call
Pearl Mary Wilshaw: Conceivably . . .
Shawn Vimislicky: A Dream for Comet Wine
Tisha Perkins: Mother Goose's Oldest Daughter Matures
K. M. Praschak: Forget the Hammer
Peter Roberts: Currents
articles
Fair Warning by Susan M. Sailors, reviewed by Edward Cox
On the Other Side of the Eye by Bryan Thao Worra, reviewed by Edward Cox
A Nameless Place by Joanne Morcom, reviewed by Deborah P. Kolodji
Ahasuerus on Mars by Steve Sneyd, reviewed by Edward Cox
illustrations
Marge B. Simon: Time Ever After
Marge B. Simon: The Walnut Tree
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Issue 6
Features Bao Phi, Holly Day, Amal El-Mohtar, L. A. Story, Burlee Vang, Corrine De Winter, Bryan Thao Worra, Joel Lamore, CP Campbell, Jaime Lee Moyer, Ariono'-jovan Labu', Bruce Boston & Roger Dutcher, David C. Kopaska-Merkel & Kendall Evans, Michael Merriam, Cythera, K. S. Hardy, Samy Yang, Karen R. Porter, Mary Cook, Tom Galusha, Mary Alexandra Agner, Malcolm Deeley, Ka Vang, Jim Hart, Linh Dinh, Karen A. Romanko & John Borneman, Linda Woolven, Onyx Sylver, Steve Sneyd, Danny Adams, M. Frost, James Weaver, Joel Lamore, Glenna Holloway, Deborah P. Kolodji, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Chamindika Wanduragala, and Marge B. Simon.
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Issue 5
Features Corrine De Winter, Chelsea Pitcher, Holly Day, Terrie Leigh Relf, A. M. Muffaz, Bobbi Sinha-Morey, Marge B. Simon, Jennifer Crow, C.S. MacCath, K.S. Hardy, s.c. virtes, Deborah P. Kolodji, Bruce Boston, Kristine Ong Muslim, Daniel C. Smith, Aurelio Rico Lopez III, Dorine Ratulangie, Ariono'-jovan Labu', Pearl Mary Wilshaw, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Laura E. Bontrager, John Borneman, Raven Drake, Alex Galper, Lee Clark Zumpe, Julie Shiel, Philip W. Perna, Michael Balletti, Ed Lynskey, Kendall Evans & David C. Kopaska-Merkel. Featured Poet: Marina Lee Sable.
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Issue 3
Features Terrie Leigh Relf, Susan Rae McElheran, Jessica Langer, Drew Morse, L. A. Story Houry, Bruce Boston, Jennifer Schwbach, Kendall Evans, Marge Simon, Amitava Dasgupta, Dave Ross, Mike Allen, G.O. Clark, Michael Lohr, Mikal Trimm, Lon Prater, Karen L. Newman, Greg Beatty, Jennifer Crow, Marsheila Rockwell, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, John Borneman, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Robert E. Porter, Jaime Lee Moyer, Pearl Mary Wilshaw, Peter Roberts, Karen A. Romanko, and Laura Givens
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Issue 1
Celia Coulter, Lida Broadhurst, Karen R. Porter, Marge B. Simon, Terrie Leigh Relf, Gail Kavanagh, James Dorr, Ian Watson and Mike Allen, Ken Goldman, Cathy Buburuz, Kurt Newton, Bruce Boston, L. A. Story Houry, Ilona Hegedûs, Bobbi Sinha-Morey, Donna Taylor Burgess, Lee Clark Zumpe, Kristine Ong Muslim, Silver Feather, Eric Marin, Julie Shiel, Ed Cox, Sonya Taaffe, Mikal Trimm, Featured Poet: David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Tyree Campbell, 7ARS
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