When we are singing we are
in the midst of delight
& when we are not
we are not. Silence hangs
a skinned bell, slit tongue
displayed on ice, the raw
message of entrails
composedly about.

Rodney Wittwer

"Silly Love Songs"

Introducing TLR Chapbook Series #2
with J. P. Seaton's translated poems Translations of the Chinese Masters, Renée Ashley's selections from Basic Heart, Katherine Soniat's The Fire Setters and excerpts from Thomas E. Kennedy's new novel, Kerrigan's Copenhagen

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The Literary Review: An International Journal of Contemporary Writing has been published quarterly by Fairleigh Dickinson University since 1957. Its many special issues have introduced new fiction, poetry, and essays from many nations, regions, or languages to English readers. Issues focus on such topics as contemporary fiction in Portugese, Iranian exiles, new Irish writing, North African authors, and Philippine fiction and poetry. Works from issues devoted to writing in English have won awards and been reprinted in many collections.

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