Issue 13, November 1997
Editor's Desk

Identity...the subject first entered my mind when a dispute arose a while back in rec.arts.poems about whether or not I was someone else. Not particularly heavy reading, but the thought stuck with me. I believe that poetry is a statement to the world (or that part of it that reads) of who and what the poet is. What of us shows through in what we write?

Dancing Bear, William Burns and Ray Heinrich join me in turning the writing inward this issue. Gravity also welcomes John Horvath on crossing the picket line and Bruce Dixon, who dips our toe in science fiction for the first time. Rounding out the lineup - Rochelle Randel is back in strength; Fanny-Min Becker meditates on New York; and Perry Thompson gets a little surreal in the city.

Enjoy...
J.C. 10/22/97