ouroboros

and more changes

admin — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:22:02 +0000

I am thrilled to welcome Carolee Sherwood and Jill Crammond Wickham to the editorial department of ouroboros. Based outside New York, Carolee and Jill are friends and writing partners and are talented poets and artists in their own right. I am pleased to keep up the American connection, as many of our submissions come from the US.

If you’d like to read more about the new eds, please visit our about the editors page.

Carolee

Jill

Changes at ouroboros

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:16:10 +0000

Saying goodbye is never easy. I remember many childhood summers driving off in our sky-blue Ford, waving through the glass at my grandmother, who would stand on the front lawn in her robe until our car rounded the bend, and we were gone. All four children would be in tears, knowing it would be another year until we saw our grandmother again.

Although I’m not going anywhere, I will be saying goodbye to my work with ouroboros. I’ve been given a funded position in the MFA program in creative writing at Georgia State, which will require long hours on campus, and many more hours spent reading and writing. It’s a huge undertaking at my age and at my stage in life, but it’s a challenge I need to accept.

Many thanks to Jo Hemmant, my co-editor and friend, who inspired me to take up the work of editing a poetry and art journal. Under her guidance I’ve learned a lot. And thanks to all of the talented poets and artists, who allowed me to consider so many exquisite poems, photographs, and paintings.

Christine Swint

Issue 3 Now Live

admin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:49:27 +0000

Issue 3 of ouroboros is now live. We have two featured poets – John Siddique from the UK has shared two poems from his latest collection, Recital. He is interviewed by poet Michelle McGrane, who has two poems in this issue as well. Denise Duhamel, our featured poet from the US, has offered ouroboros two villanelles. Poet Dustin Brookshire interviews Duhamel about her work in general and also about her latest collection, KA-CHING!. Brookshire also has two poems in issue 3.

Below is a complete list of the issue 3 contributors. We’re very proud of this issue. We have work from poets who are new to the scene, as well as those who are established. Thank you to all our contributors for making our latest issue a success.

Aldo Alvarez, Jayne Bauling, Dustin Brookshire , James Brush, Peter Cline, Kelly Cockerham, Joyce Ellen Davis, Denise Duhamel, Rupert Fike, John Foster, Amy George, Howard Good, John Goodman, Heidi Schulman Greenwald, Karen Head, Matthew Hittinger, TJ Jarrett, Korina Karampela, Sarah Legow, Blake Leland, Mike Lyne, Michelle McGrane, Ryan Garth Mitchell, Adrienne Odasso, Adrian Pickett, JC Reilly, John Richardson, Susan Richardson, Jennifer Saunders, mmSeason, Lorna Shaughnessy Carolee Sherwood, John Siddique, Cheryl Snell, Mimi Vaquer, John Walsh, James Wilk, Robert E. Wood, Christopher Woods

John Walsh reads Last Minute for ouroboros

admin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:00:47 +0000

John Walsh reads Last Minute for ouroboros from ouroboros review on Vimeo.

We are pleased to offer the third reading in Irish poet John Walsh’s series of poems. Stay tuned for the release of issue 3 tomorrow, when you’ll be able to read John Walsh’s poems and many others.

John Walsh reads Del Pinto for ouroboros

admin — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:00:35 +0000

John Walsh reads Del Pinto for Ouroboros uploaded by Christine Swint on Vimeo.

Here is the second reading from Irish poet John Walsh. Please visit John Walsh’s website to listen to more of his poems. You’ll be able to read this piece as well as his other two poems in ouroboros issue 3 on Wednesday, July 1.

John Walsh reads Gash for ouroboros review

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:00:08 +0000

We are pleased to feature a series of readings by Irish poet John Walsh, who has generously provided ouroboros review with a video recording of three poems which will be published in issue 3. We’re going to post a poem a day for the next three days. To learn more about Walsh, who is well-known in his native Ireland and the UK, please visit his website.

John Walsh reads Gash for ouroboros review from ouroboros review on Vimeo.

Karen Head announces release of Sassing

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:55:17 +0000

Karen Head, author of Shadow Boxes (All Nations Press, 2003) and My Paris Year (All Nations Press 2009), has just announced the release of her third collection, Sassing (WordTech Press). There are some wonderful sample poems on the website.

We were pleased and honored to include three poems from My Paris Year in the first issue of ouroboros review, and are delighted to be offering more poems from Karen Head and her colleagues from Georgia Tech in our next issue.

Copies of Sassing can be purchased through Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

Issue 3 reading period now closed

admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:32:34 +0000

We have been thrilled with the high-quality poems and artwork sent to us during this third reading period, which ended May 3. All future submissions will be considered for the fourth issue, which will be released at the end of 2009. We’ll announce a formal call for submissions at a later date, toward the end of the summer.

Issue 3 will go live online in July, and will be available for purchase in print through our website.

Rachel Mallino Fowley’s New Chapbook

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:49:03 +0000

Rachel Mallino Fowley, who has four poems in Issue 2 of ouroboros (pages 10 and 11), has just announced the release of her new chapbook, Inside Bone There’s Always Marrow, published by Maverick Duck Press. Mallino Fowley’s poems are charged with the intensity of emotion made concrete through vivid metaphor and a strong sense of place. Be sure to read her work in ouroboros, and to order a copy of her chapbook.

In addition to her creative writing, Rachel Mallino Fowley is the founding editor of Tilt Press and the editor of Slant, a dysfunctional e-journal of poetry & prose .

Reading for issue 3 now begins, ending May 3

admin — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:46:32 +0000

The reading period for Issue 3 of ouroboros review has now begun, and will continue through Sunday, May 3. Submission guidelines can be found on our submissions page. We offer the magazine online, and in print.

To get an idea of our editorial taste, and to enjoy some excellent poetry and art, please read our second issue.

Our featured poet for Issue 2 is the lovely and talented Michelle McGrane, of South Africa. Plus there’s an interview between poet Collin Kelley and poet, artist, and musician Vanessa Daou. Vanessa’s new CD, Joe Sent Me, is a sweet dream, pure magic.

With 46 pages of poetry, photographs, and paintings, there’s sure to be something to delight you!